Demographics
- Domestic
- Texas
- Medium-Large public high school
- Asian Male
- no hooks
Intended Major(s)
I intend to do CS (choice 1) or bioinformatics (choice 2) research.
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- 6.50 weighted, top 5% (probably around 3.97/3.98 unweighted)
- College GPA 4.0
- Class Rank: 2/600ish (there’s around 25 people at rank 1)
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1560 SAT(760 EBRW 800 M), 1510 PSAT (750 EBRW 760 M)
Coursework
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))
AP Statistics, WHAP, Calculus BC, Physics I, APCSA, Chinese - all 5’s on exams
currently taking APUSH, AP Lang, AP Psych, AP Physics 2
Completed multivariable calculus at local community college, currently starting Linear Algebra
Awards
USACO Gold
AIME Qualifier (seriously when will they release scores??)
TMTA Performance Competition state qualifier 2021, district qualifier 2020 (piano)
Texas State Piano Competition - 1st prize
3rd place at local UIL coding competition, 4th place at another (40+ teams, 150+ people)
AP scholar with Distinction (does this even mean anything anymore?)
Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)
Bioinformatics research - work on scRNA-seq analysis using python and scanpy library; performing pathway analyses using gseapy library
Coding Club - Vice President/Competition Team Manager, develop Java curriculum for beginners/advanced students to prepare for UIL CS competition; working with competition team to qualify to the State UIL competition
NCSHS - Vice President
Piano - 10+years of play, performed at many concert halls (invited to Carnegie Hall in July), member of a group that attends masterclasses with local professors from Rice and U of Houston
Tennis - JV, 3 years
In progress: authoring programming contest on website Codeforces, hope to have 10000+ registrants
Volunteering
80ish hours at a summer camp for disabled children, helped counselors with running the camp - wrote about how this inspired me to perform bioinformatics research to hopefully cure those disabilities
30-40 hours of playing piano at local nursing homes - wrote about how this shares my love and passion for music
20ish hours of tutoring online
Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)
Essays: have to admit slightly rushed as I just started them recently, but I think they will turn out fine. So far, I feel I’m doing a good job of highlighting my successes, and some of the challenges I had to conquer.
LORs:
Physics teacher - should be around 8/10, we get along very well and she was enthusiastic to write it for me
Research professor - should be around 6/10-7/10, average because we work remote and he doesn’t know me that well personally but I wrote a summary of my work that I sent to him that should help him when writing
Math professor - still waiting on whether she wants to write one
Please chance me for RSI! RSI is my dream summer program and I am helplessly in love with it. Be honest, don’t hold back 