Ford F.

Campbell
1900 Mountain View Road, Austin, TX 78703
ford.campbelltx@gmail.com
512-705-4909
GPA: 4.3511
High school rank: 40/529

EDUCATION
08/2019 - 05/2023 Austin High School Austin, Texas
Notable Courses include:
● AP Physics 1, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry
● AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
● AP English III & IV, AP Spanish IV
● AP US & World History, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics
ACTIVITIES
11th, 12th Theoretically Physics Club (TPC) (3 hrs/wk; 33 wk/yr)
● Founder and President
● Created an agenda and led morning meetings relating to a variety of physics related
subjects
● Invited 5 University of Texas professors to discuss their research on topics: dark energy,
biophysics, the wave-particle theory, among others.
● Represented TPC at club fairs and Back to School Night
● Enhanced ability to lead and communicate with a group of my peers along with
improving my organization and management skills
● TPC was a great place to learn more about physics and is the main reason I will pursue
physics as my major
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Varsity Tennis Team (7 hrs/wk; 35/yr)
● Team captain for Senior Year – advanced to bi-district tournament
● Played doubles and singles at the varsity level all four years
● Taught me the importance of mental strength and stamina
● Further developed my self advocating skills
● Developed my leadership and communication skills, along with my ability to
self-advocate
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Nerd Herd (Math Club) (1 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● President for Senior Year
● Discussed advanced topics such as: non-euclidean geometry, knot theory, and mobius
strips
● Increased membership by 15%
10th, 11th, 12th Academy Ambassador (2 hrs/wk; 15 wks/yr)
● Nominated by my teachers to represent different academies at Austin High
● Highly selective – only 3 other students chosen sophomore year
 ● Attended special events to talk with parents about the four different academies at Austin
High
● Gave tours to prospective freshmen and their families
● Recruited at feeder middle schools and other small private schools
11th-12th Link Crew (2 hrs/wk; 35 wks/yr)
● Applied and accepted into our local Link Crew chapter
● Led multiple freshman orientations (attended training, created a presentation, developed
and learned team building/icebreaker activities)
● Helped ease the transition to high school by attending a freshman advisory for the first 3
weeks of school and then once a week for the remainder of the year
● Assisted with events throughout the year including Winter Wonder Brains, where
freshmen are provided help with their first finals week
● Learned how to better navigate a room of strangers and speak publicly
12th Cinematic Debate Club (1 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● Co-founder and President
● Heated debates with classmates led to the founding of a club to discuss movies and shows
of interest
● Club included weekly debates held with a jury to decide the best of two movies/shows
● Debate topics include: Avatar the Last Airbender vs. Clone Wars, Chicken Little vs.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and How to Train Your Dragon vs. Shrek
11th-12th Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (1 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● Co-founder of the Austin High chapter
● Would discuss current events in Latin America, cool places to travel, food, and other
cultural traditions and modern day influences, such as Mayan art and the movie Coco
● Provided opportunity to continue practicing and learning Spanish after a year of online
school
11th-12th Chess Club (1 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● Member; played Chess every Monday during lunch
● Enjoyable outlet to challenge myself in something unrelated to school work
12th Table Tennis Club (1 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● Member; meet and play every Wednesday during lunch
● Increased membership by 20% by sharing the remind code with other clubs and
organizations

COMMUNITY SERVICE
12th AHS Peer Tutoring Website (4 hrs/wk; 5 wks/yr)
● Took control of the online tutoring program and created a new, more user-friendly
website
● Recruited more peer tutors and provided the link to the website to all teachers with
students who would benefit from the website
● Planed review sessions for important tests
11th-12th Peer Tutoring (1.5 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
 ● Meet with students before and after school to help with math and science.
● Tutoring provided perspective on other classmates and enlightened me on how people
learn in different ways
10th Central Texas Food Bank (3 hrs/wk; 6 wks/yr)
● Volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank, including packaging food boxes and loading
cars with food in a drive-thru pick up
● Interviewed the CEO of the Central Texas Food Bank and presented my findings to a
group of parents and peers
● Taught me the necessary components of charities and the importance of donations along
with volunteering
● Enhanced my personal confidence when dealing with and talking to professionals and
powerful people
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer after 11th Camp Longhorn (154 hrs/wk; 3 wks/yr)
● Counselor of 14 first year campers (ages 9-10)
● Emphasized the importance of patience and further developed my teamwork and
communication skills by working with my fellow counselors and camp directors
● Discovered how working hard is critical in order to advance in the work environment
12th Lab Assistant (3 hrs/wk; 33 wks/yr)
● Worked with the science teachers at Austin High to setup and clean up experiments, take
inventory of the entire school, design labs and lesson plans, and do any other tasks that
the teachers needed help with
● Allowed me behind the scenes of many experiments and the processes behind them
HONORS & AWARDS
9th, 10th Trustee Award
● Top 10% of my class for the that academic year
11th
Tennis Spirit Award
● Voted on by the tennis team
● Most energy and enthusiasm on the team

HOBBIES/INTERESTS
● Playing tennis, ping-pong, pickleball, spikeball, crossnet, and any other sport with a ball and a
net.
● Playing the piano; my personal favorite songs to play are Moonlight Sonata, Carol of Bells, and
The Scientist.
● Indoor climbing with my friends
● Eating any food remotely related to pickles, including everything from pickle snow cones to
pickle-flavored popcorn
● Watching sitcoms, including The Office, Modern Family, Family Guy, and Parks and Recreation