Video Game Addict becomes Junior & needs to start grinding

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.

Please reflect on your choice of username. It includes a very offensive ableist slur.

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Mb i will change it

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