Hi, I am a rising high school senior. My first choice college is Haverford.
Profile
First generation Chinese immigrant
Gender: Male
High school class of 2009
Extremely competitive school in MD
General statistics
GPA (UW / W): 3.88 / 4.63
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Note: My low GPA is mostly due to high school level classes that I took in middle school. If not counting those, my GPA would be 3.95 / 4.80. Only my cumulative GPA is on my transcript though.)
SAT Reasoning Test: Will take in October, expecting ~2200
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics, 680 US History
School does not rank, but I am certain that I am in the top 10%.
Notable classes taken or planning to take
AP English Language & Composition
AP American Government
AP Comparative Government
AP Computer Programming 2 (CS A)
AP Computer Programming 3 (CS AB)
AP Physics C (Mechanics + E&M)
AP BC Calculus
Multivariable Calculus
Ordinary Differential Equations
Morality and Contemporary Law [PL180] @ local CC
Social Problems and Issues [SO105] @ local CC
Volunteering / work experience
315 hours of volunteering
Chinese-American Parents and Students Association - Tutor (9-10)
Summer at the Cross - Camp counselor (10-11)
Camp China - Camp counselor (12)
Education internship @ school (12)
In-school extracurricular activities
Engineering club - Founder & President (11-12)
National Honor Society - Executive officer (11-12)
American Computer Science League - Senior team leader (11-12)
Mu Alpha Theta (11-12)
Math team (10)
Robotics club (10)
Personal activities
Music: singing, piano, guitar (takes up most of my free time)
Writing / blogging (the good kind; pertaining to politics, societal issues and such)
Other stuff
My interests are very diverse and it will be difficult for me to decide a major, but I am contemplating a double major or a major + minor in philosophy and either pure math or physics.
I am confident that my essays will be well-received.
Counselor and teacher recommendations will definitely be quite favorable.
I plan to visit and have an interview, but I am a bit doubtful about how well I will do.
So anyways, the only missing piece of the puzzle is the SAT, but as mentioned, I expect to score around 2200, give or take 100 points. All of this is very important to me; I really want to come to Haverford. So thanks in advance!
(By the way, if you can chance me for Swarthmore that would be nice too. Haverford is #1 though
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