<p>Hello, I'm a senior at a VERY competitive public high school in Washington State. My school sends many students to top schools such as Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, Caltech, Chicago, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, etc. each year.
I'm going to apply for CAS Early Decision under Asian Studies major... though actually planning on majoring in International Relations which is under the Government major at Cornell CAS.</p>
<p>Academics/Test Scores</p>
<p>GPA: 3.865 cumulative
Top 15% of the class......... ugh .. shows improvement from Soph ~ Junior year though. I used to live in Toronto, Canada for 3 years before I transferred to my current school as a Sophomore and my Canadian school had NO Honors/AP/Advanced classes.
SAT: 750 CR 800 MATH 720 WR 2270 TOTAL
SAT II's: 740 US History 750 Japanese Language 6XX World History haha didn't study for this... and I'm taking Math 2 and Korean (just for fun) in November..</p>
<p>Honors/AP Classes</p>
<p>Honors Sophomore English<br>
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Symphonic Orchestra (11, 12)
AP English Language - 4
AP US History - 4
AP World History - 5
AP Japanese Language - 5
AP Calculus AB - 5
Taking AP English Literature, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, Advanced Calculus, Japanese 6, and Honors Orchestra as a Senior</p>
<p>Honors/Awards </p>
<p>Academic Honor Roll - 9, 10, 11
Most Inspirational Volunteer Award from Hospice of Peel, Canada - 9, 10
Eastside Regional Solo and Ensemble Music Festival - both from 11th grade
- Certification of Commendation: Small String Ensemble<br>
- Certification of Commendation: Violin<br>
Certification of Japanese Language Proficiency Level 2 - 11
Washington State Japanese Speech Contest 3rd Place - 11
All-USA National Japanese Speech Contest Top 15 Finalist - 11
All-US Korean-American Yi Sun Shin Essay Contest Honor Roll - 11 High School Community Service Award - 11
High School Orchestra Most Improved Musician of the Year - 11
Best Teaching Assistant of the Year, Korean School - 11</p>
<p>Activities/Leadership Positions
City Youth Orchestra: Second Violin Principal Chair & First Violin - 10, 11, 12
High School Orchestra - 10, 11, 12
High School Band - 9 (Canada)
Japanese Language Peer Tutor at School - 11, 12
Link Crew - 12
Key Club, Debate Club - 10, 11, 12
Bridge Across Border (Culture Club thing) Secretary, President - 10, 11, 12
Harry Potter Fansite Korean-English News Translator - 9, 10</p>
<p>Work/Volunteer Experiences
Hospice of Peel Volunteer - 9, 10
Library Volunteer - 10, 11
Korean School Teaching Assistant - 10, 11, 12
Youth Court Juror Volunteer - 11, 12 (Just got created 1 year ago)
Northwest Asian Weekly Internship - 11, 12
House of Sharingthe home for the living comfort women from WWIIVolunteer - Summer 2007
Korean Consulate General Seattle Internship - Summer 2008</p>
<p>I know that my low class rank will significantly impact the admissions decision, and being a Korean-American will be a con, and being a Korean and playing violin and speaking Japanese fluently won't help much either.
However, I firmly believe in what I want to pursue in college, and after going through many researches and readings, I figured that Cornell University is the perfect match for me.
Thank you for reading my thread, and please chance me for CAS ED!
Thank you again :]</p>