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<p>I'm Korean and go to a fairly competitive (though not cutthroat) SoCal high school that sends a handful of students every year to Berkeley and UCLA and some (but rarely) to Ivies or top privates. I plan to major in economics.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.4 W
Class Rank: 4/536
SAT: 2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W); 2390 Superscore (800M, 790 CR, 800W)
SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Community College Courses:
Business Statistics (A)
Accounting 1 (A)
Accounting 2 (A)
Introduction to Business (A)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Economics
French 3</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Key Club (4 years)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)</p>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>OK, here is the new version of my application with more ECs and volunteering. It's not because I omitted them on purpose the first time, but I just have so much going on right now that I'm just remembering them now after looking through my papers; most of the ECs and volunteering I listed before were right off the top of my head.</p>

<p>General:
Sex: Male
Race: Korean
Location: Southern California
High School: Fairly competitive but not cutthroat. The school sends a handful of students each year to UCLA and Berkeley but rarely ever to top Ivies.
Interests: Sports (listed below), guitar, mountain biking, traveling</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.45 W
Class Rank: 4/536
SAT: 2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W); 2390 Superscore (800M, 790 CR, 800W)
SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Community College Courses:
Business Statistics - A
Accounting 1 - A
Accounting 2 - A
Introduction to Business - A</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Economics
French 3</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Freshman Basketball (1 year)
* Key Club (4 years)
* Future Business Leaders of America (2 years)
* School Newspaper Editor (2 years)
* High School Assimilation Committee (assisting prospective middle school students get assimilated into the high school) (1 year)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 120 hours at local elementary school that I attended (helping out the preschool kids with their breakfast, reading books to them, etc.) [note: I never really did this for the purpose of putting it on my college application, because it was just something I loved to do and would help relieve stress.]
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)
* 50 hours at blood bank (assisted in blood drives, distributed snacks and beverages, donated blood of my own)</p>