Applying for Economics.
ACT: 34 Composite. 35 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 34 Science. 9/12 Essay.
Math Subject II- 780
UC GPA (10th and 11th Grade): 4.39 Weighted
AP Scores:
Biology- 3, Chemistry- 3, APUSH- 4, Calc AB- 4, Calc BC- 5, Chinese- 5, Psychology- 5.
Junior Year Courses:
AP Psychology: two A’s
AP Computer Science Principles: two A’s
AP Calculus BC: two A’s
AP US History: two A’s
Honors Chemistry: two A’s
AP Chemistry: one A one B
Honors American Literature: one A one B
5 AP’s, Ended with 2 B’s
Sophomore Year Courses:
Honors Pre-Calculus: two B’s
AP Calculus AB: two A’s
AP Chinese: two A’s
Regular World History: two A’s
Honors Humanities: two A’s
Honors Biology: one A one B
AP Biology: two A’s
3 AP’s, Ended with 3 B’s
Freshman Year Courses:
Regular Chemistry: two A’s
Regular Sociology: two A’s
Regular Drawing and Painting: two A’s
Regular Chinese 5-6: two A’s
Regular Algebra II: one A one B
Regular Physics:one C, dropped
Honors English: one A one B
0 AP’s, Ended with 2 B’s 1 C
Senior Year Courseload:
Civics/Economics + AP Government
Honors Statistcs + AP Statistics
AP Human Geography
Regular Expository Writing
Activities and Awards:
Track and Field
Competed in long jump and triple jump, regularly placing top 3. Practiced every weekday. Did preseason training in preparation for the upcoming season each year. 9th 10th 11th
Key Club (300+ community service hours)
Volunteered at food banks, clean-ups + various other projects. Held fundraisers for charities. Grew my Key Club to largest in Division 37S when I was President. 9th 10th 11th 12th
President of Key Club
Presided over all meetings, performed club administration, trained officers, delegated tasks, planned all big projects/events. Liaison between club and division. 10th 11th
Sophomore Director of Key Club
Fulfilled tasks from the Exec Board. Recruited and encouraged sophomores to join and volunteer. Coordinated events, managed logistics, sent out event emails. 9th 10th
Lieutenant Governor of Division
Superintended Division’s 9 Key Clubs. Wrote bi-weekly reports to the Cali-Nev-Ha district. Held 5 large training conferences. Part of a 3-state committee.11th 12th
Student Leader at Church
Student leadership would meet once a week and leaders were given duties (i.e. conducting icebreakers, welcoming new members) to carry out at church each Sunday. 9th 10th 11th 12th
Worship Team at Church
Volunteered to be part of the worship service at my church as vocals. Practiced with the team every Saturday night. Practiced and performed on Sunday mornings. 9th 10th 11th 12th
Cali-Nev-Ha Kiwanis
Kiwanis sponsors Key Club, of which is one of their constituents. Met with Kiwanians 2-3 times a month to: plan events/fundraisers, discuss finances, volunteer.
Calculus AB Tutoring
Beginning January of 2017, I dedicated 2 of my lunches per week to tutoring students, 1 on 1, in AP Calculus AB to help out my Calculus BC teacher. 11th
Work Experience
Kumon - Assistant Instructor
Instructed students (including those w/ special needs) in K-12 reading + math (up to Calculus). Analyzed progress. Completed computational + secretarial tasks. 10th 11th 12th 08/2015 - present
Mathnasium - Center Instructor
Provided personal, effective, concise math instruction. Graded students’ work. Tracked + reported the progress of each student. Completed administrative tasks. 08/2017 - present
Awards/Honors
Scholar Athlete (Awarded to juniors and seniors who have demonstrated athletic and academic excellence. Required to have a 3.5+ GPA. Must have done a sport for 2 or more years.)
NMSQT Scholar (hopefully?) I got a 1500/1520 on my PSAT, so that should qualify me.
Demographics:
Asian
Female
Resides in California
Two-Parent Family; Parental Income: $150,000+ combined
Hooks:
None really, besides noticeable academic improvement throughout the years (much harder classes each year but better grades)
Berkeley has always been my dream school.