Consolidated EA/RD 2013 results thread

mitpwns
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:24 +0000

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT I (by section): 2360 - CR: 760, Math: 800, Writing 800 (80, 12) [/li]
[] SAT IIs: 740 US Hist., 770 Phy, 800 Math
[] ACT: 35 - 36 Math, 36 Writing, 36 Science, 32 Reading
[] APs: All 5’s : Human Geo, Eng Lang, Phy B, Calc BC, Comp Sci AB, Env Sci, US Hist.
[] GPA: 4.5 ish
[] Rank: 3 / 1402
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ECs listed on app: [/li]1. Science Fair - Research on Sun’s Differential Rotation, the Riemann Hypothesis, and Protein Tyrosine Kinase. 2-time state winner, 3-time regional winner (grand prize once), district and school awards each year. TJSHS competition too. LASER club (didn’t put the club on app though). Discovery Young Scientist Challenge Semi-Finalist.


Tennis - Junior Varisty - Earned letter of honors, ranked 2nd singles. Consistenly play in USTA DPTA and ZAT Tournaments:
High Point Fall ZAT, Plano, TX – Consolation 2nd Round
DPTA Junior Circuit Huffhines, Dallas, TX – Runner-Up
Las Colinas Spring Mid-Cities, Irving, TX – Semifinalist
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX – Consolation Semifinalist
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX – 2nd Round
DPTA Junior Circuit, Dallas, TX – Quarterfinalist
Las Colinas Tournament, Las Colinas, TX – Consolation Semifinalist
Consistenly taking lessons at High Point Tennis Center and Lifetime Fitness since 2001
Computer Science UIL Team - President. 2nd Place at Lake Carroll Computer Science Tournament Advanced Division. Winner of 2009 Hewlett-Programming Contest at their headquarters (out of 350 ish teams). (Applied to MIT’s comp sci/ elec engineering department)
North Texas Youth Honor Society
Leadership: 11th - Vice-President of school, 12th - Secretary of all chapters in North Texas, April 2008 - Captain of Speech Tournament Organization Committe, September 2009 - Captain of Spelling Bee Tournament Organization Committee. Club arranges tournaments for kids throughout North Texas.
Math Club and Math Research:
AMC Scores: 10th grade - 120, 11th grade - 108.
2-time AIME Qualifier: 5 on AIME, USAMO qualifying score of 170 (cutoff was 197)
McNabb tournaments - competed since 9th grade, regularly top in school
Math League - 12th grade, regularly receive perfect scores
Cistercian Math Tournament, Rice University Mathematics Competition, Ryan High School Math Contest, etc.
Have been doing independent research on the distribution of prime number since 2nd semester 11th grade - Riemann Hypothesis. Learned a lot about mathematical history.


Leaderships/Activites on resume not on activities page:

Volunteer at Richardson Regional Medical Center – 9 weeks (most lame thing ever)
Week Internship at Texas Back Institute – 84 Hours (pretty cool, told me I don’t wanna be a doctor)
Director of French Play for Texas French Symposium
Co-Founder and Vice-President of The Skeptical Society
PSHS Student Congress – Committee: Community Service (not interested, left it in 12th and didn’t put on activities page as a result)
Fete Francaise – 3rd Place in Speaker
Most Accomplished Student in Years 1-3 – Vines High School
National French Examination – State Qualifier
National Merit Finalist (prly all of yall)
NHS - didn’t put on application.

[li] Job/Work Experience: Internship at University of Texas at Dallas in the Molecular Biology Department - 20 hours per week, 8 weeks. [/li]
[li] Essays (subject and responses): I only wrote one 490 word essay - about my 1 year spent in paralysis from Gullian-Barre Syndrome, and my eventual recovery and changing view of life. Chose not to write the optional essay. [/li]
[li] Teacher Recs: One from APUSH teacher who’s currently at Stanford, very fluent in writing and I believe wrote me an extraordinary rec - loved my essays in class. One from Env Sci teacher - felt I was the most successful student she ever had, I think it was really good, but can’t be sure. One from Comp Sci coach - definitely went well, she told me exactly what she was gonna write, and that may have turned the tables for me. [/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Counselor liked me. [/li]
[li] Applied on: October 31 (bday) [/li]
[li] Hook (if any): My research paper. It was about the sun’s differential rotation, 20 pages in-depth in length. May not be called a “hook,” but another college I was accepted into wrote a note on my acc. letter referring to it. [/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]

[li] State or Country: TX [/li]
[li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large ~ 1400 students [/li]
[li] Ethnicity: Asian [/li]
[li] Gender: Male [/li]
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: MIT Pwns. We say bye to men who try too - MIT (actually that’s by me). Good luck to all.