<p>SCHOOL: Westwood High School, 2010 (my school is i think 70th in the nation, and very competitive. Always sends graduates to the elite schools. I think we had 3 UPenn, a couple Columbia, One Yale, etc)
STATE: TX
SAT/ACT: 2200, (730 CR, 760 M, 710 W)
SAT 2: Literature 740, Biology molecular 780, Math 2 740, US History 710
GPA: 3.77 unweighted. 5.06 weighted
RANK: 65/581
APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID: Yes</p>
<p>AP tests:
US history 5
Biology 5
Literature 5
European History 5
Psychology 4</p>
<p>My grades has been improving throughout high school. I was rank 120 my sophomore year. I am also a IB diploma candidate. Our school has one of the best IB programs available.</p>
<p>Clubs:
DECA (competed at the state level)
Mu Alpha Theta (math honor club)</p>
<p>Volunteering: (my passion)
Camp CAMP- 100 hours as counselor for mentally/ physically disabled children
Habitat for Humanity- 50 hours helping underprivileged family have homes
Freshman Counselor: I was a counselor for incoming freshman.</p>
<p>Research:
Waksman Student Scholar Program: A high school student research program conducted by Rutgers State University of New York. I isolated and sequenced a fragment of DNA from the never before sequenced plant Wolffia arrhiza. After sequencing, I did DNA and protein analysis on my cDNA strand. This will be published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information. (3 hours a week, entire senior year)</p>
<p>Intel Science Fair- This began in September of 2009 and is a work in progress. My science fair project is to determine the supposed antibacterial effects of ginger on e-coli as a model organism. I am also testing the longevity of the effects. Approximately 3 hours a week is dedicated to this project. I came to this idea for my project through the knowledge that antibiotic resistance is an every-growing problem and my knowledge that ginger has been used for centuries in China as an anti-inflammatory agent. I put these together and came up with my research idea. </p>
<p>International Baccalaureate Group 4 Project- This was during my junior year. I was a member in an interdisciplinary group of IB students who were taking IB biology, IB chemistry or IB physics. Total time spent on this project is estimated at around 25 hours. The group had to come up with a valid research question that had to do with the topic “paper” and one that had chemical, biological and physical aspects to it.</p>
<p>Travels
China: I spent the majority of my summer of 2008 and 2009 in China visiting my grandparents who I had not seen since my immigration in 1999. The first time was mainly to reconnect with my relatives. The second time I was able to visit some colleges in China including the Fudan University of Shanghai and Xi’an Jiaotong University in which I was able to visit each university’s library and experience “college life” in China.
Awards:</p>
<p>DECA State finalist</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction: AP award for the successful completion of 5 or more AP exams earning at least a 3.5 average score. </p>
<p>National Merit Commended: College Board award for a high score on the PSAT. </p>
<p>Personal Essay: Was published on This I Believe’s website, and was considered for national broadcast on NPR.</p>
<p>Academic Honor Roll: All 4 years</p>
<p><em>parents went to State Universities so no legacy</em></p>
<p>Applying to
Brown
Rice
Yale
Harvard
Washington University at st Louis
Stanford
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
Texas AM (safety) (i already got accepted actually lol)</p>
We have pretty similar interests in colleges haha.</p>