<p>Chinese Malaysian Male... major ORM... sigh</p>
<p>O level results: 13As (Most rigorous course ever taken by any student in my school's history)
Rank 1/250 (Top 3 student in my state, top 1% in country)
SAT: 2140 (CR 640!!!, M 800, W 700) Retaking in January, confident I can
increase CR to at least 730 because I was sick the first time
SAT II: Taking in December (Predicted score: Chemistry 790, Math IIC 770, World History 640!!!)</p>
<p>ECs (weak spot):
Science and Academic ECs:
National Science Fair - 2nd place out of 120+ entries (gonna send my abstract)
National Physics Olympiad - Bronze
National Chemistry Olympiad - Distinction
Permanent member of my school's academic team, participated in over 10 quizzes including national math olympiad</p>
<p>Chess:
Chess Club - Grades 10, 11, 12 (president 12)
Represented school and participated in state-level chess competition</p>
<p>Film and Theater:
Passion in film and filmmaking - devote lots of time to it (17 hours per week) but never really accomplished anything except for a few scripts and movie reviews posted online
Arts and Theater society - Post Grade 12 (college preparatory program) (Vice President)</p>
<p>School/Community Service:
Librarian - Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 (committee member)
St. John Ambulance - Grades 11, 12 (committee member) (community service, gave first aid lessons, etc.)</p>
<p>I don't play any instruments. I don't have any accomplishments in sports. I am an avid swimmer (about 8 hours per week) but never won anything.</p>
<p>Recommendations: Dunno, haven't seen them. But they're in good hands!
Essays: Uh, good I guess. Not really an accomplished writer... except for that one essay competition I won a few months ago. I think there were more than 400 entries and I got 1st place. Yay.</p>
<p>Hooks: None. No accidents. No illnesses. Never been hospitalized. Not a URM. Never travelled to space before. Never robbed a bank. Never found no cure for AIDS. Never published a book. Never died of hunger.
But I'm proud of who I am and I love life! =D</p>
<p>Oh and I'm a government-sponsored student, so no financial worries :D</p>
<p>These are the 18 schools that I'm ALLOWED to apply to:
UC Berkeley (1 more day to apply!)
Caltech
Carnegie Mellon
John Hopkins
MIT
Michigan
Northwestern
Rice
Stanford
Washington Seattle
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Brown
Dartmouth
Columbia</p>
<p>Please chance me for each school and recommend 12 schools I should apply to. Thanks =)</p>