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College Search & Selection
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<p>Junior; Asian male from Texas; not US citizen, international student, canadian citizen
SAT I: 2030; 700M 690CR 660W
Rank: 2/450
GPA: 4.0 (on 4.0 Scale) and 101.95 (on 100 point scale)</p>

<p>Plan on taking SATII: Math IIc, Biology, US History, and Chem</p>

<p>Hardest courseload; will have completed 11 AP classes upon senior graduation. Two foreign languages: 3 yrs in Latin, 4 yrs in Spanish. 4 years of sciences, history, mathematics, and english.</p>

<p>Freshman Year (2002-03)
· Church pianist and worship team keyboardist
· SWT Young Pianist State Competition-3rd place
· Baylor/Waco National Piano Competition- Honorable mention and half scholarship
· Invitation to Summer Baylor Piano Institute to perform at a Master Class with Prof. Bohlen
· McLennan Community College State Piano Competition-1st place
· Awarded an advance measure from CHS advance measure review committee for outstanding piano performance
· Summer- Volunteer at Hematology Oncology Associates of South Texas (HOAST)
· 2003 Musical Arts Center of San Antonio (MACSA) performance honor roll
· Active Tuesday Junior Music Club member/performer
· Spanish Club Reporter (Freshman Representative)
· Student Council- Spirit and Pride
· UIL Literary Criticism participant
· UIL Poetry Interpretation-2nd place at district meet, 4th place semi-finalist at regional meet
· UIL Solo/ensemble- 1st division solo at region, 1st division saxophone quartet at region, 1st division woodwind ensemble at region, 1st division jazz ensemble at region, 2nd division medal solo state, 2nd division saxophone quartet at state
· CHS Little Theatre Company (LTC) member
· Soloist in church musical
· United States Achievement Academy- Mathematics Award
· Who’s Who Among High School Students? Award
· CHS Theatre Award for Outstanding Poetry Interpretation
· CHS Band Awards: Solo Award and Ensemble Award</p>

<p>Sophomore Year (2003-04)
· Selection to be a member of Youth Leadership New Braunfels
· UIL Region Marching Contest Winner, UIL Area Marching Contest Winner, UIL State Marching Contest Semi-finalist
· Fredericksburg Marching Contest-1st place
· Harlendale Marching Contest- 1st place
· All-district, all-region, and all-area band; qualifier for state auditions (2nd chair)
· Spanish Club Secretary
· Student Council- Spirit and Pride
· Latin Club Officer- “fabres”
· UIL Poetry Interpretation, Science, and Math Participant
· CHS Little Theatre Company (LTC) member
· United States Achievement Academy- Minority Award
· ITS (International Thespian Society) member
· Active Tuesday Junior Music Club member/performer
· Pearl Amster Concerto Competition- finalist
· Baylor/Waco National Piano Competition- honorable mention (3rd place) and full scholarship
· UIL Solo/ensemble- 1st division solo at region, 1st division saxophone quartet at region, 1st division woodwind ensemble at region, 1st division jazz ensemble at region, qualifier for state on saxophone quartet, 2nd division saxophone quartet
· TMTA local level- 1st place winner and advancement to district level
· TMTA district level- 1st place winner and advancement to state level
· UIL District: Poetry Interpretation-3rd place and advancement to regional level
· National Honor Roll Inductee
· Who’s who Among High School students award
· National Achievement Academy award
· UIL Regional: Poetry Interpretation: 3rd place Semi-finalist
· Volunteer at New Braunfels Public Library
· Church pianist and worship team keyboardist
· 2004 Musical Arts Center of San Antonio (MACSA) performance honor roll
· CHS Band Awards: Region Band Award, Area Band Award, Solo Award, Ensemble Award</p>

<p>Junior Year (2004-2005)
· CHS Head Drum Major
· ITS (International Thespian Society) member
· CHS Little Theatre Company (LTC) member
· Spanish Club Secretary
· Student Council- Spirit and Pride
· Active Tuesday Junior Music Club member/performer
· Church pianist and worship team keyboardist
· Volunteer at New Braunfels Public Library
· CHS Band Assistant Quartermaster
· Harlendale Marching Contest- 1st place, including Best Drum Major
· UIL Region Marching Contest- 1st division
· Brackenridge UIL Tournament- 3rd place in poetry interpretation
· Member of CHS UIL “winner’s circle”
· UIL Poetry Interpretation, Science, and Math Participant·
All-district, all-region, and all-area band; (2nd chair); 1st alternate for Texas all-state band
·National Honor Society member
·UIL Solo/ensemble- 1st division solo at region, 1st division woodwind ensemble at region
·TMTA local level- 1st place winner and advance to district level
·TMTA district level- 1st place winner and advance to state level
·Pearl Amster Concerto Competition- finalist
·Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship- Gold State Winner (top three in state)
·McClennan Community College State Piano Competition- 1st place
·Selection as a school representative for 2005 summer Boys State</p>

<p>Extra Curr. hours:
Band- Approximately four hours per day during marching season, and four hours per week during concert season
Public Library Volunteer- Two times a week, four to five hours per week
Church pianist- Twice a week, two hours preparing, two hours playing periodically through service
Church Youth Group- approximately fourteen hours per week
Separate Piano repertoire- approximately fifteen hours per week
Spanish Club Secretary- Approximately two hours every week
UIL poetry interpretation practice- approximately one hour per week
National Honor Society- approximately thirty minutes per week
Tuesday Junior Music Club- approximately three hours per month, 5 months each year</p>

<p>My essays will be pretty good; teacher recs will be exceptional, about 2 outstanding recs</p>

<p>My dream school is Stanford; What schools do i have a chance for? What do i need to work on? What more things do I need to have?</p>

<p>I'm probably applying for: Stanford, Rice, Washington U in St. Louis, Boston Univeristy, UT Austin, UC Berkley</p>

<p>Where else should I apply? and do i stand a chance for the ones i listed?</p>

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<p>· National Honor Roll Inductee
· Who’s who Among High School students award</p>

<p>Dont use these EVER! NEVER! NOWHERE! They are a scam (honor roll) or everyone gets them(whos who.) Dont feel special, lol. Just drop these, they arent awards. :)</p>

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<p>That is funny. I wondered why everyone had those awards...even the dumb people who didnt do anything.:)</p>

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<p>haha i got that 2nd award just for sending Key Club my 20 bucks</p>

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<p>ye, it said key club on mine too...really...its bull....i felt special, at first, but then i went and researched and found that national honor roll is a load of s h i t while the whos who is legitimate, its nothing to feel great about since they claim anyone who has a B+ or better gets it...thats a low grade in my opinion.</p>

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<p>true true. VERY LOW! haha</p>

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<p>You have great stats. But what do you plan to major in? What are your areas of interest? I see piano a lot...... You cant choose schools just like that. You have to know why....academics, etc. You really dont need anything else, i think ur just the typical over-achiever...like me. :)</p>

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<p>maybe bio or piano performance. They are all good schools if i want to do both, though.</p>

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<p>I really cant help you though; i know Northeastern schools much better than Cali and the south.</p>

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<p>What about princeton, colombia, yale, or duke?</p>

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<p>and of course, brown</p>

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<p>Yale...for biology....isnt great. Thats more that social sciences like English, law, history, etc. Duke is all-around great. I personally dont want North Carolina so its not for me at all. Its a very sport-oriented school too. Sporting is very important to them. Columbia, which i see all the time here in NYC is good for the sciences. They are usually very picky with admissions though. Their admittance rate is i think the lowest of all the ivy's except harvard. Princeton is getting better with the sciences. They have this new initiative to expand their focus on medicine. Princeton is too elite for me, i dont like elitist schools like harvy, prince and yale. Thats why i chose cornell as my dream skool.</p>

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<p>o and brown, well thats on my own list. Brown is better for humanities than science though Brown and Cornell in my opinion are the best. I like brown. Its good for biology too. It has a weird system though....theres no curriculum...and u get to pick everything urself and there are no requirements and u can have the option of taking no math classes or no history classes at all...and focus on one area like science or english. thats not my preferred educational experience so Brown may come off my list. But i dunno about you. Its all about what you want. You seem like you just started thinking about college 5 minutes ago, lol. you have to do research! thats the only way to narrow down! i started with 34 schools, im down to 15 now, and trying to make it 10. I eliminated like upto 20 by researching alone. Then, i joined CC in late april and ppl here helped me further eliminate and establish and realize my priorities when it comes to wat college suits me. you should do the same.</p>

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<p>what are you majoring in?</p>

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<p>Most likely in the sciences--medicine related....biological sciences</p>