<p>i'm a sophomore at the best public school in Memphis, TN and one of the top schools in all of TN. top 5% of about 550-600. PSAT: 198 (still have next year to improve and qualify for national merit). UW GPA: 5.0/W GPA: 5.167. </p>
<p>9th: all honors and all A's</p>
<p>10th: H. Spanish III, AP World History, H. Contemporary Issues/Etymology (required), H. chemistry, preAP English, h. algebra II</p>
<p>11th: AP US, English, Physics B, Music Theory; h. spanish III, preAP precalc</p>
<p>12th: AP English, Spanish, Calc BC, Psych, Physics C; h. govt/econ (required)</p>
<p>EC:
-senior judo (blue belt)
-senior tae kwon do (black belt in may)
-piano (6 yrs)
-student council
-Model UN (yale, vandy, rhodes)
-Varisty Mock Trial
-UNA-USA
-Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO)
-spanish club
-student unity club
-ethnic foods club
-korean school (10 years)
-JV volleyball and XC
-church youth group</p>
<p>Awards/honors:
-Mock Trial competition Best Lawyer (2 years in a row)
-vandy MUN honorable mention
-rhodes MUN honorable mention
-Daughters of the American Rev. Good Citizenship Award
-BETA
-NJHS
-NSHSS
-who's who
-Ethnic Foods Club Queen of Clubs
-US Achievement Academy National Science Award
-USAA nat'l spanish award
-33rd annual frayser judo tournament gold medalist
-UT Martin Senior Piano Competition participant
-mid-south fair youth talent search finalist (piano)
-published in two different catholic newspapers</p>
<p>Leadership:
-sophomore class president
-student council rep
-FHAO student symposium steering committee
-FHAO social committee
-FHAO international fair committee, Co-chair
-Congressional Youth Leadership Conference alumni
-Junior Nat'l young leaders conference in DC
-Nat'l young leaders conference in nashville
-(will be going to global young leaders conf. in DC and NY this summer)
-germantown youth leadership conference
-TN Assoc. of student councils conference
-church youth group pres
-church youth gropu VP
-church you gropu volunteer coordinator
-student unity sec
-spanish club treasurer
-(will be founder and pres of Student Mentors Association of Memphis, mentoring program for Southern avenue charter school)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Paid:
-southern avenue charter school volunteer chess tutor
-Parish religious education volunteer teachers assisant
-church nursery volunteer
-church piano accompanist for youth masses
-cashier/customer service at a local perfume store</p>
<p>Summer:
-Nat'l institute for int'l education development (program funded by S. Korean gov't for international koreans to come live in s. korea for 2 weeks)
-FHAO Summer Institute
-(will be going to TN Governor's School for Int'l Studies this summer)</p>
<p>i'm also an asian-american female. want to major in polisci/int'l affairs, minor in language or business</p>
<p>what are my chances of getting into an ivy league?? and which ones?? what do i need to do to better my chances?? (i'm in 10th so i have some time)</p>