<p>Asian Male ~ *Public HS in New Jersey ranked #20th in state
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**GPA: 4.14/4.33<a href="school%20don't%20rank%20but%20i%20think%20i'm%20in%20%5BB%5D10%%5B/B%5D">/B</a> approx 500 kids
I was top 1% of class for both freshman/sophomore and b/c i jacked up my junior course loads (i was retarded) i ended up with straight B+s and 2 Bs junior year (i think this might hurt a bit)</p>
<p>SATs: June 2007. Math 750, CR 630, WR 790 = 2170 (i'm DEFINTELY gonna retake in Oct and possibly Nov. again (which is in time for ED) and bring up the CR and hopefully hit 2300+..i dunno wut happened there (got 700 on Psat tho?)</p>
<p>SAT II: Math lvl II 800, Biology M 750 (AP BIO 5) (AP EURO 4)</p>
<p>I'm pretty big on ECs...</p>
<p>1) XC/Winter + Spring Track: every season for all 3 years so far (Varsity)...**NJ State Shore Coaches X.C. Invitational 2006 BOYS JV A 24th **place, 1600m (sophomore) PR was 4:53.1...my running career took an unfortunate turn right after xc junior year (misaligned ligament in ankle)...but this XC coming up, we hope to get into top 10 in State. (last year we were 19th). I will get a lil supplement letter from coach but i'm not good enough for recruitment for Division I schools...but would my times help me get an edge over those who also run? i dunno if it works like this..</p>
<p>**2) Table Tennis :: Current NJ State Ranking for 17 year olds: 7th place / 95th in country...<a href="the%20thing%20is%20that%20i%20stopped%20competing%20after%202005%20cuz%20i%20had%20track...">/B</a></p>
<p>Stiga Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: June 25-26, 2005 Under 1550 Finalist
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1400 Champion
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1700 Finalist
2005 New Jersey State Table Tennis Championships: April 16-17, 2005 2nd place Junior Under 18 Doubles</p>
<p>i really wanna play intramural in college since i won't be running...so i hope this help....upenn is in the NCTTA :)</p>
<p>**3) Piano <a href="another%20asian%20activity...">/B</a>played for about 8 years (quit that as well after i joined track...track was my big committment.)</p>
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<p>** Kathryn R. Grube Award from Piano Teachers Society of -America for Outstanding Performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC. May 24-25 2004**</p>
<p>2006 New Jersey Music Educators Award (MEA Piano) Competition: Honorable Mention (5th place) for UNDER-16 year old</p>
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<p>...dunno how much exactly this will help cuz i stopped...but i'll be sending in a recording of 5 songs tho (just to show i actually DO play and is not thattt bad lol)</p>
<p>4) EURO CHALLENGE...my team competed at the NYC federal reserve bank in 2006 (sophomore) and came in THIRD ($3750...we each got $750)</p>
<p>**5) FED challenge<a href="did%20that%20junior%20year%20only%20i%20was%20on%20non%20comp.%20team%20so%20that's%20so%20much%20really...but%20will%20be%20on%20competitive%20team%20this%20year">/B</a></p>
<p>6) Got accepted into the NJ Governor's School for International Studies 2007...=)....hope this helps...</p>
<p>whole bunch of lil awards like...
*National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude
*French Honor Society
*PSAT..will get Letter of Commendation
*National Honor Society lol</p>
<p>....yea....that's all i have....i think wut hurt me most is my junior year grades...hopefully i'll bring up the CR to 750ish...i just dont know how much tt and piano is gonna help me cuz i kinda stopped after sophomore year....so i hope the tape will help....</p>
<p>Teacher Recs will be VERY GOOD...
hope my essay will be allright.....</p>
<p>1)** UPenn (ED)** or Columbia (maybe ED)
2) NYU CAS Honors Program? (cuz my dad works there...aka...free ride)
3) Duke
then in no particular order::</p>
<p>JHU
WUSTL
Georgetown
University of Rochester (Honors)
Rutgers (Honors program)
Tufts</p>
<p>PLLLLLLLLZ be honest...THANKS for the time (i realized that this is a long post...)</p>