Chances at WashU, ED

Magnus61889
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:56:26 +0000

Chinese Male, applying as a US Citizen
One of the best public schools in Alabama, Vestavia Hills High School.

SAT I (April 2006) 1460/2110
CR- 660
M- 800
W- 650

PSAT- 211, 1 point away from Semifinalist, so yea, I’m commended.

GPA- 4.3
Rank- Top 5% of 430 students

Senior Classes:

AP Calculus BC
AP Econ (Macro)/ AP Government
AP English Lit
AP Physics C
Honors Math Theory (Math Team)
AP Stats
AP Psych

3 APs last year and all Honor classes since 10th grade.

EXTRA CURRICULAR

Key Club (10,11,12)

National Honor Society (11,12)

Math Team (9,10,11,12 Treasurer)

For those ppl that have never heard of VHHS, we are pretty dominant in math team. We won nationals at mu alpha theta two years in a row; my sophmore year in Hawaii, and this past summer in Colorado.

I have various trophies from freshman year on including placing at Nationals

AIME qualifier for the past two years

Debate (9,10,11)

I could’nt fit it into my schedule but I still get to go to a tournament or two. - Last year, I went to nationals for Alabama in Public Forum. My partner and I broke and made it to the top 20 teams in the nation. Northwestern and Baylor were recruiting there. I’m applying to Northwestern if I dont get in ED to WashU.

I have various awards freshman and sophomore year for LD debate. I’ve broken in over 10 tournaments throughout the South including many speaker awards at those tournaments.

Special Distinction in the National Forensic League

Violin

Alabama Youth Symphony (9,10) Quit after 10th because the quality got really bad. I was the assisstant concertmaster.
-All State Orchestra (10)
-Play for 10 years now
-Birmingham Prelude Strings Showcase Soloist (9)
-I’m thinking of sending in a tape of me playing 2 movements from Hungarian Dance. I’m also thinking of sending in a tape of me playing Butterfly Lovers, but its very… Chinese.

McWane Center Volunteers (9,10,11,12)

Over 300 hours volunteering at the hands-on science center.

Helped out with camps for kids and such over the summer.

Work

Subway from Sep/05 - Summer/06

Panera Bread from Summer/06 - Present
-Both 10 hour weeks, pretty standard, I enjoy working, it teaches me a lot about the value of money and hard work.

Interest

I was part of the Discovery Weekend program at the end of last month. I loved my stay on campus and that is what motivated me to apply ED.

Nominated by school for Danforth Scholarship

I’m the only person applying ED to WashU from my school.

thanks for the help!