<p>Year: 12th Grade
Gender: Male
Race: Asian/Japanese-American
School Status: Pretty Competitive Public High School... we've had 9 national merit semifinalists this year
Class Rank: 32/484- 6.61th percentile
Unweighted GPA: 3.914/4.000
SAT I (January 2007):
Critical Reading: 650
Math: 780
Writing: 680
MC Subscore: 68
Essay: 9
TOTAL: 2110</p>
<p>SAT II’s:
Math IC: 780
Math IIC: 770
Chemistry: 740
Japanese with Listening: 760</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Chemistry: 5
Calculus AB: 5
U.S. History: Didn't take , mostly due to medical reasons</p>
<p>High School Classes:
9th Grade:
□ Honors Freshman English A/A
□ Honors Pacific Rim Geography: A/A
□ Honors Physical Science: A/A
□ Intermediate Algebra (Algebra II): A/A
□ French I: A/A
□ Orchestra: A/A</p>
<p>10th Grade:
□ Honors Sophomore English: B+/A
□ Honors World History: B/A
□ Honors Biology/Chemistry: A/A
□ Math Analysis/Pre-calculus: A/A
□ French II: A/A
□ Orchestra: A/A</p>
<p>11th Grade:
□ Honors Junior English: A/B+
□ AP US History: A/B+
□ AP Chemistry: A/A
□ AP Calculus AB: A/A
□ French III: A/A
□ Orchestra: A/A</p>
<p>12th Grade (Currently):
□ Orchestra (Period 0)
□ AP English Literature and Composition
□ United States Government(Semester 1)
□ AP Biology
□ AP Physics C: Mechanics
□ AP Calculus BC</p>
<h2>□ AP Statistics</h2>
<p>□ AP Chemistry Research Assistant (Semester 2)
□ Health- Online Class (Semester 2) (Period 8)</p>
<p>*Currently taking 7 periods in a typically 6 period school (0 period orchestra); Will take 8 periods 2nd semester (Online health class for graduation requirement)</p>
<p>*Most rigorous course loads taken throughout high school, especially senior year (they usually don't offer AP's to freshman/sophomores)
Extracurriculars:
Violin/Orchestra Related
□ School Orchestra (9,10,11,12)- Concertmaster (11,12)
□ Youth Symphony Orchestra (11,12)
□ Pit Orchestra for School Musical (11)- Concertmaster
□ District Honor Orchestra (9,10,12)- Co-Concertmaster (12)
□ Private Lessons for Violin (10,11,12)
□ All State Orchestra (11,12)- Principal Second Violinist (11)</p>
<p>Biology/Medicine-Related
□ Hospital Volunteer at a University Hospital (11,12)
150+ hours so far
□ Summer Biomedical Program
30 hour, 1 week long camp
□ Job Shadowing- Biotechnology Industry (For Senior Project) (12)
60+ hours of job shadowing total anticipated</p>
<p>Athletics/Sports
□ Junior Varsity Tennis (9,10,11)</p>
<p>Other
□ Japanese School on Saturdays (9,10) (been attending since Kindergarten)
□ Mathematics Club (11,12)- Vice President (11,12)
□ National Honor Society (10,11,12)
□ National Junior Honor Society (9)
□ Public Library Volunteer (9)
40 hours</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
-State Level Musician (Accptance to all-state orchestra)
-Superior ratings on solo performances at festivals
-Most inspirational orchestra member award</p>
<p>Letters of Rec:
-AP Chemistry teacher: Excellent, says I am one of the best in his career/top 1% of all students he taught
-AP Biology/Honors Bio/Chem Teacher: Probably really good, since she knows me well, and knows I do biology related extracurriculars<br>
-Guidance Counselor: Knows me well, I read the rough draft of it and it was pretty good</p>
<p>-I might request additional recs from my orchestra teacher's who's known me/taught our class since 8th grade</p>
<p>Essay:
Writing about how I was hospitalized my junior year and how it changed my perspective on my role as a hospital volunteer</p>
<p>Chances for:
University of Washington (In state)
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
Stanford University
University of British Columbia
University of Pennsylvania</p>