Hi, I am a rising senior that attends a competitive high school in CA. If you have the time, please chance me for Cornell, as it has been my dream school since I was 10!
Stats:
SAT I: 1600
SAT II: Math 800, Physics 750
GPA: 3.88 / 4.35 (estimated GPA after this semester: 3.9 / 4.4)
APs: Computer Science (5)
Rank: School doesn’t rank (Probably top 5%)
Classes:
Freshman: English H, US Gov, Bio H, Introductory CS, Spanish 2, Trignometry
Sophomore: English H, World History, Chem H, AP CS, Spanish 3, Precalculus
Junior: English H, US History, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Physics C, Applied Mathematics, TA for AP CS, TA for English H
Predicted Senior Course load: English H, AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Psychology, Multivariable Calculus, Engineering Technology / FIRST Robotics Team, Graphic Design, TA for AP Physics C
Awards:
Won an award in machine learning at an international science competition (not going to name for privacy reasons)
- Competition is sponsored by the countries government
- Sponsored by Intel
- One of three selected from a total of 6000 students in my school district by the superintendent
- Featured on local newspaper
AIME qualifier (AMC 12: 115.5, AIME: 8)
USACO Platinum
Top 150 out of 87,000 in the H&R Block Challenge
Top 10 at Stanford Math Tournament
ABRSM Grade 8
- Received Distinction for all grades 1 - 8 (Top 5% of participants)
Accelerated Math Program Member (around 30 out 2000)
Member of Top 10 ARML Power team
School Ambassador of the Month (6 months in a row)
School Ambassador of the Semester
Principal’s Honor Roll - Given based on EC’s, community service, schoolwide impact, grades
Presidential Service Medal (Gold)
History Department Award (2 years)
Math Department Award (1 year)
English Department Award (2 years)
Science Department Award (1 year)
*Note: only 40 students in each department receive an award
EC’s:
President and Head Fundraiser of the CS Club (Raised $13k in total)
Head organizer for my school’s hackathon
President of the Engineering club
Head tech coordinator and Head Fundraiser of TEDx (Raise $25k in total)
School Ambassador (50 out of 2000 are selected)
Part of School’s Mental Wellness Committee (25 out of 2000 are selected)
Member of math team (Participates in HMMT, CHMMC, SMT, BMT)
Captain of the programming team
Lead trainer for USACO at my school (Successfully trained 3 USACO golds, 15 USACO Silvers, and 30 USACO bronzes)
Worked as a research intern for local neighborhood and created a business plan for building a new community center
On my school’s FRC team (usually top 50 in the world)
Play the piano (14 years)
Build several small projects for the school (ex. Autonomous Robotic arm that can write for disabled kids, message board)
Volunteer work:
Volunteer at local middle school as an assistant Mathcounts Coach
Volunteer at local petting zoo to help with visitor relations
Volunteer at middle school science fair for judging
Outreach for computer science, math, and robotics through the various teams that I am on
Other small gigs here and there
Total hours: 500+
Summer activities:
Camp Bizsmart (full ride scholarship)
COSMOS at UCD (math)
International Science Competition
Making Websites for local businesses
Traveling around + visiting colleges
Interned at a startup
- Did debugging and brainstormed marketing ideas
Junior Summer: Picking Between BU RISE, HSHSP, BWSI, SUMAC, and Princeton PACT (Committed to HSHSP tho)
Recommendations:
10/10 CS Teacher who I have worked with since sophomore year. He taught me in AP CS and sponsors the CS Club. Furthermore, he helps supervise the organization of the hackathon.
9/10 English Teacher who I had in my junior year. Super close and shares common interest in GoT.
Hooks:
Cornell legacy (2 generations)
Race: Asian (feelsbadman)
Major: Picking between Computer Science, Computational Biology, and Mechanical Engineering
Income: around $90k a year (probably not much financial aid)