<p>Location: NJ
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
School: Competitive Public</p>
<p>GPA: W - 4.23, UW - 3.90</p>
<p>SAT I : M - 800, CR - 760, W - 750, Total - 2310</p>
<p>SAT II: Math IIc - 800, Bio - 740 (self-studied w/ H Bio knowledge), taking Chem and Latin soon</p>
<p>APs: 4 on Phys B, taking 4 more soon</p>
<p>Classes In Case They're Needed:</p>
<p>9th:AP PhysB (A-), AlgII H (B+), Eng I H (A-), Govt + Ec H (A-),
Latin I (A), Intro to Computers (A), PE (A)</p>
<p>10th: Pre-AP Calc (A-), Eng II H (A-), US Hist H (A), Chem H (A), Bio H (A), Comp Prog (A), Latin II (A), PE (A)</p>
<p>11th: AP Calc BC (A), AP Eng III (A-), AP Chem (A), AP Comp Sci (A), Latin III H (A), Global Studies H (A), PE (A)</p>
<p>Senior Courseload: Toughest Possible</p>
<p>Recs: I already have the two teachers pegged. I have had the first teacher for Honors and AP Chem and have competed in various competitions with her help. The other teacher is also quite fond of me. </p>
<p>Essays: I'm a strong and confident writer and have had some powerful experiences that reveal a lot about my character that I plan to write about.</p>
<p>ECs (broke this down by category):</p>
<p>Clubs:
-Medical Careers Club (10-12, officer 11, pres for 12)
-NJ Science League
-Junior Statesmen of America (9-12, officer 11, vp 12)
-Science Competitor?s Club (10-12, officer 11, pres 12)
-Latin Club (9, 11-12, officer 12, couldn?t attend enough meetings 10th)
-Chemistry Olympiad (11)
-Math League (11, need calc to qualify)</p>
<p>Research:</p>
<ul>
<li>Research for two summers with a professor in microbiology. The first summer was a volunteer position (10th grade). 8 to 5 every weekday. Racked in hundreds of hours. The second summer is coming up (obviously) and may become a paid internship (I had to beg lol).<br></li>
<li>Received Finalist recognition at ISEF junior year. </li>
<li>Planning on competing in Siemens and Intel. </li>
<li>Regardless of competition results, I?m submitting an abstract and a prof supplemental rec. </li>
</ul>
<p>Science:</p>
<p>-NJ Science League 10th and 11th Grade for H Chem and AP Chem. I may have a chance at top 10% standing based on test scores.
-Expecting USNCO semifinalist standing.
-Chemistry Olympiad.
-Various other competitions w/ unfortunate results.</p>
<p>Math:</p>
<p>-Qualified to take AIME 11th Grade.
-Many math competitions (placed on a few) plus Central Jersey Math League 11th Grade. Math and Science are my biggest passions and I?ve dedicated a lot of time to both. </p>
<p>JSA:</p>
<p>-Political oratory is also a big passion and I have various Best Speaker Awards from JSA conferences and conventions. Might get a supplementary rec from advisor (she thinks I?m an excellent speaker). </p>
<p>Latin:</p>
<p>-National Latin Exam Scores: Latin 1 ? Silver, Latin 2 ? Gold, Latin 3 ? Gold
-Competed at Princeton U in Latin for three years.</p>
<p>Recreation (Yeah, Believe It Or Not):</p>
<p>-Played tennis for recreation for seven years. Was on the team in middle school, couldn?t make it in HS.
-Piano for 4 years. I suck though. </p>
<p>Community Service:</p>
<p>-Volunteered @ local library 9th grade. Hospital and senior center 10-11 grade.
-Part of the March of Dimes since 10th grade. Have raised money/awareness/etc. May have leadership position next year.
-Volunteered with American Cancer Society as well.
-Have upwards of 250 hrs with all these, not including the about 300 hrs from research. </p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>-228 PSAT. Hoping for NMSQT Finalist.
-NHS 11th Grade.
-We?ll see about AP Scholar stuff?</p>
<p>This got way too long. My bad.</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>Princeton University (Huge Reach w/ GPA?)
UPenn (ED)
Columbia (ED, give me ED chances for UPenn and Columbia, I?ve yet to decide on which I?ll do ED for)
JHU
Duke
Cornell<br>
Brown
WUSTL
Williams
Amherst
Stanford
Dartmouth
NYU (Match?)
Rutgers (Safety)</p>
<p>Also, do you guys think I should apply ED to UPenn/Columbia or should it be a different school (in case I?m not good enough for it)? Thanks a lot!</p>