<p>General:
HS Rising Senior
Asian male (Vietnamese)
Middle Class</p>
<p>Academics: -IB candidate
-Rank: about top 5 out of 800
-GPA: 3.95 (unweighted) (one B in a one-semester class where all but one person out of 80 people got an A in... yep that is my TOK teacher for you),
5.38 (weighted based on 6 for AP/IB, 5 for honors/pre-IB, 4 for regular)
-SATs: 2250 (800 CR, 800 Math, 650 Writing -<em>- 1st attempt)
-ACTs: 35 Composite, 34 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 36 Science, 8 Writing (-</em>_____-)
-SAT Subject Tests: 800 WH, 800 Chemistry
-AP exams: APWH, APES, APHG (5s); AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB (5s)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Quiz Bowl (10-12, Captain for 11-12, and currently only person on the roster... gotta recruit)
-Hospital Volunteer (despite not interested in medical field, I have been doing ER Guest Services for almost a year because the people I meet there are interesting, and because there are a variety of people because it is in a tourist area)
-Part of a founded group based on helping elementary school at an at-risk aread (committed)
-Founder of Film Society (fledgling, but I will get to that later)
-Currently compiling a writing portfolio for Alliance for Young Artists & Writers (working one on one with a teacher) </p>
<p>Interests:
Weird: Chemistry or Chemical Engineering and Film Studies (Maybe uniqueness maybe a small hook :) )</p>
<p>Schools:
Yale
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
University of Chicago (does not look at writing score :) )
Cornell (Ivy + No writing score + Good Engineering Program... why not?)
Northwestern (opposite of UChi, but keeping options open)
Amherst
Swarthmore
Bowdoin
Boston College
USC
Wesleyan
University of Florida
Florida State University
New College of Florida (good merit aid?)</p>
<p>Please, also comment on any improvements I can make on my resume or any other colleges that do not look at writing)</p>