Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): (710 CR 800 M 720 W) superscored 2230
ACT (breakdown): 33 C (34 E 31 M 32 R 36 S); 33 C (33 E 34 M 34 R 30 S)
SAT II: 760 math II, 750 US history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 33
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP Comp Sci. (4), AP Human Geography (4), AP Chem (4), AP English Lang (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Japanese II, AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, P.E.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regional awards for debate and outstanding delegate at Harvard Model Congress Asia
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Harvard Model Congress Asia [9-12] [Captain 10, 11, 12] [Honorable Mention 1x] [Outstanding Delegate 2x]
Online Model United Nations [Executive Administrative Officer for Korea] – Organize debates online for students who enjoy MUN around the world. I teach parliamentary procedure and moderate debates, which give me excellent experience for a MUN conference later in the year.
Varsity Tennis [Captain 12] [Most Improved 10] [Far East Tennis 9-12] – Not much to show.
Student Council [Class VP 9] [Class President 10] [Class Parliamentarian 11] [Class Secretary 12]
Hiking – I enjoy hiking on weekends.
Minjoo Party of Korea – Worked for a local representative’s office during the 2016 Korean parliamentary elections.
Seosan Law Firm – internship at a law firm that helped me understand the courtroom better and confirmed my initial interests in the law.
DoDEA Pacific Advisory Council – selected to represent over 10,000 students at an education board that includes the director of our school region.
Global Mission Church – Pianist for the praise team; humanitarian projects through the church.
Job/Work Experience: summer translator job online (Korean-english, english-korean)… did not include.
Volunteer/Community service: through church, NHS…
Summer Activities: some listed above, and if there were a short essay about my summer, I would have written “spent hours perfecting my serve.”
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App – 7/8 : I wrote about how my curiosities dominate my life, and basically used debate and tennis as examples of how the question “why” influences me. It’s very logical, and I tried to reflect my personality as a realistic, concise person.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 7 – APUSH teacher. Great letter. We’re really close, and it showed. I read the letter and it included an anecdote. However, I think the letter might be a little undeveloped. It praises me, but a little more “tell” than “show.” However, it is around 700 words.
Teacher Rec #2: 5 – AP Chem / AP Physics teacher. I read it just yesterday. A lot “tell” than “show.” It’s average.
Counselor Rec: 4 – We are close, but her writing doesn’t show much. It regurgitates parts of my resume and doesn’t add much.
Additional Rec: Nada
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Poli Sci / History / Econ
State (if domestic applicant): Resident of CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Department of Defense
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60~70K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.
I was deferred by Yale in December, and accepted by UVA in January through Early Action. In February, I received Regents + Honors to UC Irvine. I am waiting on UCLA, UChicago (This friday), USC (March 26), Yale, Cornell, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Berkeley, Duke (March 30), Stanford (March 31), and Georgetown (Overseas so should come mid April).
