<p>Hey guys, so here's the chance thread of a typical Asian with good test scores and mediocre extracurriculars. I moved after my Freshmen year so it's been quite difficult to adjust and assume leadership roles. Anyways, here we go: ^-^</p>
<p>First Generation Asian Male from NJ.
GPA: ~3.9
WGPA: 4.47
Class Rank: 10/~300 Top 3-4%</p>
<p>PSAT 215
SAT 2300 (2nd Try. 2140 First)
Writing 770
Reading 730
Math 800</p>
<p>Sat II
Math IIC - 800
History - 800
Chemisty - 800
Biology - Let's not talk about that, lol</p>
<p>Course Rigor
All AP's and Honors Classes
Sophomore Year:
AP Stat (5)
Junior Year (Waiting for Results):
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP English Lit
AP Spanish
APUSH
Senior Year:
AP Gov
AP Comp Sci
AP English Lang
AP Biology
AP Physics
** Multivariable Calculus at local university (Only Student ever to do so in my new school, hooray!)</p>
<p>EC's : o_O - hmm.. let's see how good I can make these sound...
Lifeguard
National Honor Society (Pretty Trite, we don't really do anything)
Spanish Honor Society
Relay for Life Team Captain (Bronze Level Team)
Piano (Just in my basement though :)
Volunteer at local hospital ~900 Hours
Volunteer at Camp for disabled children ~300 Hours
Volunteer at Islamic Religious School ~ 300 Hours
Math League: First in School out of 50 Sophomore Year, First out of 30 Junior. Co-President.
Science League
Founder and President of Model UN Team
Editor of School (My new school) Newspaper
School Leadership board
Quiz Bowl Team
Robotics Team: Design Captain at my old school. Regional Semifinalists
Science in the community:
~Hosted, with my friends, a Science Fair for kids at the local library (We got a couple of teachers from the highschool to come judge)
~Every Saturday I join my friend in "Wonder Science" a program we started to demonstrate "cool science" (Reactions, Magnets, you know)
~Tutoring Buddies: Again done by my friends and I; free tutoring program at the library</p>
<p>Awards (meh):
Small school awards
National Merit Commended
Honor Roll all the time, any time
Probably AP Scholar and all that good stuff
Here's a good one: First place out of 500 in the county for One-Act play that I wrote. Such play is also published in the local college's literary magazine.
Was featured in NY Times Summer Blog Response out of 200
Qualified for the AIME Freshmen Year (Did not bowl over well, lol)
Lol.. Here's the game changer:
Voted Smartest Slacker in Yearbook.
-___-
I believe my "hook" would have to be course rigor; I (time to brag!) am eons ahead of my peers at my new school in terms of the courses I am taking
I've also been trying to find a research program/professor. Applied to about 8 programs, all have denied me because I have no "research experience." Seems like a Catch 22...</p>
<p>Anyways, thanks for reading that blob of text!
The school's I hope to apply for are:
Columbia
Cornell
Rutgers (7-year Medical Program)
Tufts
NYU
UMICH
Princeton
Dartmouth
Upenn
Boston College (7-year Medical Program)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>