<p>Female Junior from California</p>
<p>SAT: 2350 - 750 Math, 800 CR and Writing
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 770 Bio M
PSAT: 233 - 80 Math, 75 CR, 78 Writing
AP: Physics B (5), Biology (5), Calc AB (5), currently taking Physics C Mechanics and E&M, Chemistry, and Environmental Science (I also took European History and Music Theory and am currently taking US History but I don't think those are as important?)</p>
<p>Science ECs: I've been on my school's varsity Science Olympiad team since my freshman year and have consistently placed in top 6 at both the regionals competitions and state competitions for the majority of my Science Olympiad events. I am also a Science Olympiad coach and have been since my freshman year. I am one of few selected Research Associates for a non-profit organization called Catalyst for Success, an organization whose goal is to spread STEM education to younger children through the aid of high school students who are high-achieving in a STEM field. I am the president and founder of my school's Biology Tutoring Club and the vice president of SET (Science, Engineering, and Technology) Club. </p>
<p>Research: I applied and got into a selective program at UCSD during the summer after my sophomore year. It's called the Academic Research Scholars program and about 18-25 people make it in each year. I was paired up with a mentor in a biochemistry lab at UCSD and I did my own mini-project under his guidance for 3 weeks and made a poster for it and presented it to UCSD faculty. Afterwards, my mentor asked me to stay and be his intern so I continued working in his lab for 3 more weeks after the program ended. In total, I probably spent about 200 hours in the lab that summer, from 9 am to 7 pm every day except weekends.</p>
<p>Letter of Rec: Getting one from my lab mentor and another from my AP Chemistry teacher, who will probably give me a good reccomendation since I was so interested in chemistry that I took the online calculus course my school offered last year so that I had a free 4th period instead of an actual calc class which allowed me to go sit in his 4th period chemistry class so that I could learn from his lectures.</p>
<p>Non-Science ECs: I have about 50 volunteer hours from when I went to India and taught English at a young girls' orphanage there. 100+ hours from volunteering at VA hospital. I am a member of the National Honors Society. I have played piano for 9 years and I am currently at Level 7 for Certificate of Merit for piano and will be taking the Level 8 exam in March. I occasionally play piano at retirement homes also.</p>
<p>I know RSI is one of the most selective high school research programs in the world and I will have a ton of competition, but that also means its my top choice out of the programs that I'm applying to and I think if I got into this program I would seriously die of happiness.</p>