<p>EA Caltech
Asian male (chinese)--Californian Resident Class of 2010
GPA (unweighted): 4.0/4.0
GPA (weighted): 4.92/5.0
RANKING: 4 out of 555, Top (0.7%)</p>
<p>SATII's:
Bio/m:780
Physics:790
Math II:800
SATI (best single): CR: 750 Writing:720 Math: 790 total: 2260
SATI (superscore): CR: 750 Writing:750 Math: 790 total: 2290
I am aiming for 2300+ in October in single sitting. (most likely gonna break the 2300 for superscore). Will be my 3rd and last try</p>
<p>APs :
AP Biology: 5
AP World History: 5
AP Calcu BC: 5 (subscore 5)
AP Physics B: 5
AP Environmental sci: 5
AP Macro econ: 5
AP Micro Econ: 5
AP English Language: 5</p>
<p>Scholastic Awards/ Recognition/ EC (Level of award: school,state,regional,national, international) (* = team competitions, four per team)</p>
<p>-----Westmont College High School Math Competition 2008 and 2009<em>:: (regional) 1st overall in 2009, 1st in Written test 2008
-----Capital Markets Contest 2009</em>:: (state) 1st．Won free trip to NY stock exchange floor and other tours
-----California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009<em>:: (State) 1st in California
-----National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009</em>:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
-----Regional Science Bowl 2009<em>:: (Regional) 1st (our school only participated once before)
-----National Science Bowl 2009</em>:: (National) no award, just got to participate
-----National Merit Semi-Finalist 2009-2010:: (National) confirmed
-----National AP Scholar 2009:: (National) confirmed with my Eight 5's
-----School of Modern Language Certificate of Excellence 2008:: (School) from local city college XD
----Member of the school FIRST Robotics Team* (seniors only): Head of Finance.</p>
<p>Non-scholastic Awards/ Recognition/ EC
-----Music Teachers' Association of California:: Certificate of Merit for Piano 2006, 2007, 2008: (state) for levels 4,7,9,
-----American College of Musicians: National Piano Playing Auditions 2008:: Intermediate C (State) state winner
----- Most Improved Player on HS Tennis Team 2007 and 2008:: (school) been on the team for 4 years
----- 240 hours of community service at hospital
----- Numerous leadership roles in clubs. (sci bowl, math club, etc.)
Summer:
----- Intern in Electrical Engineering Department at UCSB this summer with a Ph.D student to apply Gallium Nitride (a semiconductor) into solar cells.
----- Interned with Economics Professor at UCSB.</p>
<p>Additional info?
Two rec additional rec letters from internships.
Our school is best in the county and sends 1-5 people to top notch schools (MIT, Yale, Princeton, etc)
My two teachers have good stuff to say on rec letters. (done way more stuff with them than sitting in classroom)</p>
<p>I might seem like the stereotypical asian I guess. But my life story is more unique than you think.</p>