Schools I’m applying to:
Pomona ED (AHHHHHHHHH), Scripps, Stanford, Brown, Columbia, all UCs except Merced, USC, Boston University, Washington U. of St. Louis, Brandeis, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Northwestern, Tufts, University of British Columbia
From: Asian female; competitive high school in Bay Area, CA
Major: Neuroscience
SAT: 2150 (710 CR 800 M 640 W)
ACT: 35 (35/36/35/32/10)
SAT II: Math 2 790 Chemistry 750 Chinese 780
GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: Our school doesn’t weight, but should be around 4.4
AP’s: AP Chemistry (4), AP US History (4), AP Calculus BC (5), current AP classes
Senior Courseload (max 7 classes): AP Statistics, AP Gov/Econ, AP Biology, AP Spanish, Chamber Orchestra, AP Literature, Teacher Assistant for AP Chemistry
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight but supposedly 4.38
Applying for Financial Aid; mom is single income
Clubs:
NHS Treasurer (Secretary last year)
International Club VP (Treasurer last year)
Prisoner’s Literature Club VP
Tino Science Olympiad (Top 10 at regionals in 2 categories)
Others: CSF, Student Doctors’s club, Environmental Club
Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster (2 yrs)
Awards:
Gold Awards in World Literature (chosen out of the 520+ students in my class) and Orchestra
Tech Challenge 3rd place best journal, 3rd place best engineering process
Biggest Music Awards/Activities: (Piano and Violin) - current teacher is a Stanford faculty; former teacher now teaches at Juilliard!!!
CalMusic Prep: Was in a piano quartet last year; currently in a piano trio
Soundpost Orchestra: Soloed with them for a Benefit Concert
Sid and Mary International Music Festival: got masterclasses from Noah Bendix-Balgley, Almita Vamos, Roland Vamos
Invited as a soloist for Era of Conscience movement (some chinese taekwondo movement)
2015 USIMC (United States International Music Competition) 2nd Place
2015 MTAC State Competition Chamber Music 1st Alternate
2013 Osaka International Competition Finalist
2013 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition 1st place in 2 categories
2013 Taipei Culture Cup 1st place high school division- piano and violin
2011 MTAC Solo Competition California Division I Grand Winner
ECs:
BU RISE: interned at a BU faculty lab in ecology last summer
Church: Worship Team and VBS leader
Core Scholar: Chosen by World Core teachers to help current students in a tutoring program
Chem Tutoring: Chosen by AP Chem teacher to help tutor and lead discussions
Bill Wilson Center Chat 4 Teens Volunteer (anonymously help teenagers through online chatting)
Essay: common app was somewhat strong, essay about how I learned to take risks through music and the Osaka International Competition
Supplement about a critical inquiry course about absolute pitch and autism with a bit on statistics
Teacher recs: English and AP Chemistry; haven’t read either but they know me very well; recs should be very strong
Counsellor rec: decent; she doesn’t know me very well, but she does know me better than most of the students at our school (people do not really interact too much with the counselors at our school)