Intended Major: Biology and Society at CAS
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male (proud of my race )
SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (800 Math 730 Reading/Writing) (New SAT)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics (Took sophomore year) (Will not taking Bio disadvantage me as I didn’t take Bio until junior year?)
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.6
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (Used to be 3.92, I have a 3.77 UW Q1 yikes!) (5 AP Classes and all Honors Courses past 3 years) (All A’s and A-s, with one B+ Junior year history and one this quarter)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (5) Physics 2 (5) Music Theory (5) Chinese (5) European History (4) Micro/Macro Econ (5) BC Calc (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Stats, Honors Spanish, Honors English, Honors Art.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National AP Scholar, Book award from a small local college.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Shortened versions from what I put on common App
(12) (Summer) (Summer intern at a Harvard Laboratory 5 days a week)
Did Biological Research with a mentor and conducted own experiment with his help.
(9, 10, 11, 12) (President of Community Service Club)
(10,11,12) (Co-founder/President of another school Club)
(9, 10, 11, 12) (Model UN)
(9,10,11,12) (Math Team)
(9,10,11,12) (Volunteer to help teach Children with disabilities how to swim)
(10,11) (Summer) (Volunteer 3 days/week at the local hospital’s occupational health center of my local hospital in helping injured patients recover through physical exercise)
(Athletics):JV/Varsity (Track (10, 11, 12))
JV/Varsity (Swim(9,10,12))
(Job/Work Experience) local restaurant(12 hr/wk, 7 wk/yr) ((Summer before senior year)
(Description on Common App: Summer work to raise money for a trip abroad. Performed tasks such as cashier, dish washing, sweeping floors, and cleaning toilets)
Teacher Recommendation:
Honors Bio teacher: I actively participated in his class.
Econ Teacher:She likes me.
Counselor Rec:
Dunno. Hopefully good because she knows me very well and calls out my name out loud every time I walk into her office. Might not know me well about me personally though.
Essays:
Common App:I wrote this based off sitting in the back of a classroom (Where all the bad kids sat lol) during my middle school years in urban China. My middle school was for poor rural children who had just arrived to the city from the impoverished countryside and how less than 40% graduates had opportunity to go to high school, not to say college. I then wrote about the difficulties for my best friend went through and my continuous support and help for him after realizing the existence of inequality and my own privilege, even after coming to the U.S.
Supplement (For Cornell CAS): Elaborated on development of my interest in the Biological Sciences from childhood to high school. How my high school internship made me realize that studying Biology was to help society. I tied this to sociology and to my realization of inequality during middle school and how my middle school experience compelled me to explore social issues in high school through things like MUN and AP Econ. Later referred to Bio/Society major at Cornell to show how various professors/programs at Cornell could help me reach explore my passions. Finished up with a sentence reference to my campus visit and my goal of becoming a physician who will make healthcare more available.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):The USA!
School Type: Public (One of the most competitive schools in MA)
Income Bracket: <90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None