<p>school : decent public school in Illinois
status : International (korea)
intended major: undecided, mechanical eng, aerospace eng, comp eng
GPA W: 4.15 UW: 3.68 (10th~12th... i was in korea frosh year)
SAT CR: 770 Math: 800 W: 790
SAT2 Math2: 800 Physics: 780 Chem: 800
ACT: 35
AP: BC Calc 5, Computer Sci A 5, Stats 3 (Q: are these part of admission?)
AP tests that i'm taking this year : bio, physics, chem
Essay: very catchy topic (its about visiting an orphanage in korea
my school sent us to prevent teen suicide... this was when i lived in korea)</p>
<p>Awards
*Honor Roll (11)
*Community Service Award (11)
*Math All Conference (10,11)
*individual 3rd in regional math contest (11)
*several perfect scores at suburban math league (10,11)
*Honorable mention in the suburban league (10,11)
*my math team won 2nd last year and 1st this year(in state)
*my math team won 1st last year and 2nd this year(in regional)
*math team won 1st in suburban math league last year and this year
*3rd at Devry Programming contest (11)
*Top scores in the Continental Math League (got a certificate for this) (11)
*Top scores in the ASMA ..another math contest but i forgot what it stands for (11)</p>
<p>ECA (only the ones that I actually participated)
*class vice president(9) <- in korea
*Varsity pingpong (9) .. lol <- in korea
*Math Team (10,11,gonna do it 12)
*some statistics club i founded (all planned and ready 12) (founder&president)
*Math Circle (10,11,gonna do it 12) (probably president 12th year)
*some athletic club i founded (11,12) (cofounder)
*volunteer at an animal humane society (11,12)
*volunteer at a church (11,12) (gonna be leader 12th)</p>
<p>miscellaneous
* took an online Stanford physics class (EPGY)
* my gpa increased from 3.7w to 4.5w from soph to junior year
but that still means that my soph gpa sucks.. =(
*came here from korea ..soph year i'm trying to ask my counselor
to touch on the fact that i came here during soph year
* got 2 C's soph year (OUCH)
* i'm planning on applying for FA and those schools are NON needblind
to international students</p>
<p>my concerns
* koreans are overrepresented
* relatively low gpa
* extremely one-sided resume</p>
<p>i would really appreciate your comments and advice =)</p>