<p>Hi I am a Cupertino High School student from grade 10-12. I attended an international school in grade 9. I am Korean, Japanese and Chinese. </p>
<p>U/W GPA A-G: 3.92
Weighted GPA A-G: 4.35</p>
<p>SAT Score: 2300
M: 800, CR: 720, W: 780</p>
<p>SAT II Scores:
Chemistry: 790
Math Level 2: 800
Planning to take Literature soon</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Chemistry: 4
Calculus BC: 5
Planning to take: Japanese, Physics E/M and M, Statistics, and English Literature and Composition</p>
<p>Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>ECs, Stuff I've done: I am not a very strong individual in terms of volunteering or school clubs. I have more work experience.</p>
<p>School Activities/Volunteer Services:
Japanese National Honor Society: Participated in many volunteering events through my junior year and I am an officer this year.</p>
<p>Bunkasai Festival: A festival I helped organize by being part of a committee. I oversaw poster setup and design. I was in charge of running some game booths. All proceeds were donated towards the Philippines (earthquake).</p>
<p>Various Key Club and International Club volunteer events.</p>
<p>Educational Programs:
Reischauer Scholars Program: A program hosted by Stanford EPGY and Stanford SPICE. It's an online class that spanned over a semester where I interacted with 30 other students from all over the nation through video classrooms and discussion forums. Every week we talked with a different professor from universities like Harvard and Yale to talk about Japanese culture, history, and modern relations. At the end I wrote a 10 page research paper that was published with everyone else's and distributed to the Stanford community. Our papers were praised as undergrad student level papers. </p>
<p>NOTE: The Reischauer Scholars Program is considered very difficult to get in. Only 30~ students are admitted.</p>
<p>Sports:
I have done Junior Varsity Swimming in 10th grade and competed in district wide events. This year, 12th grade, I am doing Varsity Swimming.</p>
<p>Internships/Jobs:</p>
<p>IFSS (Inspiring Future Scientists through Shadowing): An internship at Stanford where I helped a Chemistry Grad student in his research for a few weeks. I got to learn a lot about lab safety, meticulous procedures, and the science behind many of his experiments. </p>
<p>TOBI: I worked at a factory for a while in South San Francisco. It was an interesting experience and allowed me to glean insight into the industrial infrastructure and management. </p>
<p>Bakery: I worked for half a year at a bakery during 11th grade. It was a tedious job and helped grow my communication skills through my interactions with customers. I did lots of odd jobs but I mostly managed the front and register. I learned many valuable skills.</p>
<p>Private Tutoring: I started Private tutoring during the summer of my 12th grade. To date I have tutored over 15 people in a variety of subjects ranging from elementary school common core level to AP Calculus. </p>
<p>Private Tutoring Business: After a while I started receiving more tutoring requests than I could handle so me and 3 other seniors started up a tutoring business. It has been an extraordinary experience learning about business organization, management and advertisement. I continue to gain lots of experience from this venture. To date we tutor over 30 students in a variety of subjects and our staff is composed of 14 tutors, all highschoolers to promote our mission goal of providing tutors that are up to date and relatable through experience.</p>
<p>Essays: My UC1+2 and Common App are very strong and have received praised from admission officers, grad students, and professors. </p>
<p>Hooks: My mother went to Berkeley and Stanford. </p>
<p>Other info:
My Letters of Recommendation are very strong, (one from Chem AP teacher and the other from my Japanese teacher). Both teachers know me very well and I have shared significant experiences with them both. Especially my Japanese teacher. My Counselor Letter of Rec is also very strong.</p>
<p>Stanford is my number one school I would like to go to.</p>
<p>Schools I am applying to:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC Irvine</p>
<p>Harvard
Stanford
Penn
Princeton
Yale
MIT</p>
<p>Please chance me. Thanks.</p>