<p>I am a first generation Chinese-American male in the class of 2012. I'm interested in Engineering, Pre-Med, Architecture, and other majors related to math. </p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.6-------->I can pull this up to 3.8 by the end of this semester
GPA - Weighted: 3.85--------->if the aforementioned circumstances follow this will go up, idk how much, most likely alot cause my senior schedule has alot of APs and honors</p>
<p>Honors Courses:
Hon Algebra, Hon Alg II, Hon Pre-Cal, Hon World History, Hon Bio, Hon Chem, Hone Chem II, Hon English I, Hon Eng II</p>
<p>AP Courses:
AP Euro History, AP Chem, AP English (Lang), APUSH</p>
<p>AP/Honors Courses in my upcoming schedule:
AP Calc AB and BC, AP English (Lit and Comp), AP Gov/Econ, and Honors Physics</p>
<p>also I took 3 years of French (although I am currently incompetent at it)</p>
<p>Class Rank: top 20-25%
Class Size: 500</p>
<p>My school rarely sends students to top schools...kinda uncompetitive, makes my mistakes freshman year (5 B's freshman year!!! FACE PALM!) look really bad (being a Tennessee public school doesnt help either...).</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>ACT: 29 ------>Will take again, shooting for 30+</p>
<p>SAT: Really bad....will take again, or should i just submit an ACT? If so, should I take SAT Subjects if I leave the SAT out?</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
SGA (All of middle and high school), News Station (junior and senior year), High School Soccer Team(all of high school), NJHS(09'), NHS(11-12), Violin (12 years), Key Club(sophomore,junior,senior years), Freshman Mentoring (sophomore and junior years)</p>
<p>Leadership positions:
SGA Freshman VP (09-10), SGA Overall VP (11-12), News Station Assistant Station Manager (10-11), Station Manager (11-12), KSO Symphony Orchestra (05-10), JV Captain (11), Club Soccer Captain (07-11)</p>
<p>Athletics:
JV Soccer (09-11), Varsity Soccer (11-12)-----I played a mix of jv and varisty; first varsity letter last year (yay!)
Soccer State Semifinalists 10,11
My high school team is consistently ranked in the top 25 of ESPN RISE
Three time defending champion of The 12 Hours of the Hill of Truth Race (mountain biking);</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>
<p>SGA: our SGA holds the national record for the largest non-corporate donation;we consistently break it every year (except last year, we raised $60,000, we were a few grand short:()
I also have about 120-150 hrs (about 60 each year is from summer work days)of work for SGA every school year and I attend the TN Assc of Student Councils and Southern Assc. of StuCo's conventions every year.</p>
<p>News Station: Idk if this is considered volunteer/service, but I edit clips, record social/athletic events, produce montages, film anchors, edit greenscreens, etc. for our school's weekly news broadcast. Countless hours here, actually more spent here per semester than SGA, albeit I only started Junior year.</p>
<p>Violin: I used to perform with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, but quit after freshman year to accommodate other EC's. Instead, now I perform with my violin teacher's studio for retirement homes, veteran homes, art festivals, etc (I actually did this during my time at KSO too). Many hours here as well.</p>
<p>Key Club: My key club hrs are typically my sga hours recycled...</p>
<p>Freshman Mentoring: Show upcoming frosh around the school, guide a designated group through their first year in high school.</p>
<p>Honors and Awards:
Best Teammate Award 09,10,11; Player of The Week; SGA Creativity Award (11); Published several poems in those anthology books that just about every student does</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>
<pre><code>Columbia
Carnegie Mellon U
Cornell U
Davidson College
Duke U
Emory U
Georgia Tech
New York U
Polytechnic I of NYU
Purdue U
Rice U
U Calif Berkeley
U Michigan
U Texas Austin
U Virginia
Vanderbilt U
Wake Forest U
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<p>Georgia Tech is probably my #1 choice that is in my statistical ballpark (I think), although i have been becoming interested in UC Berkley (not so much in my ballpark...).</p>
<p>I know some colleges are quite the reach, I would like to know if they are high reaches or ow reaches.</p>
<p>Also I would like to know what I can work on...reasonably... within my senior year</p>
<p>Thanks for reading/posting, I will return the favor, just leave me a link.</p>