<ul>
<li>Rising Senior - Class of 2009!</li>
<li>Very competitive Public, ranked within top 50 on Newsweek</li>
<li>A dual US citizen, attended a public high school in Canada during Freshman year</li>
<li>Applying Schools - ED at UPenn or Cornell, Georgetown SFS, Brown (maybe),
Northwestern, NYU CAS, UW (in-state), Tufts, UVA, Columbia </li>
<li>Major in International Relations/East Asian Studies</li>
</ul>
<p>GPA: 3.864 unweighted
SAT: 720 Reading 780 Math 750 Writing 2250 Total
SAT II's: 720 US History 740 Japanese (i am NOT japanese)
650 World History (holy crap x_x) taking Math IIC in November</p>
<p>AP's:
Soph year - World History
Junior year - US History, Japanese Language, English Lang. and Comp., AP Calculus
Senior year - English Lit., US Government, Environmental Science, Calculus BC</p>
<p>Honors English 10, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Orchestra, etc.</p>
<p>EC's:
School Concert Band Clarinet Player (Canada)
Harry Potter (haha) fansite Korean-English news translator (2 years)
Regional Youth Orchestra - Second Violin Principal Chair (3 years till 2009)
Key Club - Attended 2008 District Convention
Debate Club, Peer Tutoring in Japanese Language (All 2 years)
Link Crew Leader 2008-2009
Waseda Japanese Learning Center (Summer 2007)</p>
<p>Community Service: Korean School TA (200+ hours), Hospice of Peel (100+) hours, City Youth Court, City Library, etc. </p>
<p>Internships: Northwest Asian Newspaper, Consulate of the Republic of Korea, City Hall </p>
<p>Achievements:
Finalist of the All-USA National Japanese Speech Contest - Top 15 nationwide
A Third Place Winner of State Japanese Language Speech Contest
Certification of Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 from Japan Foundation
All-USA Korean-American Essay Contest Bronze Award<br>
High School Community Service Award
School Orchestra Most Improved Musician of the Year
Korean School Best Teaching Assistant of the Year<br>
Certification for Most Inspirational Volunteer from Hospice of Peel, Canada
Eastside Regional Solo & Ensemble Music Festival<br>
- Certification of Commendation: Small String Ensemble
- Certification of Commendation: Violin Solo </p>
<p>*Yes, I know my EC's are weak and don't stand out and I barely have any leadership positions...
but.. switched schools 3 times -.- (immigrating, moving, etc.)
However, I think one strong point in my list is that all my internships, EC's, and achievements are
very focused (although it's too Asian lol) and show my passion - East Asian Studies/IR.</p>
<p>OH, I'd only studied Japanese for a year and participated in the National Contest which is probably a huge accomplishment!
I'm confident that I can get really good letters of recommendation from my teachers,
especially from my Japanese teacher - even txt msg / call each other :P </p>
<p>So, chance me at all the schools I've mentioned above? I know most of them are
high-reach schools but why not try >_<!!! Where should I do ED at? </p>
<p>Thank you very much :):):):):)</p>