<p>Applying to Brown (also UMich, Harvard, Cornell, Buffalo, ACPHS, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, USC, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA)</p>
<p>I live in upstate NY and am Asian American (first in my family to go to college in the US).
GPA weighted: 108.3
Ranked 8/819
SAT: 2180 (will retake)
SAT II:
Biology Environmental- 740 (took in 9th grade)
US History- 770
Math 1- 660 (will retake)
Courses:
9th- Eng 9H, Glbl Hist 1H, Geometry H, Biology H, Spanish 2, Orchestra, PE
10th- Eng 10H, Glbl Hist 2H, Alg+Trig H, Physics H, Spanish 3, Orchestra, Dance/PE
11th- AP Eng11 (AP-5), AP US (AP-5), AP Stats (AP-5), Math 4H, Chem H, Biomed H, Orchestra (highest level), Dance/PE
12th- AP Eng12, AP US Gov’t, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, String Quartet, Health, Orchestra, Dance/PE
Extracurriculars:
Peer Tutor (9, 10), draws artwork for school paper (11), Art Editor for school paper (12), founder of badminton club (10, 11, 12), Afterschool Quartet (11), played viola for 8yrs w/o private teacher (made into top orchestra)
Work:
Work in family restaurant during all summers+senior year (tough times)
Face Painting Gig at Community Day
Volunteer at NYSSMA festival
Volunteer at Food Pantry
Other:
participated in NYSSMA all years, first chair violist in 10th grade, applying for NHS (seniors only)</p>