<p>Just wanted to give an early ty for anyone's critique and opinion. Honest opinions are appreciated </p>
<p><basics>
* Female Senior
* Public high school in California
* Chinese
* Biology major with focus on premedicine </basics></p>
<p><academics>
* Unweighted GPA: 3.96
* Weighted GPA: 4.65
* Rank: 11/480
* Senior Year Courses:
o AP Physics C
o AP English Literature/Composition
o AP Psychology
o Multimedia 1-2
o Political Science 101 (Community college course)
o Math 150 (Calculus community college course)
* Also took a macroeconomics course (Economics 120) at the community college over the summer </academics></p>
<p><test scores="">
* SAT I: 2170, Math 780, Writing, 740, CR, 680
* SAT II:
o Math IIC: 800
o Biology Molecular: 740
o Chemistry: 700
* AP Tests:
o Biology: 5
o European History: 4
o Chemistry: 4
o Environmental Science: 4
o English Language/Composition: 3
o Computer Science A: 2 (ugh)</test></p>
<p><awards>
o National Merit Commended Student
o AP Scholar w/Distinction
o 1st place in the 50 Best Mom's Essay Contest (Basically an essay contest to write<br>
an essay on why your mom was the best mom) </awards></p>
<p><extracurriculars>
o Future Business Leaders of America (9-12 grade)
Positions: Secretary 10th grade, President 11-12th grade
My activity essay discussed how as president, I consistently am meeting with<br>
businesses in the community to create partnerships with my club. I wrote about
how this offers me the ultimate preparation into the real world because I act as a
part of the business community instead of just studying it. </extracurriculars></p>
<pre><code> o National Honor Society (11-12 grade)
Positions: Vice President
o Key Club (9-12 grade)
Over 200 hours from community service events in the club
Positions: Treasurer
o Junior Model United Nations (9-12 grade)
Position: Mentor and Founder
One of the teachers that wrote my rec told me that she was planning on
discussing my work with JMUN; I along with 4 other students organized a JMUN at
a local underperforming middle school where we completely mentor the students
and prepare them for each annual conference in our city.
o Badminton (10th grade)
Junior Varsity
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<p><work experience="">
o Assistant (Summer before 11th grade)
I worked at a chiropractor's office, working on the billing and accounting.
I corresponded between insurance companies and the patients. </work></p>
<pre><code> o Leasing Representative (Summer before 12th grade-Now)
I basically receive calls from people throughout the city looking to lease a
property and I help them find a suitable property that matches their interests. I
also collect and balance each person's rent and work with maintenance phone
calls.
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<p><essays>
o Personal Statement: How my father owns a dry cleaner and I was always
expected to work there and be there to help the family; discusses how I always
wanted a normal family life only to realize normalcy isn't equivalent to happiness </essays></p>
<pre><code> o Why Stanford: It'll allow me to see the world in a different perspective
o Letter to Roomate: On how I write in a diary everyday
o Intellectual Vitality: Wrote about how my brother used to pretend he was a
professor and I was a student when we were kids and he would teach me various
different lessons
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<p>I know my test scores aren't the best and my ECs don't technically show "passion", which is a huge weakness, but I'm hoping my personal statement and recs can really outweigh all of that. Thanks again for any input, even brutal comments.</p>