<p>General: Upper-middle class Asian male</p>
<p>School Background: Average Midwest suburban high school. Recently honored by College Board for having the only perfect ranking of any school in the 13-state Midwestern region (excellence in AP Program).</p>
<p>Regular
GPA: 3.7195
Rank: 71/614</p>
<p>Weighted
GPA: 4.3049
Rank: 36/614</p>
<p>ACT (Sophomore Year)
Composite 35
English 35
Math 34
Science 35
Combined English/Writing 31
Writing 08</p>
<p>SAT
Critical Reading 780
Math 700
Writing 720</p>
<p>Retake
Critical Reading 730
Math 700
Writing 750</p>
<p>SAT II
US History 770
Physics 760</p>
<p>AP Tests
US History 5
Physics B 4</p>
<p>Classes
ENGLISH 1 Frosh
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>ENGLISH 1 Frosh
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>ENGLISH 2 Soph
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>ENGLISH 2 Soph
Accelerated
A-</p>
<p>ENGLISH 3 Junior
Accelerated
A-</p>
<p>ENGLISH 3 Junior
Accelerated
A-</p>
<p>SPANISH 2 Frosh
A </p>
<p>SPANISH 2 Frosh
A </p>
<p>SPANISH 3 Soph
A-</p>
<p>SPANISH 3 Soph
A-</p>
<p>SPANISH 4 Junior
A </p>
<p>SPANISH 4 Junior
A</p>
<p>CRITICAL THINKING GIFTED Frosh
Gifted
A </p>
<p>CRITICAL THINKING GIFTED Soph
Gifted
A </p>
<p>CRITICAL THINKING GIFTED Soph
Gifted
A </p>
<p>PL/SOLID GEOM Frosh
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>PL/SOLID GEOM Frosh
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>ALGEBRA 2 Soph
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>ALGEBRA 2 Soph
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>TRIGONOMETRY/AP CALCULUS A Junior
Advanced Placement
B+</p>
<p>TRIGONOMETRY/AP CALCULUS A Junior
Advanced Placement
A-</p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 1 Frosh
A-</p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 1 Frosh
A-</p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 2 Soph
A-</p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 2 Soph
A </p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 2 Junior
A-</p>
<p>ORCHESTRA 2 Junior</p>
<p>A</p>
<p>BIOLOGY Frosh
Accelerated
A </p>
<p>BIOLOGY Frosh
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>CHEMISTRY Soph
Accelerated
A-</p>
<p>CHEMISTRY Soph
Accelerated
B+</p>
<p>AP PHYSICS Junior
Advanced Placement
B+</p>
<p>AP PHYSICS Junior
Advanced Placement
A-</p>
<p>WORLD HISTORY Frosh-Summer School
A+</p>
<p>WORLD HISTORY Frosh-Summer School
A+</p>
<p>AP US HISTORY Junior
Advanced Placement
A </p>
<p>AP US HISTORY Junior
Advanced Placement
A</p>
<p>Senior Classes (no grades yet)
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
Orchestra 2 (only 2 tiers of orchestra at my school, 2 is the better one and unfortunately this year, it changed to taking up two periods instead of one)
AP Literature & Composition
AP Economics (one semester)
AP Government (one semester)
AP Spanish</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
10 years of private piano lessons-now volunteer playing at hospital and important events. (Played for opening ceremony and reception of the opening of a new hospital building)</p>
<p>6 years of private violin lessons-most polished quartet award (high school district award), second violin section leader (senior year), member of high school district honors orchestra (soph, junior year - auditions for this years have not started yet)</p>
<p>Reporter for school newspaper on politics, economics, international affairs (junior year)
Now Editor of Open Forum (same topics as listed above) (senior year)</p>
<p>Modern Masters of Music (soph, junior, senior year) Likely to be either President, VP, Secretary, or Treasurer this senior year-elections have yet to be held</p>
<p>Men’s swimming (fresh, soph, junior) Junior year spent on JV team.</p>
<p>Kendo and Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iiado (Japanese swordsmanship) (junior senior) class leader at dojo (school)</p>
<p>First school authorized AP US History tutor.</p>
<p>**
I’m pretty worried about my grades and test scores. First off, my school of choice at UPenn would be Wharton although I wouldn’t say no to the college of arts and sciences. I’ve only gotten one A- in my math classes though (late blooming student). And even though my test scores are above average, there’s a huge discrepancy between my ACT and my SAT’s. I’m planning on taking the SAT II Math C test this October as well as the SAT II Spanish and possibly SAT Literature. I speak Mandarin but have trouble reading and writing Chinese. I really shouldn’t have played around my freshman and sophomore years but I guess I’m paying the price for it now. So what do you think my chances are? Oh I don’t think it helps much but my father knows some people at UPenn, I think a professor, a few alumni, and a president of an alumni club.</p>