Chance me for Cornell’s Dyson School.
Status: Asian
Gender: Male
Parents income bracket: <30k
Very competitive, top public school in nation in northeast
SAT: 2330 (Superscore) - 800 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR
(2250 one sitting - 720 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR)
SAT2: Math IIC 800, Literature 750
GPA: 4.38 Weighted (5.0 scale), around 3.75 UW (4.0 scale). Pretty stable GPA throughout high school.
APs (12 total): AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP US History, AP English Language and Composition, AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, AP World, SENIOR YEAR: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Gov Pol.
Classes taken at the University Level: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Algorithms and Data Structures
4s and 5s on all the APs, National AP Scholar
Awards: Debate Awards, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, Won a hackathon
Have taken most rigorous courses in subjects (except foreign languages - I hate foreign lang classes)
ECs:
- Debate; multiple awards from both national and local varsity tournaments. Pretty successful. Serve as coach for novice debaters on the team.
- Computer programming; Have an app published in the Google Play Market, Won a hackathon, invited to speak at a techfair in local area
- Internships:
- 2 Medical firms: Focus on web management, inventory management, learning how to make sales, business interaction. 4 years.
- Intern under a team of professors at a relatively highly regarded University on a paper. Data analysis work.2 years.
- Intern under a very prestigious real estate firm. Head Broker paying for my real estate license. 1 year.
- Drafted a patent and gave it to a highly regarded medical company (no money/time to build a prototype which is required for me to publish)
- Volunteer for international organization - Translate letters for children in third world countries so that their sponsors can read them, as I am bilingual. 2hrs/week
- Organization that address asian american oppression
- Prayer group - Discuss theology
Essays/Rec:
- Rec from Ap Eng teacher. Did very well in her class and she loves me as student. Writes good recs and is sought after.
- Rec from AP us/gov pol teacher - Did well in his class, and he likes me as a student - friendly relationship
- Guidance counselor rec - very close, and she really likes me as a person, so I assume a good rec
- Essay on how I attempted to become vegan, and what I learned from the experience
Interested in finance, and hope to work in Wall Street in the future.
Would gladly appreciate any help.