Personal:
Asian, Male (woo)
Top 10 public school in California
Class Size of 720, rank unavailable (at very least top 10%)
Numbers:
SAT: 1560 (English 780, Math 780)
SAT Subjects: Math 2 (800), Physics (800), Lit (780)
GPA: 4.2W, 3.8UW (took 7 classes every year instead of usual 6 at our school, which deflates GPA)
APs: AP Calc (5, took sophomore year), AP Lang 5, AP Compsci 5, AP Environment Science 5, AP Bio 4, AP Chem 5, AP Stat 4
Senior Year: AP Physics, AP Gov/Macro, Philosophy, AP Literature, Multivariable Calculus
Additional Scheduled AP tests: AP Micro, AP Comp Gov
Extracurriculars:
- Founded a project that sent 40,000 meals to impoverished children overseas and $2000 for local veterans (4 years)
- Strategy Director at a youth-run organization furthering education in Africa, building a dozen classrooms (2 years)
- Business Director and Top Fifer at a fife-and-drum corp that volunteers at local fundraising events, 400+ hours of performance time (7 years)
- App Developer and Publicist for a district-implemented tutoring program that connects students to peer tutors (2 years)
- Global finalist at a theatrical and engineering-based tournament that shall go unnamed, now Board Member at a regional section of the tournament, organizing tournament for over 140+ teams (6 years)
- Student School Board member advocating (1 year)
- Debate Captain at school club, National Qualifier (3 years)
- Co-President of FBLA chapter, National Qualifier for one event and State finalist for the second (3 years)
- Writer for a youth policy think tank, invited to present at a Congressional meeting (2 years)
- Internship at a successful Congressional Campaign, going door-to-door advocating for the candidate (2 years)
Other Extracurricular Activities (mentioned through 3rd Letter of Rec below):
Technology Officer at Red Cross Chapter at school
Editor at school’s newspaper
Awards and Honors: PSAT Semifinalist, Mock Trial 3rd in State and top Trial Attorney scores in county, 1st place at a regional business “hackathon”, Torchbearer Award for Exceptional Service from the tournament mentioned before, Best Delegate at NorCal Model UN Conference
Essays:
-Main: uniquely written and humorous essay on a somewhat non-unique identity theme about identity (namely, the battle between community obligations and utter individuality felt by the split between my Chinese heritage and America culture)
-Supplementary Essays: relatively uncommon/humorous essays about 1) personal interest about the conflicts between the constitution and modern technology, 2) visiting Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell w/roommate and helping him finesse his crush in the roommate essay 3) playing the hulusi and the personal memories/relationships tied to it
-Supplementary Qs: mix of mildly satirical answers and serious answers
Rec Letters:
- very personable from one teacher who’s written several for me before (8/10)
- ehhhhh, not generic bc mentions specific anecdotes about my passion for the subject and independent projects I did for fun with the subject, but not much in the way of character testimony (6.3/10)
- super-personal letter of rec from superintendent of district and ex-principal of school who has known me since elementary school and attests to character and educational achievement (describes me as “one of the best students I’ve seen in my decades of service in the district”) (10/10, could honestly not see a letter of rec that fleshes out personality and curiosity and all that more than this one)
Additional Information Section:
-work at family business for 2-3 hours everyday, and 6-7 hours everyday during the summer, working with special-needs kids, worked at a debate academy as a paid judge, with income going to support family
-enrolled in online Stanford classes, including one about Poverty and Inequality in America
Areas of Interest: Management of Science and Engineering, Public Policy, Economics
Intended Career: Policymaker/Government
Hey, thanks for taking the time to read and reply. Really means a lot 
I’m realllyy interested in Stanford feedback, but if you’re feeling judgey, I’d be thrilled to hear something about Cal and UCLA too.