Demographics: Asian male, senior from Bay Area high school.
Please chance me, Wharton has been my dream school for so long :’)
Academics: ACT 35, GPA: 4.3 Weighted, 3.9 Unweighted.
AP TESTS
AP Calc AB — 4
AP Physics 1 — 3
AP English — 5
AP Chinese — 5
AP US History — 5
AP Statistics — 5
AP Physics C M — 4
AP Physics C E&M — 2
COURSES
Some of my favorite courses!
- Creative Writing
- AP US History
- Multivariable Calculus (Honors)
- AP Computer Science
- Advanced Journalism
…I also have 5 B’s:
- Sophomore English
- AP Statistics, both semesters
- AP Chinese, second semester
- AP Physics C, second semester
(I’m not super STEM tbh)
EXTRACURRICULARS
- Cross-Country Varsity!
- CEO, founder of Lavender.O @ thelavendercircle.strikingly.com
- Chair, Youth Advisory Committee for my city
- Youth Commissioner, GOTV for Bernie Sanders 2016
- Co-President, Gay-Straight Alliance
- Chair, Harvard Model Congress
- A&E Features Editor, School Newspaper
- Co-Founder, Blog Up Club
- Youth Chair, Sandwiches on Sunday at St. Ambrose (food drive)
- Piano Teacher
AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
•Global Teen Leader, 3 Dot Dash by the We are Family Foundation
•MVP Varsity Cross Country
•First Place Features Publication — San Francisco Peninsula Publication Coalition
•Most Innovative Business Model — BizSmart at Stanford
•Panelist at the Creative Convergence at Silicon Valley (C2SV)
•AP Scholar with Distinction
•National Merit Commendation
ESSAYS
1 counselor, 3 teachers, and 1 other. My own common app essay is centered around my experience with the LGBT community. I know it’s cliche, but the topic I wrote about meant a lot to me. I hope the admin officers see that! 