<p>State: PA
School: Public
Race/Gender: White/Male
Applying: Columbia School of Arts and Science, Physics
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.5
Rank: 90/364 (top quarter)
EC:
-President of Interact club (150+ member service club)
-Diversity club, FTC Robotics Club, French Club, Chinese Club</p>
<p>Hook:
-Spent 30/hrs a week during the summer of 2010 working on studying at an Oncology Center.
-Conducted research at the Oncology Center and got published in a peer-reviewed Medical Physics journal (at age 17)
-Was elected (and got a grant) to go to Vancouver to present the medical paper at an annual meeting (that was the first week of August 2011)</p>
<p>Other:
-Visited the campus twice (only documented once by the school)
-Interviewed on Campus @ the admissions office
-Had a one hour, 1 on 1 talk with the Department of Physics Undergraduate Director</p>
<p>I’m applying Early Decision 1 in a week or two.</p>