dcg3982 (2022-2023)

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity - Texas Beta Chapter:
Chapter President, attended national President's Leadership Conference, named as delegate to biannual General Convention;
Managed $100K budget as treasurer;
Managed large chapter facility has house chairman;
Currently serve as member of the chapter's alumni advisory borard and member of Austin Area Alumni Association

Lived in Mexico twice (1 fall, 1 summer) and studied at Tecnologico de Monterrey (world-class university, #1 in Latin America); completed certificate program in international business with specialization in Mexico while there

Completely fluent in Spanish (read/speak/write)

Internships:
American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (Monterrey, Mexico) - International Trade;
Office of the Governor (Texas) - International Business Development;
Office of the Secretary of state (Texas) - Texas Border and Mexican Affairs

Attended US-Mexico Bar Association conference on current legal trends in US-Mexico trade/investment in Mexico City (2005)

Boy Scouts of America:
Eagle Scout
Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow (highest honor in elite organization within BSA)

Texas Exes - Austin Chapter
Ducks Unlimited - University Chapter

Graduated 8/05, currently working as firm clerk at small civil defense law firm, applying last minute just for the hell of it, i think going anywhere for a year and busting ass and transferring out is a better option than waiting around for another year to start, any thoughts on other places i should apply? if it doesn't work out, im going to apply again for spring 07 and if that doesn't work then again for fall 07

Very strong upward trend in grades (2.4 - 3.2 - 3.4 - 4.0); changed majors after freshman year (pre-med to LAS -- thus the jump from 2.4 to 3.2!!); Latin Ameican Studies is very strong program at UT (#1 program in the country -- nationally recognized)

Major concentration was business in Latin America; requirements fulfilled for minors in economics and Spanish; completed certificate program in Business Foudations from McCombs b-school; graduate-level coursework in international business during senior year

Graduated with Special Honors:
spent a year writing an 80-page undergraduate honors thesis on global competitiveness of companies from developing economies (used Latin America and Mexico in particular as general focus); done under supervision of MBA prof; thesis is cited several time in latest edition of supervisor's Global Marketing textbook, shelved in 2 libraries on UT campus, and will be submitted for publication in the Undergraduate Research Journal;
other rec's for special honors = 3.0+ GPA, 3.5+ GPA in major (mine=3.86), 2 semesters of honors courses in research/writing

University Honors: dean's list last 2 semesters

LSAT = blows
did Princeton Review, took Dec. test, cancelled
did Princeton Review again, last 3 diagnostic exams = 160+, took Feb. test, got 150
don't know what happened -- I hadn't made less than a 153 since my first practice exam ever -- oh well

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK -- CHANCES, SUGGESTIONS, ETC...

THANKS!!