<p>I just finished 10th grade. Here are my "stats." Please elaborate on my progress for USC (Southern California) and if I seem like a good candidate for their top scholarships. Please be critical! The truth hurts, but "...pain. It demands to be felt." -Augustus Waters</p>
<p>State: Mississippi
School type: Public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese American
Income Bracket: Approx. 80k I believe
Hook: First generation
Intended Major: Undecided</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.406
Rank: 1/330
ACT: 30 (27/32/32/27)
PSAT:
SAT I:
SAT II Math Level 2:
SAT II Biology M:
SAT II U.S. History:</p>
<p>Course Load and Grades:
Grades below are recorded on a termly basis. Slashes indicate a semester or a yearly class consisting of two or four terms respectively. All classes are either weighted greater than normal courses due to the challenge. I take only challenging, college preparatory classes and classes required for graduation. My school does not name some courses "Accelerated" or "Honors" (i.e. Spanish II, Spanish III, Chemistry, Marine Aquatics, Zoology, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, Physics, Human Anatomy and Physiology); however, they still yield a higher GPA weight than a normal course.</p>
<p>Freshmen:
Accelerated English 100/100
Accelerated Geometry 100/100
Accelerated Biology 100/100
Spanish I 99/100
STEM 100/100
Art I 100/100
P.E. 100
World Geography 100
Mississippi Studies 99
Health 99</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP World History 100/100/100/100
Accelerated Algebra II 100/100
Accelerated English II 100/99
Chemistry 100/100
Spanish II 100/100
Spanish III 99/99
Marine Aquatics 100
Zoology 100</p>
<p>Junior:
AP U.S. History
AP Language and Composition
AP Biology
Pre-Calculus
Trigonometry
Physics</p>
<p>Senior:
AP U.S. Government
AP Literature
AP Calculus BC
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Economics</p>
<p>Community Service
[ul][<em>]Emceed a trash fashion show to encourage recycling and creativity
[</em>]Chaired and organized schoolwide annual blood drive
[<em>]Chaired and organized a dodgeball tournament for a deceased student’s family and for a local hospital (raised $410)
[</em>]Christmas caroling for cans
[<em>]Elementary art camp
[</em>]Nursery home
71 hours total
[/ul]
Summer Activities
[ul][<em>]selected to represent my school at Mississippi HOBY leadership conference but was not able to attend due to scheduling conflict (one sophomore selected per school)
[</em>] 2014 Key Club International Convention @ Anaheim
[/ul]
Extracurricular Activities
[ul][<em>]Student Council
9th – Class Representative
10th – Class President
11th – Class President Elect
[</em>]Key Club
9th – Member<br>
10th – Editor
10th and 11th – Lieutenant Governor
[<em>]Junior Leadership (one time thing)
10th – President
[</em>]Science Olympiad
10th – Member
[<em>]Math and Science Club
10th – Member
6th place @ local AMC 10<br>
[li]Student Against Violence Everywhere[/li]10th – Member
[</em>]Beta Club
10th – Member
[<em>]Drama Club
10th – Member
school play, improv festival
[li]Art Club[/li]10th – Member
[</em>]Swim
11th – Varsity
[/ul]</p>
<p>My Expectations/Goals
These expectations/goals are not to be misconstrued for resume padding. I like the things I do. I will have had a lot of titles before I graduate high school, but I actually try to be proactive. Lazy people is one of my pet peeves. Of course, these are not set in stone.
[ul]
[<em>]2015 Mississippi Boys State
My principal told me she'd select me to attend for my school.
[li]Continue ranking 1st in class[/li][</em>]Continue swimming next year
[<em>]Adopt a musical side of me and learn to play the piano keyboard
[</em>]District Governor of my Key Club District senior year
[<em>]Student Council Executive President senior year
[</em>]President of Science Olympiad senior year
[<em>]President of Math and Science Team senior year
[</em>]President of Mu Alpha Theta junior and senior year
[li]Ace the ACT, SAT, PSAT, and SAT II's[/li][/ul]
I do realize some things: I need to improve my ACT, get a great PSAT to be a NMSF or better, continue getting stellar grades, and do some more summer activities. I also realize that my extra curricular do not follow a particular pathway; they're not focused on a certain "passion" that colleges expect me to have according to College Confidential posters. My logic in joining most of the clubs was to explore my interests. I am dropping Art Club and Drama (though I've always yearned to be an actor) my junior year to alleviate junioritis.</p>
<p>A little sidenote: To be honest, I consider myself mediocre compared to other amazing students. I am not being humble; I just don't think I'm super competitive, and I'm okay with that. I'm just gonna have to live with it... just like how Hazel is with Gus' death. Ok, that was a tearjerker!</p>