Hi yall
I’m a high school senior attending a top boarding school in Asia, and I’d like you guys to chance me for UPenn Annenberg School for Communication. Here are a few things about me:
ETHNICITY- Asian (US citizenship)
x applying for financial aid
ACADEMICS
-GPA: 4.98 out of 5 (I have one B out of my 4 years, and my school doesn’t have a ranking system)
-SAT1: 1560 (760 in Critical Reading, 800 in math) & essay: 22
-SAT2: Mathematics Level 2: 800 / World History: 800 / Biology M: 760
-AP: English Literature & Composition 5, United States History 5, United States Government & Politics 5, English Language & Composition 5, Statistics 5, Calculus BC 5, Macroeconomics 5, Microeconomics 5, World History 4
IBT: 116
AWARDS
-3rd place at Ayn Rand Essay contest 2018
-national prize for NASA Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest
-World Scholar’s Cup → 1st place in scholar’s challenge & global round qualifier
-Destination Imagination Asia Round → 1st place & global round qualifier
-Oxford Youth Writing Challenge → Bodley Gold Award
- other awards from essay contests, public speaking contests (interpretive reading), and mock trial competitions
ECs
-captain of school baseball team
-captain of school public diplomacy club
-captain of school debate club
-student council president
-journalist at school newspaper club
-executive editor at school journal club
-member of school journalism club
-male DJ of school radio show
-served as delegate, chair, and secretariat at MUN press corps committees
-internship at a local newspaper
-paid internship at a local TV broadcasting station
-took the Media Studies course at Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies
-directed a documentary film & premiered at an international documentary film festival
-VIP member of Teen Ink
-quarterback at school flag football team
-member of school badminton, table tennis club
-vocalist at school acoustic band
-flamenco dancer (participated in La Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla 2018)
-mentored&taught English to children of migrant families
-taught a journalism&article writing class to students attending a local gifted center
I’m also planning on applying to University of Chicago and University of Michigan.
Thank you for reading my post~!