<p>Please Chance Me. I'll chance you back
Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>Gender: male</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Vietnamese(part Hmong)</p>
<p>ACT: 32 (34 english, 34 crit reading, 29 science, 30 Math, 33 Combined E/w)
retaking Act in oct </p>
<p>SAT 1: Waiting on Scores</p>
<p>SAT 2: Math II:800, Chem:740, US history:790, Bio M: 710(didn't even take ap bio), taking spanish with listening this november</p>
<p>GPA Weighted: 4.0</p>
<p>GPA unweighted: confusing because I had to do it myself: 4.45(not counting honors classes as 5s)</p>
<p>Aps: Chemistry=5, English Lang and comp=5, Calc BC=5 Ap Scholar Award
College Classes: History 1,2 ,11,12</p>
<p>Senior Schedule: Ap Psych, Ap Stats, Ap Physics C mechanics, Ap Macro and Micro Economics, English, Orchestra, Multivariable Calc at Community College</p>
<p>rank: we do decile reporting but my counselor said about 7-10/750</p>
<p>ECs:
- Actively involved in Boy Scouts since 7th grade: Assistant senior patrol leader, Eagle Scout, BSA 2010 Shooting Team Qualifier, 200+ Hrs of Community Service</p>
<p>-Red Cross Volunteer: Involved since 7th grade, President/Supervisor of all High School Clubs, President of the Santa Monica Red Cross Youth Services, ran over 90 Red Cross Events, Youth Volunteer of the Year 2011,2012, over 1000 hours of service</p>
<p>-Red Cross High School club pres: Raised over $2000,Instructed over 500 youth in Disaster Preparedness and CPR, basically revived the club at the high school that was failing miserably before</p>
<p>-Varsity("A-Team") High School Quizbowl and History Bowl Captain: placed 49th of 265 Teams(top 10% of teams in the U.S) at 2012 Nationals, 64th at the 2013 Nationals, 3rd at State Championships 2012 and 2013, Ranked 48th best team in the nation, love quizbowl!</p>
<p>-Principal Violinist of school Symphony Orchestra: Participated 2010-2014 in California Director's Association Honor Orchestra(qualified and attended all 4 years), SCSBOA Solo Competition:2012-2013 Superior Rating Award</p>
<p>-Wrestling: Junior Varsity Team Wrestler 3 years too busy this year, but still have been part of the local Wrestling Club all 4 years, JV Letter</p>
<p>-Co-President of the Circles of Friends Club: Renowned school-founded program that im<em>proves aware</em>ness of the men<em>tally dis</em>abled, or<em>ga</em>nized fundrais<em>ers/pre</em>sen<em>ta</em>tions,helped raise $5000 a year for the mentally disabled.</p>
<p>-Volunteered as a Violin Instructor for Underpriviledged Elementary and High School Students</p>
<p>-NHS and CSF member all 4 years: honor roll member and junior rep</p>
<p>-Kinda random since I'm doing engineering, but: Selectively chosen law firm intern, shadowed Attorneys, performed clerical work, attended court hearings, assisted as a scribe at client depostions </p>
<p>Essays:
Common app: about my father's sudden death this summer due to a motorcycle accident and how it has impacted, shaped who I am now and my views. I talk about how it has made me strive for a higher education. 10/10</p>
<p>Why Penn Supplement: talked about how a trip to mt rainier in Boy scouts inspired me to pursue a economically feasible and adoptable alternative fuel for oil and how Penn engineering's resources match me well. 9/10</p>
<p>Extra rec: Red Cross coordinator I worked very closely with since 7th grade
Teacher recs: outstanding
Counselor rec: Pretty great</p>
<p>Supplements: Art supplement of some of my violin solos( one of them was a video of me playing at my dad's funeral as well, </p>
<p>county, state: Los Angeles, California</p>
<p>if you have any other inquiries let me know! please chance me, I'm very worried!</p>
but you have a great chance of getting into Penn… I’d say its a high match/very low reach</p>