<p>I am a sophomore (going junior), with a GPA of 4.57, rank 6 out class rank of 800s, rank 8 out of the whole school rank of 2500s. I am currently a IBer, intending to do full IB diploma, I am also doing honors and APs for most of my classes (8-9 classes). I have never taken a real SAT/ACT but for one SAT practice test I got: CriReading:600 Math: 720 Writing: 800. Yeah I know I need improvements in Critical Reading, any suggestions? (It's a bit hard for me since I am not a English native speaker. My first lang. is Mandarin, second is Taiwanese, third English, now trying hard to learn Spanish XD.) I have been in America for almost 7 years now. Extra Curriculum included Red Cross, school Newspaper, Mock Trial (law), CSF (stands for California Scholarship Federation), Key Club (community service), Tennis (though interested in basketball, mom won't let me)... As for the upcoming school year, (as a junior) I want to rejoin Academic Decathlon and perhaps other good clubs as well...
I have entered several poems into contests and had them published separately, I have competed in History Day and went as far as State Rounds... As a junior I want to do Science Fair but my ideas included expensive equipment...(You see, I am poor...)...
I want to help in local hospital but they told me that I am too young (age: 15, turning 16 around the end of this year...)</p>
<p>I hope I can get some feedback from Stanford students/graduates as well from that of my peers. If there's any information not mentioned and you want to know in order to consider please let me know!!</p>