<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm an incoming Asian senior stuck in the flat state of Indiana. I attend one of the top schools in the state, Carmel High School (Blue Ribbon, not that it makes much of a difference). The school is VERY competitive with around 4,000 students. Unfortunately, the curriculum insists on preliminary Honors classes (Bio, Chem, etc.) before a student is allowed to take AP classes. I plan to apply EA to MIT, major is EECS (but don't have to declare right away).</p>
<p>Freshman year:
1 semester Honors Algebra II and 1 semester Honors Pre-calc (skipped half of both :D)
Honors Bio
Honors English
Debate
Spanish
Freshman Orchestra (section leader)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.97 or so I think 1 A- in English</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
Learned Calc by myself due to a dumb schedule conflict (only got 4 on BC part :()
Honors Chem
Honors Physics (AP B)
Honors Orch
AP CompSci A</p>
<p>GPA: 3.97 or so, another A- in English -_-</p>
<p>Junior year:
AP Stats (out of math)
AP Physics C
AP CompSci AB
AP US History
AP English Comp
Honors Orch
Spanish III</p>
<p>GPA: 3.97 or so, another A- :P</p>
<p>Cum GPA is around 3.97, class rank is in the top 25 of a class of almost 1000 (unweighted ranking sucks).</p>
<p>Senior Year:
Multivariable Calc
AP Micro & Macroecon
AP English Lit
AP Gov
AP Chem
Independent Study CompSci
Honors Orch
Physics Conditioning (gotta stay fit :D)</p>
<p>SAT's: I - 1490 (old score :P), perfect math, got owned on verbal. II: Math IIC - 800, Physics - 780 Taking new SAT and hopefully acing and another SAT II this year.</p>
<p>Recs will be no problem, can get some from college professors if needed.</p>
<p>Lots of extracurriculars</p>
<p>Research on Dynamical Systems (Chaos) at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI); September 2003 to November 2004; presented at the University of Notre Dame in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology Bronze Medalist/Regional Finalist.</p>
<p>IUPUI Physics Summer Internship: June 2004 to August 2004. Developed a program using object-oriented programming to analyze, process, and display data from an atomic force microscope.</p>
<p>IUPUI Math Competition Class: currently ongoing since September 2001. This class prepares for general math contests like the Mathematics Association of America (MAA) contests: the American Mathematics Contest (AMC), American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), USA Mathematics Olympiad (USAMO), and International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO).</p>
<p>Butler University Physics Class: June 2003 to February 2004. I worked together with Dr. Xianming Han of Butler University to start up the class. The goal of the class was to cover the material in AP Physics B outside of school in time for the AP test.</p>
<p>Been playing cello for around 5 years (bah started too late, was already 8 when I came to the US)</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Will be a National Merit Finalist unless I suck at writing the essay</p>
<p>Regional Finalists in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.</p>
<p>Won 5th place at the State MathCounts math contest and a full-tuition scholarship to Purdue University, 2001.</p>
<p>Tons of other math competitions, AIME qualifiers all years (started on math too late to make USAMO)</p>
<p>Member of the Science Olympiad team which placed 1st at Regional Contest, 2nd at State Contest, and 15th at National Contest, 2004. Placed 12th in Physics Lab event at National Contest 2004. 1st in State Physics Lab event 2005.</p>
<p>Other various local awards</p>
<p>Clubs:</p>
<p>President and former VP of Math Club
Science Olympiad VP
Academic Superbowl Science Captain
Chinese Culture Club President
Key Club VP
Member of the Student Research Committee for International Baccalaureate, which was successful in convincing Carmel High School to implement the IB program.
Member of the Student Research Committee for Weighted Ranking.
Orchestra mentor</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Supported the Carmel High School Debate Team the summer of 2003 with more than 30 hours worth of candy sales.
Volunteered at the library for more than 20 hours.
Volunteered at the Salvation Army for more than 10 hours.
Tutor classmates in mathematics and sciences.
Teach ESL at Grace Community Church.
(haven't updated this section in a long time)</p>
<p>Current on a research internship at IUPUI again, preparing an individual project for Siemens/Intel.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>