Hi. I am a student attending an international school in South Korea. I am applying to Upenn, Cornell, GATech, Cooper Union, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. Would I be accepted…?
ACT: 34
SAT II: SAT Math 2 (800) SAT Chemistry (800) SAT Physics (800)
Unweighted GPA: 3.99
Weighted GPA: 4.33
AP:
AP Comp Sci A (5)
AP Physics 1 (5)
AP Stat (5)
AP Calc BC (5)
AP Calc AB Subscore (5)
AP Macroeconomic (5)
AP Microeconomics (5)
AP Physics C Mechanics (5)
AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism (5)
AP Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course:
Linear Algebra
Multivariable Calculus
AP English Language & Comp
AP US Gov & Politics
AP Chem
College Physics (Heat & Light, Stanford Online)
Art
Health
Mandarin III
International Awards:
Robofest World Championship 3rd Place (3000 Participants)
World Creative Robot Competition 2nd Place
International Robot Olympiad Technical Award
National Awards:
National Student Robot Competition 1st
National Robot Olympiad Bronze Award
Samsung Tomorrow Solution Finalist
In-School Awards:
School Service Award
Best Citizenship Award
Head of School Recommendation
Teacher’s Award
Best Team Spirit Award (Basketball Team)
Extracurriculars:
Research “Heuristic Algorithm for Creation of Motion Plan” (18 pages, cooperated with college professor)
College led Computer Science Prodigy Program (2 years)
Entrepreneurship Prodigy Program led by the Korean Government (2 years)
Four patents submitted. One of them is registered, three of them are on evaluation.
Certificate in Machine Learning (Stanford Online)
TRIZ Expert Level 1 Certificate
Makers Club (3 years, President and Founder)
Programming Club (1 year, President and Founder)
National Honor Society (2 years, President)
Student Council (1 year, Treasurer)
Global Service Club (2 years, President)
Basketball Team (2 years, Power Forward)
Founder of the first Science Fair of the school
Job/Work Experience:
Front-End Programming Assistant (9th, 20h/week)
Recommendations:
Teacher Rec #1: Mathematics Teacher (NHS Advisor, fairly close and praised my analytic reasoning ability)
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher (really intimate, once praised me “perfect as always”)
Counselor Rec: Really intimate. Recommended me to be the treasurer.
Additional Rec: Robotics Team Advisor (Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering)
Financial Aid: No
Intended Major: Industrial Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Male