<p>Stats:
I've only taken the SAT I (going to retake for sure) and the SAT II's (might retake bio and math2) once and the ACT twice.. I'll try to keep this short... please I would love anybody's input/ an objective view</p>
<p>I took the hardest classes per grade at my school, so if there aren't that many honors initially, it's because my school doesn't offer them</p>
<p> SAT Verbal: 760
SAT Math: 720
SAT Writing: 760
SAT Total: 2240
SAT II: Mat2: 770, USH: 760, Bio M: 710 (ouch, right?), Chinese: 770
ACT: 35Reading, 35Math , 35Writing, 32Sci (<--killed me)
AP/IB: AP Euro-5; took APUSH, AP Bio, AP English Lit, and AP AB Calc this year but haven't gotten scores back. I'm hoping for 5's on all but I doubt Calc will be a 5 beause i was thoroughly raped by that exam. Bio is the next iffiest exam
Freshman Year- Eng9, Honors Math, French2, Bio, Humanities: drama, world history
Sophomore Year- AP Euro, Honors Math, Eng10, Advanced Chem, Acting, Adv. French 3
Junior Year- APUSH, AP Bio, AP AB Calc, Eng 11 (I self-studied for AP English Lit), Trig Physics, Adv. French 4
Senior Year (not yet obv.)- AP Econ, AP Art History, AP French 5, AP BC Calc, Neuropsychology, ANimal behavior, Existentialism, Creative Writing
GPA weighted: ??
GPA unweighted: 3.96
Rank or % estimate: def. top 5%, but our school doesn't rank
Essays: haven't written yet, but I love writing and I'll make them unique so they shouldn't be too bad
Teacher Recs: should be good. one from an english teacher who adores me, another from a math teacher who i'm pretty sure likes me as well. I will ask my assistant manager from my job to write me a rec, and he thinks i'm the awesomest kid ever.
Counselor Rec: should be fine, but i think she thinks i'm an anal overachiever
Location/Person: Asian female from the midwest
School Type: Private College Prep school; pretty well known, have lots of ivies every year
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Recruited Yes/No: No, not too strong with sports though I do play JV Tennis and Varsity dance
Summer Experiences:
Summer after 9th: tennis and ballet lessons, nothing big
Summer after 10th: interned at international newspaper, SHanghai Daily, in China
Summer after 11th (this summ): working a lot (I work at Lindt Chocolate store, and have been working since December 2006 about 10-14 hrs a week during school year, 20+ hrs during the summer); Leadership in the Business World Program at LBW; orientation for YPT at America's Promise (see below for more details); internship at (international branch) New York Times in Shanghai</p>
<p>Community Service:
-CARE (I founded this comm. service group dedicated to caring for senior citizens, we are having a huge benefit fashion show next year for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America) Gr. 10-12
-YPT (national community service group founded by Colin Powell; I am one of 15 members of the "Youth Partnership Team" a part of this huge alliance. Very big. Very time conusming) Gr. 12
-I-Skate (help mentally disabled children ice-skate) Gr. 9
-Nursing-Home Aide/ Volunteer Gr. 9-12 (this kinda corresponds w/CARE)
-Special Olympics Gr. 9 </p>
<p>Debate & Public Speaking:
-Mock Trial (varsity mock trial member since gr. 10, which was when i first joined. We won state last year and advanced to nationals, where we took 23rd; this year, we won regionals and advanced to state again, but were knocked out in quarterfinals...one of the best attorneys) Gr. 10-12
-Model UN; honored delegate gr. 9-10; gr. 11 I was a member of the saint louis secretariat and my position was undersecretariat general (like vice president); next year, i have been elected as secretary general (aka big cheese of saint louis model un) Gr. 9-12</p>
<p>Journalism:
-newspaper columnist gr. 9-10; arts & entertainment editor gr. 11; managing editor gr. 12. Gr. 9-12
-New York Times internship
-Shanghai Daily internship</p>
<p>Work Experience
-Job @ Lindt Chocolate since Dec. 2006. 10+ hrs during school year; 20+ during breaks
-Shanghai Daily Internship
-NYT internship</p>
<p>Misc:
-LBW (wharton business program this summer)
-in all-school play during gr. 10
-grade representative on our school's social issues board
-sci olympiad member gr. 9, 11, 12
-Student Ambassadors (help usher new kids in and give tours of school and stuff.. nothing big) gr. 9-12
-Mandarin Society (like a Chinese club... i am the first ever president) gr. 11-12</p>
<p>Sports
-JV Tennis gr. 10-12
-Varsity Dance gr. 9-12
-Tennis + Ballet Summer 05</p>
<p>Awards
-Organization of Chinese Americans Youth Leadership Award (2007)
-Glory of Missouri: Enterprise (2007) (10 from each school in missouri)
-U of Rochester book award: Kodak Young Leaders Award (2007)</p>
<p>Applying (tentative list):
-Wharton (UPenn) ED
-MIT (Sloan business school) EA
-Brown
-Yale
-Harvard
-Princeton
-Northwestern
-Washington University
-Stanford
-Columbia
-Berkeley (Haas Business school)
-U Mich. Accelerated Business program
-Dartmouth maybe
-Cornell maybe
-Amherst maybe</p>
<p>sry that was long.. chance me though!</p>