<p>Chinese male.
Crazy competitive Public High School in OR.</p>
<p>Current GPA:
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UW: 3.729/4.000
W: 3.979/4.000</p>
<p>(Not including 2 As from the summer
& a third A changed from an incomplete last year..)</p>
<p>Current Rank:
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UW: 120/615
W: 62/615
(Doesn't include Jr-Sr summer grades nor Sr grades yet)</p>
<p>Test Scores:
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PSAT 216
ACT 32
SAT 2160|750/750/660W (720 UW in writing + 6 essay)
Retaking tomorrow.
SAT IIs: Bio-M: 740, Math L2: 720, USH: 700
Will retake Bio-M, Math L2, and add in Physics instead of USH in Nov.</p>
<p>My HS Transcript (S1/S2):
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+ Intro Comp 133U ... A</p>
<p>Chemistry ........... A/B
Fitness/Indv Ac ..... A/A
Geometry ............ B/A
German II ........... A
Global Study 9 ...... AH/AH
Lit & Comp 9 ........ A/A
Tech Survey ......... A
Media Study 1 ....... A</p>
<p>AP Chemistry ........ A
Adv Algebra II ...... A
Amer Studies 10 ..... AH/AH
Art 1 ............... A
German III .......... A/A
Human Anat/Phys ..... B/A
Lit & Comp 10 ....... AH/B
Student Govt ........ A/B
+ Col Alg 111C ...... A
+ Elem Func 112 ..... A
+ Basic Hlth 041 .... A</p>
<p>AP Biol ............. A/A
AP Calculus ......... A/B
AP English Lang ..... B/C :[
AP Statistics ....... A/B
AP US History ....... B/B
German IV ........... A/B
Sci Research ........ A/A
+ Intro to C C11A ... A</p>
<p>AP Economics ........ A
AP Physics .......... A
AP Psychology ....... A
+ Calc III MTH253 ... A
Lit & Comp 12 ....... A
Advanced Art ........ A
+ Java Prog CIS133J . A</p>
<p>AP Grades
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Chem - 4</p>
<p>Lang - 3
USH - 3
Stats - 4
Calc - 4
Bio - 5</p>
<p>Activities
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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam (1), Math Team (2), Robotics Team (1),
Student Government (1), MUN (3), Ping Pong Club (4), Science Ambassadors (1)</p>
<p>EC Activities/Leadership
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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam - Founder [12]
Math Club/Team - Founder [11-12]
Robotics Club/Team - Co-founder & Lead Programmer [10]
Student Gov't - Class Officer, Media Committee [10]
MUN - Committee Head [10], Security Council [11]
?? Science Ambassador [12]
ASE Alzatex electronics internship, 296 hrs [12]
ONPRC MRI research internship, 186 hrs & ongoing 18hrs/wk [12]</p>
<p>Awards/honors you have received
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2006 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Project Proposal Finalist [11]
proposed "Tact1le Graphing Calculator for the Bl1nd"
2005 National Merit Semi-Finalist
2005 FIRST Robotics [10]
Pacific NW Regional Division, Rookie All Star Award
Curie National Division, Highest Rookie Seed (rank 2/85)
Curie National Division, Finalists (rank 8/988)
2004 WHS MUN Most Valuable Freshman Award [9]
2003 Intel Northwest Science Expo, 3rd Place in Physics [8]
2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Nominee [8]
2003 FIRST Lego League State Tournament: 1st Place, Research Quality Award [8]</p>
<p>Muh Dad went jobless for 4 years, right at the same time my sister began to attend college. Mom and dad effectively divorced during Jr year (dad moved to LA), and then mom fell into deep depression, not to mention that we began to constantly squabble. 'course, though, the story of my grades in Jr year is not all the fault of my family life - how lame is that? But eh.. It's worth mentioning, and I'm just glad it's over.</p>
<p>My best recs will be from my two mentors (researchers) @ the monkey farm -- I love working there and I think/[hope] it shows. I'll also be getting another rec from my AP Physics teacher, who's also advising our Inventeam. My counseler rec will be horrible, I KNOW it. I'm not just speculating, I know he has an unsavory opinion of me. But, I've no idea who to ask for my second teacher rec. Perhaps my Lit and Comp 12 teacher? (I transferred out of AP Lit - ugh, and it's such a shame too; the difference between LC12 and AP Lit, even in-person, is like night and day. The AP Lit teacher is probably the most intelligent in the school, and.. is very eloquent with words.
AHH, fudsticks!)</p>
<p>I will be competing in Intel STS with my work at the Primate Center, likely involving brain-volume segmentation in a scopolamine study.. and I plan to take AP CS AB. But would anyone even know I'm self studying CSAB, or if I passed the AMC 12/AIME this year?</p>
<p>I'm looking at majoring in CS, perhaps with a splash of ME or neuro? I like to say biotech, or some other interdisciplinary field, but I don't know just yet.</p>
<p>Finally, my list of prospective schools, prioritized:
I. UW, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell
II. WUSL, Johns Hopkins
III. UIUC, the UC schools, UMich-AA
IV. MIT (just for kicks.. you never know if you don't try, right? :/), Stanford, Duke, UPenn</p>
<p>I will submit a token app to OSU as a guaranteed safety, but... I would not want to spend another 4 years with 3/4 of my high school again. Icky.</p>
<p>I hadn't even really considered any non-MIT schools much, until recently. But the extremely stiff competition here - our valedictorian & salutatorian are perfect in <em>every</em> respect - and my disappointing grades in Jr year have recently made me look elsewhere. And I /can/ definitely be happy at a diff college, but again, all those assuming years have deprived me of any knowledge about other schools.</p>
<p>Any college suggestions, or ideas of my chances? Thanks! :)</p>