<p>Please tell me what you think!
I am a Chinese male from California, and a rising senior.
School type: Competitive public(Sent 5 or so students last year to Ivies/stanford/caltech/MIT)
Areas of interest: Math, Physics, Econ, Engineering</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW(straight As), 4.80 W
Class Rank: 2/560
Classes taken:
Sophomore Year
AP World History
AP Physics B
Calculus
Honors English
Volleyball
3rd Year Spanish
Jr Year
1 semester of general(AP equivalent) Chem at local City college
Differential equations/linear algebra at UCSB
AP Environmental Science
AP Micro/macro econ
City College Statistics
AP English Language
Volleyball
AP US History
Sr Year:
IB Econ
Higher Mathematics at UCSB
IB Biology
AP Lit
ROP Robotics
Advanced Engineering
Volleyball</p>
<p>Test Scores
AP taken: Compsci A, Calc BC, Physics B, World History, Stats, Envirosci, Macro Econ, Micro Econ, English Lang. 5s on all of them
SAT: 2260- 790M, 750CR, 720W
ACT: 35- 36M, 36E, 36S, 32R, 9 essay
SAT Subjects: 800 Math 2c, 800 World History, 780 Physics</p>
<p>ECs
Founder and Co-president of Ping Pong Club(11,12)
Vice President of Future Scientists and Engineers of America(10,11,12)
Vice President of Science Bowl Club(11,12)
Math: I love math. President of Math Club, USAMTS Participant, Southern California ARML Participant, Pomona Talent Search Participant, lots of local math competitions, and AMC/AIME/USAMO participant.
Volleyball: 4 years of high school volleyball, 6 years of Club volleyball. Twice attended USA volleyball junior olympics.
200+ hours of community service
Member of Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy/First Robotics Team 1717!</p>
<p>Awards:
-Two time qualifier for AIME(2007,2009)
-First USAMO qualifier in school history(2009)
-Top written exam score for Westmont math competition 2 years in a row. Top school overall in 2009.
-Won westmont Chalk talk(mathematics lecture competition, 2009)
-4th place team at Math Day at the Beach 2009
-USAMTS Silver medalist(2009), Bronze Medalist(2008)
-Pomona Talent Search Meritorious(2008), Outstanding(2009)</p>
<p>-Econ challenge 2009 team member
- 1st place in California
- 2nd place in Western Regionals
-Winner of California Capital Markets Contest</p>
<p>-Science Bowl team captain 2009
- 1st Place in kern county regionals
- Attended nationals. Lots of fun but no placements =P</p>
<p>-NHS, CSF stuff...</p>
<p>-California Letters about Literature Semifinalist(2008)
-Won some random haiku contest...</p>
<p>-National AP Scholar
-National Merit Semifinalist(233PSAT)</p>
<p>Jobs/Paid Positions:
- Working as an intern at an astronomy group this summer developing software for data analysis.
- Plan on working with an economist in the fall.</p>
<p>Rec letters:
- I know i can get one great teacher rec letter. The other may be ok, but has the potential to be just as great.
- Counselor Rec should be awesome(counselor considers me one of the top 5 students in her career)</p>