<p>Hi I'm a Chinese male that lives in CA who wants to major in Engineering (preferably mechanical but I can deal with aerospace, EECS, naval)
I have a 2350+ super score and 2300+ single sitting (2 sttings).
I have 800's on math 2 and Chinese
790 in physic
780 in U.S. History
I have 5's in ap physics C E/M, calc BC, psych, physics B, Literature
4 in U.S. History.
I play the violin and I've played first chair in many orchestras throughout southern CA.
I'm also involved with a lot of community service (mostly senior home concerts and some hospital and convalescent stuff through a club I started) and I'm officers of a couple clubs, and one interesting microfinancing club.
I also take part in Science Bowl and Oceans Bowl and have some small regional awards.
During the past two summers I've had the opportunity to attend the California State Summer School of Mathematics and Science and had an internship with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I've also left a good impression on my professors as well as my managers so I'm sure I can get a good recommendation.
I'm also a pretty good writer I have quite a few essay awards. One received divisional recognition in an International contest and another one received an award from the Chinese Consulate General.
Oh and idk if this changes anything but I also was awarded the RPI Medal.
My essays are more or less going to be well written.
My teacher and counselor recs are gonna be ehhh because for the most part... my teachers and counselors dont know me and they probably dont want to (I go to a large public school with bad teachers)
OH and money is BIG DEAL my parents dont make a whole lot so if I don't get a full ride I'm gonna have to take out loans. </p>
<p>I know there's there Caltech, Harvey Mudd, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, UCSD, Stanford (as in state options), and Cooper Union, Webb Institute, Franklin Olin for financially wise options. I'm also considering UIUC, UT Austin, University Michigan Ann Arbor, Columbia, Rensselaer (cause I got the medal which is 15k scholarship per year), MIT, Harvard, JHU, Duke, Embry Riddle, Purdue, KAIST (MIT of Korea oh did I mention I can speak Korean a bit?), and Tsinghua University
I have a lot on my plate and I'm hoping to narrow some of these schools down and maybe even add some great schools i didnt know about.
A cheap school in an urban setting with cool weather (not freezing, but not so cal either more like norcal weather) with great academics is ideal.</p>