<p>I'm an asian-american (parents from taiwan) living north of boston.. senior this year..</p>
<p>Cumulative Unweighted GPA - 3.57
Cumulative Weighted GPA - 4.21/4.49
Cumulative Weighted GPA (used for rank) - 8.54 / 9.5-10 ish?? (we are the first class that they are using this new gpa system on)
Rank-in-Class - 8 / 307</p>
<p>My school only allows seniors to take AP courses. I've taken all honours courses so far and pulled a few strings freshman year, so I completed AP French this year (This gives me a significant weighting boost which accounts for my low unweighted and high weighted GPAs). I really like foreign languages so I skipped French 2, Spanish 1 and my schedule is really packed so I didn't have time for Spanish IV but I studied Spanish 3 over the summer..</p>
<p>Senior Year Courses:</p>
<p>AP European History
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
Honours Idea of Man (12th grade English, no AP courses offered)</p>
<p>SAT:
M-770
W-720
V-610 (definitely retaking.. my friend who scored perfect in verbal is tutoring me one on one so im shooting for at least high 600s)</p>
<p>SAT II E. Bio - 640 (freshman year)
SAT II Chem - 710 (sophmore year)
SAT II French - 740 (junior year)
SAT II Physics - 730
SAT II Math IIC - 760</p>
<p>AP USH - 4
AP French - 5</p>
<p>I speak English, Mandarin, Taiwanese (Hakka Dialect), and French fluently (or close enough). And I'm studying Spanish currently (not fluent at all.. I know the grammar.. but I speak Spanish about as well as Bush does.. and that's not saying much)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>National Honour Society - 11,12
Cross Country- 9,10,11,12
9 years of Piano at the New England Conservatory of Music
9 years taking Chinese
Tutoring Two Chinese Girls Adopted by American Parents in Chinese- 9,10,11,12
Tutoring Chinese to an American Middle Schooler (just started this summer.. plan to continue next year)
Founder / President of Young Republicans - 11,12
Republican Advisor to Current Events Club - 11,12
Community Service Club - 10,11,12
International Club - 11,12
Spanish Club - 11,12
Elected Delegate to Student Gov't Day at State House - 11
Campaigned for local GOP candidates
The Young Republicans also put out a bi-weekly conservative publication (i'm the editor). </p>
<p>About 120 ish hours of volunteer work at the Chinese school?</p>
<p>I work at a coffee shop and during the school year I work about 6-12 hours / wk.. </p>
<p>I also got the Colorado School of Mines Award for Math & Science.. random.. but thought I'd mention it</p>
<p>Recs are pretty good. History teacher (us and european history) / French teacher (AP) who went to Penn</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, because of the newsletter, some teachers were a little peeved and my application to join National Honour Society was rejected due to "character flaws." I brought it up with the administration and the decision was overturned.</p>
<p>I'm really interested in the Huntsman program at Penn (for French) and am planning to apply ED (with my single-degree school choice as Wharton). For the international perspective, I'm an ABT (american-born taiwanese.. never heard that one before I bet..) and for the longest time I hadn't been interested in anything really.. but after visiting Taiwan before I started high school, I became fascinated with foreign languages and everything that wasn't American. I'm a strong advocate for Taiwanese independence, and I write articles / attend rallies / try to call attention to Taiwan's plight.. etc etc</p>
<p>Here's the RD schools:</p>
<p>Tufts (mom works there)
NYU
Vanderbilt
Yale
Hopkins
BU
BC</p>
<p>Thoughts / evaluation if my SAT verbal goes up to high 600s / low 700s?</p>