Demographics
- US Citizen
- State/Location of residency: NJ
- Type of high school: Public
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Male/Chinese
- Other special factors: First gen, single parent (~100k annually)
Intended Major(s) Environmental Science
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 97.31/100
- Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): My school doesnt weigh
- Class Rank: My school doesnt rank either
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1570 (800M 770EBRW raw in dec. of my sophomore year)
Coursework
Sophomore Year: APWH(5) , Ap Chem(5), AP Stats(5)
Junior Year: AP Calc BC, AP English Language, AP Physics 1, AP Spanish Language, APUSH
(Self-Studying Bio, Chinese)
All honors otherwise
Awards
- USNCO National Finalist
- Black belt in taekwondo
- AP Scholar lol
- Probably gonna get better USNCO/USABO Awards this year (im tryharding ig)
- Probably National Merit but dont wanna jinx
Extracurriculars (a bit vague)
- valorant ascendant 3 (800 hours in the game), top 1% of couple million players in NA
- house congressman fieldwork internship
- editor in chief for a popular science blog with ten writers and thousands of monthly views
- social media director for school aerospace club
- scioly leadership position
- volunteering (100 hrs), position at nonprofit
- taekwondo
- tutoring for chem and stats at school (50 hrs)
- school senate
- nhs
Essays/LORs/Other
Cannot accurately say at this point
Cost Constraints / Budget
Hopefully as much financial aid as possible, but cost is not a huge concern
Schools
Safeties:
Penn State
Targets:
Stony Brook, RIT, RPI, UPitt
Reaches
Cornell
NYU
UMich
T20s
Also, I have unmedicated ADHD, and even though school hasn’t been too difficult on me, it destroys my ability to focus and study for higher-subject stuff. My mom, although I love her to death, won’t acknowledge my condition, but I plan to get clinically evaluated in the future.