Stats & Demographics
- SAT: 1520 (e:780, m:740), (Self-study)
- Ethnicity: Chinese, Studying in Hong Kong with U.S. citizenship
- Expected cost per year: <40k
- Intended Major: Architecture (prefer BArch) / Mechanical engineering
- Yr of graduation: 2027
- GPA: No, HK schools do not give GPAs
- Pretty much impossible to get anything above a C/D, I’d prob. have a 2.0
- APs: 7 (calc(5), precalc(5), stats(5), phyC(5), phy1(5), human geo.(4), envir. science(4)) (school does not provide ap courses, all self-study)
HS coursework:
- These are the subjects I’m taking and will take in HKDSE (HK’s college entry test):
- My predicted score is ~27, which is ~top 5% in HK
- Chinese
- English
- Maths
- Advanced Maths
- Physics
- Geography
- Visual Arts
ECs
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Developed 4 projects tackling elder care, disability access & urban heat; Secured 5 champions & 20+ awards in STEM competitions w/avg. 600+ teams; Devoted over 10hrs per week on projects
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Captain of school STEM Team (Currently 3rd largest school org. w/100+ active members); Mentored 30+ members in robotics; Co-lead joint-school team to 7 awards
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VP of school’s 60th Students’ Association (Oldest & largest school org. w/900+ active members); Led 50 execs & directed multiple 700+ person school & joint-school events; Managed ~34k budget & earned ~3k; Delivered 50+ student welfare initiatives
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Sole designer for 7 school events; Designed posts for 5 orgs, reaching 150k+ impressions across a combined of 2k+ follower accounts; Chief designer of school Design Committee
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100+ service hrs, taught and prepared material for underprivileged kids in arts and english, help organized a bazaar which earned over 12k
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Produced & directed a short film w/10k+ views on YT; Wrote scripts & performed & secured 2 champions in radio drama competition w/500+ competing teams
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Exec position across 5 clubs; Supported 5 event logistics and operations for these academic clubs
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VP of school Arts Club and Physics Club; Held multiple club & joint-club events with over 30+ participants
Awards & Honors
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5x Champion Team of large scale Hong Kong STEM competition w/avg. 600+ teams
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Secured 20+ awards in regional STEM competitions w/avg. 600+ teams
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Third place out of 500,000+ teams in national STEM competition (China), solo with a project related to helping the disabled gain access to nature
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2times Hong Kong representative for the BETT Show (world’s largest tech-ed fair) in London, showcasing my award-winning projects
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Developed a Chrome extension that deals with digital illiteracy
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Internationally-verified Taekwondo black belt, grade one; 10yr commitment
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2x Champion Team of radio drama competition w/500+ competing teams
LORs: School principal (only writes 7/yr), STEM teacher x2
School list
Cornell (ED)
Carnegie Mellon
Princeton
John Hopkins
UPenn
Dartmouth
Stanford
UChicago
Columbia
Harvard
Northeastern
Brown
Duke
Rice
Yale
NYU
UMich
Georgia Tech
Aiming for top colleges only, will stay in HK if I get no acceptances.