Low income (36k), Asian male, 1st-gen college student, Elite public NYC high school
Early schools: Cornell ILR, Northeastern, SUNY Binghamton
Academics
GPA: 89.6 (93.5 in senior year thus far)
SAT: 1580, PSAT: 1500
AP Bio: 5, APUSH: 5 (self-studied)
Honors/Awards
National Merit Semifinalist (12th grade)
NYSSMA Level 6 Score: 99 (10th grade)
National Spanish Exam Level 3 Bronze Medal (10th grade)
Extracurriculars (by date, not importance)
Pub Sec of Ethics Bowl (2019 - Present)
- Discussed 15 hypothetical ethical cases weekly
- Took notes from various perspectives on cases and recruited new members
Founder/President of School’s Rubik’s Cube Club (2018 - Present)
- Can solve Rubik’s Cube in under 15 seconds
- Taught beginners how to solve the Rubik’s Cube, taught more advanced techniques to intermediate solvers, raised funds through school luncheons/petitioning the PTA, held school-wide competitions
Member of TASC (2018 - Present)
- A nonprofit charity organization that raises money using interesting community events
- Helped organize a 3v3 basketball tournament and art gallery, raised ~$500 in each
- Participated in beach cleanups and created online video lessons
Writer for The Point Magazine (2018-Present)
- Held weekly meetings, wrote pieces for magazine regarding sports/politics
Music Producing/Audio Engineering (2017-Present)
- Learned how to use music creation software, composition, music theory
- Posted instrumentals on Youtube/Soundcloud, music used on Youtube channel w/150k subs
Bassist For church Youth Group (2016-Present)
- Played bass for church youth group, learned using Youtube videos
Cello (2014- Present)
- Participated in school groups (Jr. Orchestra, Strings, Chamber)
- 1st stand 11-12th grade
- NYSSMA Level 6 Certification
Kendo (2017- 2018)
- 1st black belt, mentored younger students
Internships/Jobs
Tutoring Job (10th-grade summer)
- Tutored elementary school kid over the summer in English and math
- Selected books for her to read, taught her new vocabulary
Minkwon Center YEP (9th-grade summer)
- Minkwon Center: advocacy group for Asian Americans and immigrants.
- Learned about the history of Asian American immigrants, and advocated for/collected signatures for bills supporting immigrants i.e. Greenlight bill
Essays
- Common App: About how I grew as a person while creating the Rubik’s Cube Club (8/10)
- Cornell supp about how I want to become an NBA GM (9/10) (all these are my estimates so plz take with a grain of salt)
So yeah I can’t change anything now so let me know what you think I guess. Helps pass the time until decisions.