<p>Incoming Senior
Hispanic, Male.
Income: Under 60,000 bracket
Parents: Neither parent went to college
Location: Brooklyn, New York
School: Stuyvesant High School
SAT: 2220 (680 CR, 800 M, 740 W(12 essay)) Plan on retaking it once in October. That and Ill probably take the ACT. This was my first time taking it. I got a 225 on my PSAT (71/80/73) if its of any use.
Intended Major: Physics (more likely this) or Physical Chemistry/Chemistry</p>
<p>Other Standardized Tests:
APs:
5 Physics B (Freshman Year)
5 Chemistry (Sophomore Year)
5 World History (Sophomore Year)</p>
<p>I took Physics C (Mechanics and EM), Calculus BC, and U.S. History this year. Im pretty sure I got 5s on all of them, but Ill wait and see I guess.</p>
<p>SATIIs:
800 Physics (Freshman Year)
800 Math II (Junior Year)
800 U.S. History (Junior Year)
Senior Year I may take Chemistry just because Ive done a lot of physics and chemistry work over the last few years and now they have become integrated into my research so I thought that it would be a good idea and two Im confident in my ability to score well on it.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Estimated Rank: Between 5th and 10th out of over 800 (i.e; top 1-2%)</p>
<p>Classes/Grades (In parentheses I have the first semester grade and then the second semester. My school does numerical grades so Ill use those)
Freshman Year
Global History 1,2 (98/100)
Geometry 1,2 (96/98)
Spanish 1,2 (97/99)
Physics 1,2 (100/99)
Freshman Composition (96/98)
Math Research (98)
Music History/Art History (97/93)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
Honors Chemistry (100/100, took the AP without the class)
Honors Trig (98/100)
Computer Science (99)
AP World History (95/95)
Spanish 3,4 (97,93)
European Literature (96, 98)</p>
<p>Junior Year
AP U.S. History (98/99)
AP Calculus B.C. (99/99)
Honors Precalculus (99/99, you can take precalc/calc concurrently and its no big deal since our precalc course is more linear algebra than anything)
AP Physics C Mechanics (99)
AP Physics C EM (95)
Early American Literature (97)
Creative Non-Fiction (its a personal essay writing class, 96)
Spanish 5,6 (95/95)
Intel Research (92)</p>
<p>Classes Im Taking Next Year:
Multivariable Calculus / Differential Equations
Physical Chemistry
AP Computer Science
Intel Research
Digital Photography
AP U.S. Government / AP Comparative Government
AP Macroeconomics / AP Microeconomics</p>
<p>EC's (its a bit of a shallow pool but science Olympiad is important to me and it will probably be the topic of an essay, My research is also very important to me, along with math survey. I may talk about (in my essays) how I didnt really immerse myself in the school and its opportunities and doing Extracurrics until late in my school career and what I got out of it.):
- Science Olympiad Physics Division (Joined in Sophomore year, got on the best of the three teams. I was captain of the division during my Junior year and Ill be captain once again Senior Year. 10th-12th). Weve made it to states both years that Ive been in.
- Intel Research (working at a lab at City College of New York all summer with Prof. Glen Kowach on chemical synthesis. I decided to take it up to explore physical chemistry a bit more 11th and the first half of 12th grade
- Math Survey (its the schools math magazine/publication. I wrote a tutorial style article on Optimization this year and next year Im going to write another article 11th grade and 12th grade)
- Columbia Science Honors Program (Its a Saturday morning program at Columbia university where you take a science class at the school. Ive taken Quantum Mechanics and Nanotechnology so far. Its not for credit though, its just if you want to learn something about the topics that they offer). I started this year and Im doing it next year (entrance was based on an exam)</p>
<p>Unexplored/other stuff that I did extracurricularly:</p>
<ul>
<li> Math Team (only one year because of scheduling complications and I chose Physics instead, 10th grade)</li>
<li> Long Form Improv Club (9th and beginning of 10th but thats because of conflicts with Science Olympiad and I had a feeling SciOly would have been the better choice)</li>
</ul>
<p>Jobs:
- Summer 2009: Clerical work at a dermatologists office
- Summer 2010: Trignonometry Tutor
- Spring/Summer 2011: Im once again a math tutor, for a different student however.</p>
<p>Awards:
- New York Greater Metropolitan Math Fair Gold Medal
- New York Regional Science Olympiad 1st Place (out of 50), 6th place this year due to difficulties with another division. New York State Science Olympiad 10th Place (out of 55).
Event awards: Wind Power 3rd Place, Wind Power 4th place, Optics (statewide event) 5th place
- AP Scholar (as of last year)</p>
<p>In addition to tutoring and research this summer, Im also spending a week at MIT for E2@MIT, where Ill be working on an engineering project in some field with other members of the camp. </p>
<p>College List:
1. MIT
2. Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>Rest aren't in any specific order:
Columbia
Caltech
UC Berkeley
Princeton
maybe Harvard
UChicago</p>
<p>Cornell
UTAustin
CUNY Macaulay Honors College</p>