Courtney McCann's student profile

Courtney McCann

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2014

NORFOLK, MA

www.zinch.com/courtney-mccann-1

I have always been interested in the sciences. I used to teach my little sister about volcanoes and plants when she was 5 and I was 7. I think about how things are, how things work, and how things came to be a lot. I'm a bit of a nerd. I really enjoy learning, especially about biology; I hope that I can make a career out of it and hopefully help some people along the way.

Extracurricular

Keyboard/Piano

I play a bit of piano/keyboard.

Snowboarding

Scrabble

Chess

Volunteered at Dana-Farber Cancer Insititute

Student Life

It's a student council of sorts. I am a Department Head of Communication for my whole school (grades K-12). I take care of morning announcements, Friday folders, and flyers/posters for the school. I was chosen to be a Department Head in late 2008, the beg

Junior Class Council

This is a council group specifically for Juniors. I am one of the 8 members that were chosen to be on the council.

Aid Uganda

This club raises money through fundraisers and other events to help students in Uganda who are affected by the war. I joined in late 2007 in my Sophomore year and am still a part of it.

Learning Partners

This is a new program just started at my school. Around twelve students in grades 10-12 were picked based on their abilities (academics, extracurriculars, and personalities) to be a part of this. We help students who need both help in academics and also

Senior Class Council

This is a continuation of Junior Class Council, though this year it has taken over as our school's sole form of Student Government, instead of Class Council and Student Life.

The Great FRCS Book Exchange

Collects old/unused Study Help books (ex. AP, SAT I and II, ACT) and allows those who would rather not or cannot pay upwards of $20 to buy a new book, to borrow or keep an unused one. This way books aren't wasted and those who need them have them.

Experience

Secretary
Dalzell Brothers Volvo
2006 to 2009

Education

High School

Foxborough Regional Charter School

College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
to Now

Honors & Awards

Service Award from Dana Farber Cancer Institute for being a Junior Volunteer for 6 weeks.
Leadership Award from school for being a co-Department Head of Student Life.

Specialties & Skills

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute awarded me this for serving as a junior volunteer for a total of 48 hours over six weeks during the summer of 2009.

Info

Basic

Last Update:
June 15, 2011
Birthday:
April 29
Religious:
No affiliation

Background

Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
Heritage:
French // Irish // Italian // Swedish
Fluent Language:
English
First Gen Student:
Yes
Hometown:
NORFOLK

Interests

Earth Sciences
Biology
Health & Medicine
Materials Sciences

Favorites

Movies:
Harry Potter (especially the Goblet of Fire), The Lord of The Rings, Weird Science, Rocket Science, Gattaca, Martian Child, Donnie Darko, Disney Movies, Love Potion No. 9, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Say Anything... Okay, so most cheesy 80's movie
TV Shows:
The Big Bang Theory and The Universe.
Music:
Lemon Demon, Incubus, Oingo Boingo, Peter Gabriel, Men Without Hats, Thomas Dolby, (to put it simply) 80's music, Franz Ferdinand, Duncan Sheik, Pink Floyd, Math the Band, Uncle Monsterface, and The Used.
Websites:
facebook.com, collegeboard.com (The AP section, specifically. I am on that site all the time), and xkcd.com
Quotes:
"...we're all connected-- to each other, biologically; to the earth, chemically; and to the rest of the universe, atomically. That's kinda cool... That makes me smile... And I actually feel quite large at the end of that... It's not that we are better tha
Books:
The Lord of the Rings; Harry Potter; It's Kind of a Funny Story; Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth; The Raven; O, Tempora! O, Mores!; Flowers For Algernon; An Essay on Man; The Telltale Heart; everything Shel Silverstein and Doctor Seuss (es

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