<p>Sorry, I tried to keep this shorter...
I am currently a junior
Please tell me what I can do as of right now to improve myself?</p>
<p>Intended Major: **Economics/International Studies
**Schools Applying to:
UPenn Huntsman ED
Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCI</p>
<p>Demographics:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Chinese
Location: CA
School Type: Public ~ 4000 students - competitive
Income: low - $60,000/year supporting 4</p>
<p>GPA:
Un-weighted: 3.92
Weighted: 4.32
Rank: Top 1%</p>
<p>SAT I:
2190: 760M, 760 W (12 essay), 670 CR
SAT II:
790: Math 2 C
760: W History
800: Chinese (projected)
780: Chemistry (projected)</p>
<p>**Class Rigorousness:<a href="most%20rigorous%20possible">/B</a>
11 AP's by graduation
6 Community College Courses
8 Honors</p>
<p>*Class Schedule: *
**9th:<a href="B/A">/B</a> - H Alg2/Trig
(A/A) - Life Skills/Health<br>
(B/A) - H Biology<br>
(A/A) - Chinese 1<br>
(B/A) - H English 9<br>
(A/A) - PE<br>
(A/A) - Spanish 1<br>
(A) - Pre-Calc -Summer </p>
<p>**10th<a href="A/A">/B</a> - 5 - AP Calc AB<br>
(A/A) - Journalism 1<br>
(A/A) - H Chem.<br>
(A/A) - Chinese 2
(A/A) - H English 10
(A/A) - 5 - AP W History
(A/A) - 5 - AP Music Theory
(A) - US History 13 - summer </p>
<p>**11th<a href="A/">/B</a> - AP Chem.<br>
(A/ ) - AP Calc BC
(A/ ) - H English 11
(A/ ) - AP Psychology
(A/ ) - H Physics<br>
(A/ ) - Chinese 3<br>
(A/ ) - Adv. Chem. Lab
(A/ ) - Journalism 2<br>
(A) - US History 12 - Spring<br>
( ) - Political Science 1 - summer<br>
( ) - Business Marketing 21 - summer </p>
<p>12th (planned)
AP Eng. Lit.<br>
AP Chinese<br>
AP Statistics<br>
AP Physics B<br>
AP Micro-econ - spring
Journalism 2<br>
Peer College Counselor
Macro-econ 2 - fall </p>
<p>Extracurricular:
*Chinese American Citizens Alliance Youth Council (10 - 12) *
**Description: **The Chinese American Citizens Alliance youth council is supported by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Los Angeles Lodge. The Chinese American Citizens Alliance is a social, cultural, and leadership organization formed in 1895. Its mission is to seek equal economic and political empowerment for Chinese Americans, to improve the community's general welfare, to practice fully American patriotism and citizenship, and to promote friendship among its members and all people.</p>
<p>Duties
- Member in 10th, VP of Public Relations (11th), President of branch (12th)
- Co-organizer of the 2007 National Youth Leadership Conference at UCLA
- Organizer of the 2007 Youth Talent Show
- Experience under "PR" including brochure, website, press conferences and national outreach campaigns.</p>
<p>"Women behind the Camera" Documentary Project (9 - 11)
Description: **"Women behind the Camera" presents challenging issues at work in the lives of camerawomen from around the world.
**Duties:
- Acted as representative of Chinese affairs. Maintained connection between Beijing and LA.
- Conducted live interview in Beijing, China with Chinese Camerawomen in Chinese Central Television Station. (summer 2006)
- Conducted research in multiple fields of Chinese culture including music; specific concentration in feminist studies from post-Chinese Civil War (1949) era.
- Composed various scores for the documentary
- Performed multiple duties of translation and transcription including transcription of 150 min+ video footage from Chinese to English.
Awards:
Insight Award 2006 from the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists:
"Award for Excellence" in film and digital media arts: Category: "Documentary: Editing."
"Award of Excellence: Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising" from the Accolade Competition
"Honorable Mention: Editing" from the Accolade Competition.</p>
<p>Piano Performance/Composition
Description: **I have played the piano since the age of 3.
**Awards/Achievements:- Completed all Certificate of Merit piano examinations by age 14 with Theory exemption (pass with over 90%)
- Selected to play at the 2005 Sacramento MTAC Convention (Music Teachers Association of California)
- "Honorable Mention" from 2006 Bach Festival.
- Solo Concert Performance at Shanghai Normal University School of Music (Summer 2006)
- Composition of music score was incorporated into the WBC Documentary (see above)
- Founded school club (Young Composer's Group)
- Winner of 2006 Annual Contemporary Festival
- Played for the 2007 Chinese Lantern Festival at local church
- State Finalist at MTAC Panel Statewide Competition (results out in one week)</p>
<p>School Newspaper
Duties:
10th grade: Writer/reporter
11th grade: Editor
12th grade: Editor in Chief is highly possible
Summer journalism workshop at Stanford</p>
<p>School Math Team: (11 - 12)
**Description: **The Math Team, founded fall of 2006, will join Mu Alpha Theta mathematical society by fall of 2007.
- Founder of school's first math competition team.
- Team Captain</p>
<p>Scholar Exchange Tutor Program (9 - 12)
Description: **The Scholar Exchange Tutor Program was founded in 2003 by the CSUN China Institute to allow high school and college students in the local area train visiting scholars from China.
**Duties:
Train Foreign Exchange Scholars (Professors, Deans, etc.) to prepare basic conversational/writing/reading skills in English</p>
<p>Work Experience
- Teach piano ($75/week)
- Summer paid internship at Chinese American Citizens Alliance</p>
<p>Athletics:
Active Member of YMCA - 10 Hours/Week
West Valley Tai Chi Performance Team
Member Ping Pong Club
CSUN Tennis Camp</p>