class pf 2016
i was THINKING of
COLLEGES
1.carnegie
2.duke
3.emory
4.tulane
5.boston u
what are some good colleges that i can get into ? im probably way over my head… and if i am, please tell me.
SCHOOL STATS
GPA: 3.90 ish…
school in suburbia.
in my 4 years @ this school, only 1 person went to MIT but a few went to vanderbilt/emory/tulane. if that matters at all.
BACKGROUND
1st gen. Asian in america
financial burdens including sister w/ disability.
fluent in Japanese and korean
SCORES
SAT score: n/a
ACT score: 30 (planning on taking it one more time before submitting. taking the one in october. ) [I THINK THIS IS MY BIGGEST OBSTACLE RIGHT NOW]
superscore: 32
NOTE
the reason that many of my clubs are only 2-3 years is because only recently have i had the opportunity to independently travel to my clubs.
AWARDS
Violin 15 years.
-3 years of best orchestra related with Vanderbilt University and 1 year as assistant principal for 2nd violin. apparently there are student from KY, MS , and AL come to the rehearsals once a week.
-1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one, also associated with Vanderbilt University (concert master)
-4 years in state’s orchestra competition and concert master.
-1st place in team Robotics in state - team
-2place in team Robotics in southern central America -team
-1st place in team Robotics in state (2nd time) - team
-southern central robotics American qualifier -team
-various math competitions awards top 10 -indiv
-JCL awards top 10 - indiv
-countless chess awards (state,national,international)
-HOSA state qualifier - group
CLUBS AND WORK[the reason that many of my clubs are 1/2 years is because I didn’t have any transportation that would allow me to go back and forth. So, I am not trying to “buff” my resume.]
HOSA (2 year)
Robotics (3 years)
Working at a restaurant (2 years)
Debate club (2 years)
chess club president (2 years)
Quizbowl (1 year)
Mock Trial (2 years)
photography club (2 years)
kumon instructor volunteer.
hosa (2 years)
Track (2 years)
Vice president of math tutoring organization(2 years)
Vice president of math tutoring organization (2 years)
NHS (2 years)
Beta club (2 years)
played violin for church every Sunday and Wednesday for 2 years.
dog walking business. (3 years)
teaching violin (1 year)
guided new volunteers at nashville public library.
180+ volunteer hours
started a chess club at local elementary school. (7 years)
creating website where people can learn.
gave speech on relationship between school sports and concussions.
play chess.
LETTERS
-letters i have a really good relationship with my chemistry and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter
-college letter probably revolves around how violin/chess/racism/ and blind sister has changed who i am or something like that…
AP’s
our school only allows us 1 AP during our sophomore year and i couldn’t take it due to my time schedule because our school only has 4 periods each semester…
1st semester:
no AP’s
2nd semester:
AP calc
AP physics
AP english
AP biology
SAT2
studying for math 2 and english