<p>So this is my first time on the website, and I wanted to get a feel for my chances at HYPSM and gain some insight from you guys as to where I can improve. I'm an Asian male rising junior from California. </p>
<p>SAT: 2210
SAT 2: Math 2c: 770 French with Listening: 800 Chemistry: 740
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Rank: Top 5 %
AP (maxed out school offerings): four 5's and one 4 (chemistry)
Senior year Course Load: will definitely be most difficult
Major Awards: none?</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis): 1) Started my own free program for educating students. My program has been implemented in 5 countries (thx to internet) as well as around my community. 2) Research, however not too scientific in the sense that it is not something I could submit to Intel like competition. Have been published in a college journal though. I also write for a french newspaper. 3) Designed my own curriculum for teaching students French, and then went back to my homeland in Asia and taught French their in impoverished schools. 4) JSA (President, 3 years)/Internship at Law Firm starting this upcoming year, 6) Compose and play instrument/sing in my community, 7) Work with my church (am part of a group that plans activities for people from ages 5-20 to do weekly. Give weekly lectures about how to be a leader at the church, and help other kids with their presentation skills so that they can give these speeches too. 8) theater (main roles 2 years in a row, and hopefully 2 more years) 9) various other school clubs (president/vice president in 3 of them). </p>
<p>Volunteer: My program, soup kitchen (I'm going to try to go more often next year), summer counselor, all the common stuff- a bunch of hours though</p>
<p>Work experience: nothing major at all. I teach music, but only to 2 people. </p>
<p>Recommendations-one will be amazing, I know that, and another should be decent. Counselor will be generic
Additional Rec: one from Harvard professor who I did some research with</p>
<p>State: California
School Type: Public School
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Hooks: None what so ever (well I am fluent in 5 languages, and I taught myself 3 of them, so Idk)</p>
<p>Can you guys tell me what my strengths and weaknesses are! I only have 1 year to improve this, and I feel like I'm running out of time. I was thinking about applying for some of the prestigious camps next summer that are offered to rising seniors, and also gaining some more awards.</p>