Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
740 CR / 780 W / 780 M / 2300 Single Sitting
770 CR / 780 W / 780 M / 2330 Superscore
ACT (breakdown): Will not send scores
SAT II:
770 Math II
740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
School doesn’t do GPA, but using A = 4.0, B = 3.0, etc. it’s like a 3.98ish (I’ve gotten one B)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
5/475 (very close to Top 1%)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP US Gov: 5
AP World History: 5
AP Compsci A: 5
AP Calc BC: 5
AP Lang: 5
AP US History: 5
AP Art History: 5
AP Physics 1: 4
AP Chinese: 3
*Projected National AP Scholar
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Courseload:
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Lit
AP Macro/Micro
Distance Math course through Georgia Tech
Honors Anatomy
*School offers 6 periods in a day
*Will graduate with 14 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
HOSA (President) - won one award at State Leadership Conference - 9-12
Quiz Bowl (Captain/President) - won a few tournaments - 9-12
Law Club (Co-founder/President) - 11-12
Taekwondo (3rd Degree Black Belt, Instructor) - Won one award - 9-12
FBLA - Attended National Leadership Conference, won a few state/regional awards -10-12
NHS - 11-12
Job/Work Experience:
Internship at Clinical Trial Institute (unpaid, but I do the exact same work as the paid interns & work with them)
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at a hospital (Summer of 2014 & this summer)
Key Club
LEO Club
Summer Activities:
Went to Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) in 2015 - prestigious 4-week summer program that accepts some 700 rising juniors and seniors out of thousands across the state
It does look good to top tier schools and many who attended this program get accepted to HYP, ivies, etc (of course this doesn’t mean i’ll get in, but this is an important part of my application).
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Already started working on common app essay, should be 9/10 (I know what I want to write about and I can write about it effectively; definitely a unique topic)
Columbia Essays should be decent
Unique idea for UChicago Essay (although I suppose many will be just as creative if not more)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Calc Teacher 10/10 - teacher for 2 years and quiz bowl coach
Teacher Rec #2: Lang Teacher 10/10 - really outspoken and active in her class
Counselor Rec: 7/10 i doubt my counselor knows who i am lol rip
Additional Rec: possibly
Interview: possibly
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Something in the life sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, around 475 in my grade, top 250 in nation according to US News and World Report
Ethnicity: Chinese lmao
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths:
SATs, Class Rank; I have some good ECs; possibly strong essays; SAT; Transcript has upward grade trend
Weaknesses:
SAT Subject Tests on the low side, I don’t have any golden ticket/major ECs like ISEF, USAMO, Junior Olympics, etc. lmao
Thanks a bunch
