Demographics
- US domestic - Citizen
- State/Location of residency: Texas
- Type of high school: Public
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Asian
Intended Major(s)
Computer Science with ECE as 2nd choice.
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
- Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 5.547 / 5.0
- Class Rank: Top 2%
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1530
Coursework
AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP Art History, AP Lit, AP CSA & CSP, Stats, and others, for a combined total 14 AP courses throughout HS. Earned a 5 on most of the ones I’ve taken, 4 on the others.
Awards
FRC State Finalist and Worlds qualifier
UIL Area Marching Band Finalist and State qualifier
NMSC Commended
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
District Award for maintaining a high GPA throughout HS
Extracurriculars
President of CS Club
FIRST Robotics (Software Dev)
BEST Robotics (Software Dev)
Marching + concert Band (no leadership unfortunately )
Paid Tutor at local Tutoring Center
Independent Study Mentee (AI Project)
Various unpublished Unity personal projects & game mods
~100 hours of volunteering across robotics, NHS, and local buddhist temple
Essays/LORs/Other
Essay - 7/10 (Could’ve been better, never really was a writer)
LOR CS Teacher - 9/10 (He loves me )
LOR Calc Teacher - 5/10 (Doesn’t know me, needed to fulfill LOR requirement )
LOR Mentor - 7/10 (Met this year but we’re on good terms)
Cost Constraints / Budget
< $60k
Schools
Goal - UT Austin Priority/EA [chance me!]
safe - UTD, UH, A&M
match - UT Austin
reach - St. Anford , CMU, GT, UIUC, Umich