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<p>Background: Asian female at public high school in IB program.</p>
<p>-Education-</p>
<p>GPA (weighted): 5.15 (Honors are weighted 5 and AP/IB/DE classes are 6s)
GPA (unweighted): 3.8
Rank: 16 (incorrect, however, since one of my classes was inputted as a B instead of an A before they calculated this rank)
SAT I: 2080; 720 (M), 680 (V), 680 (W)
SAT II: 730 Literature, 730 Mathematics I, 690 Chemistry
ACT: 32 Composite 34 English, 32 Mathematics, 36 Reading, 29 Science (Combination)
IB Higher Level Chemistry, English A1, and History of the Americas.
IB Standard Level ITGS, Math (Methods, not Studies), Spanish B
AP Human Geography (5), English Language (4), Chemistry (4), World History (4)
DE Classes Taken: Introduction to Anthropology, General Psychology, Music Theory (A’s)
Will Take: Macroeconomics, Possibly Introductory Physics I</p>
<p>-School Activities-</p>
<p>IB Senior Committee, Leader
National Honor Society, Member, 2008 - Present
Table Tennis Club, Member, 2009 - Present
Quiz Bowl Team, Captain, (Member, 2009), 4th Place in Central Florida
World Math Day Team, Member
Students Modeling a Research Topic Team, Member, 2009 - Present</p>
<p>-Out of School Activities/Community Service-</p>
<p>Central Florida Council of Asian American Youth, Founder and President, 2010
Sidenote: Non-profit association made up of students from elementary to high school dedicated to volunteering in the community and mentoring younger children to begin recognizing the importance of social responsibility at a young age through various organizations and service projects, such as clothing drives, health screenings, and feeding the poor
American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, Participant, 2010
Community Health Fairs
Sidenote: In charge of registering patients for blood glucose and cholesterol screening as well as responsible for distributing results at health fairs; also served as interpreter for Spanish-speaking patients
Oh, Woman! Healthy Woman Conference Health Fair, Volunteer, 2009
(Hospital)’s Annual Health Fair, Volunteer, 2009
Healthy Heart Symposium Health Fair, Volunteer, 2010
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Women Playing for TIME’s Key to Fine Dining, Volunteer, 2009
Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Fashion Funds the Cure Benefit, Volunteer, 2009 - 2010
Coalition for the Homeless, Volunteer, 2009 - Present
Hospital, Volunteer, 2008 - Present
Job Shadowing, 2008
Job shadowed in the Microbiology laboratory: learned basic standard precautions, specimen collection, microbiology instrumentation, different culture medium, basic specimen inoculation and streaking, and observed bacterial characteristic in culture media
Job Shadowing, 2010
Job shadowed in Hematology laboratory; observed hematology instrumentation and learned how to make blood smear slides; also learned and performed White Blood Cell Differential Count with the use of the microscope and observed RBC morphology in different diseases such as anemia
University of Connecticut, Student Researcher in Bionanotechnology</p>
<p>-Academic Awards-</p>
<p>World Math Day Team, Individual Teacher’s Top Ten, 2010
World Math Day Team, Team Placed 7th Internationally, 2010
National Merit, Commended Scholar, 2010
College Board, AP Scholar with Honors, 2010
Quiz Bowl Team, 4th Place in Central Florida, 2010
Discus Awards Program, Winner for Excellence in Academics, Arts, and Community Service, 2010
Student Achievers Award, Asian American Heritage Council, Third Place, 2010
Writes of Spring, Orlando Repertory Theatre and University of Central Florida’s Master in Fine Arts Department, First Place in Poetry out of 500 Entries, 2009
Freshmen International Baccalaureate Science Fair, First Place (Team Leader), 2008
Dr. Nelson Ying’s Science Expo, County-wide, Third Place (Team Leader), 2008
Duke University’s Talent Identification Program, State Recognition Awardee, 2006</p>
<p>-Musical Activities and Awards-</p>
<p>Chamber Group, Chamber Music Academy (Conducted by Dr. Alvaro Gomez), Violinist
Scholarship Competition, (City) Music Club, Advanced Violin Solo, First Place, 2009
Chamber Symphony, Central Florida Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster, 2008 - 2010
High School Orchestra, Concertmaster, 2007 - 2008
Violin Teacher, 2008 - 2009
Wedding Musician, 2007 - Present
Junior Convention, State Federation of Music Clubs, State Competition, First Place, 2002 - 2007
Honorable Mention, 2008
Suzuki Music Institute Players, Member, 1996 - 2010
Liturgical Music Minister, Church, Violinist, 2000 - Present</p>
<p>In addition to chancing me for Rice/Rochester/Duke/Emory/UPenn, it would be greatly appreciated if you could also gauge my chances for Rice’s Baylor Med Program and Rochester’s REMS program (though I have the feeling that my not-exactly-stellar grades and scores will set me back greatly)</p>
<p>My own (completely unfounded guesses) are:
Rice - Mid reach
Rochester - Mid reach
Duke - High, high, high reach
Emory - Mid reach
UPenn - Duke^1.5</p>
<p>I also applied to FSU (which I got into) as well as UF (which I hope to make as well). Thanks!</p>