Could you please give some invaluable suggestions to a Kung fu guy? Thanks!

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Hi my CC friend,</p>

<p>Could you please read my predicted resume below and see if there is anything you have question about my extra-curricular activities, or you think there are improvements for my extra-curricular activities?</p>

<p>Cornell is my dream school!</p>

<p>Thank you from the bottom of my heart!</p>

<p>An eager student</p>

<p>Predicted Resume (including grade 12)</p>

<p>Awards (the competitions below are hosted by University of Waterloo, and contestants are not only confined to students in Canada) </p>

<p>Canadian grade 11 Hypatita Math Competition<br>
School 1st place
Gold Standard
31st place in Canada<br>
grade 11</p>

<p>Canadian Grade 12 Euclid Math Competition<br>
School 1st place, top 2% in Canada<br>
grade 11</p>

<p>Canadian Grade 11 Fermat Math Competition<br>
School 1st place, top 2% in Canada<br>
grade 11</p>

<p>A sad truth is that I do not receive any departmental awards from the school.</p>

<p>Extra-curricular activities
Cultural exchange related activities
Martial arts Club Founder/President grade 11-12</p>

<p>Multicultural Club Member grade 11
President grade 12</p>

<p>Student Council Class Representative grade 10
Vice President of external affairs grade 11</p>

<p>Toronto District School Board
SuperCouncil Representative of Jarvis Collegiate Institute grade 11-12
(SuperCouncil is the union of all TDSB student councils)</p>

<p>Model United Nations President grade 11-12</p>

<p>Math related Activities</p>

<p>Math Club President grade 10-12</p>

<p>Toronto Math Circle Member grade 11-12</p>

<p>Peer tutoring Math Tutor grade 10-12</p>

<p>Toronto Public Library
Editorial Youth Advisory Group Math Tutor grade 10-12</p>

<p>Other activities
Recycling team member grade 10-12</p>

<p>Ping Pong team member grade 10-11</p>

<p>Below are positions I can get, but I am not sure if I should get, because I think they will just make me “overstuffed”. Plus, I think have more positions do not mean I will have a greater admission chance; instead, they may confuse admission officers when they are trying to see who I am. But I list them anyway. </p>

<p>Could you please give me some valuable suggestions as to possessing these positions or not? Thank you!</p>

<p>(Calculus Club founder/president grade 12
Science club president OR VP grade 12
Mandarin club president grade 12
Physics club founder/president grade 12
Chemistry club founder/president grade 12)</p>

<p>Thank you for reading my resume! </p>

<p>Before you read the following paragraphs, could you please envision about who I am, for a few seconds?
Thank you. </p>

<p>Now please read my image to see if my “image” matches your thoughts.</p>

<p>The image I want to show to the admission people: </p>

<ol>
<li><p>I want to make myself a “communication” person. I am involved in many cultural exchange related activities, and I am the liaison between different countries (through Model UN). As a Vice President of external affairs, I have a big role of communication. I serve as the liaison not only between student council and student body, but also serve as the liaison between our school student council and the Toronto District School Board SuperCouncil(a union of all student councils in the TDSB), and a cultural exchange person. I am an international student who has received education in both China and Canada. I am an active cultural exchange person in the local community as well.
Also, I am a Kung fu fighter, who is not only confined to Kung fu’s physical and visual beauty, but also act as the liaison between different cultures, that is why I name my club “Martial arts” rather than “Kung fu” to unite other martial arts, such as, Taekwondo, and hence unite other cultures. That is, in fact, what Bruce Lee did to unite Kung fu with other martial arts to create a better form of Kung fu, Jeet Kune Do. Moreover, I have been performing Kung fu in school assemblies, majority of the students love me because of it. People recognize me as a Kung fu master. That’s why I create the martial arts club.</p></li>
<li><p>A math person who is not only good at math, but also spread the pleasure of math to other people by tutoring and math club. And I join the biggest local math society for students, Toronto Math Circle, as well.
I might found a “Calculus Club”, since I one of the few students who take grade 12 Calculus before grade 12, and I find Calculus fascinating.
I receive some national recognition in terms of pre-calculus math contests as I listed above.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>That is my “image”. Did you thoughts match my “images”? Any comments you want to make about my “images”?</p>

<p>If possible, could you tell me what you think about my extra-curricular activities and my “images”?
And what do you think I should do for my summer and for next school year to improve my extra-curricular activities?</p>

<p>Thank you for your patience of reading my resume and giving your feedback!
Have a good summer!</p>

<p>An eager student</p>

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<p>No offense but as an Asian (-American?) you don’t stand out too much. Sadly, as you should know, there is a stereotype about Asians running around learning karate, playing ping pong and teaching math. It is somewhat ironic that you fit this exact stereotype. Believe it or not, there is a stigma associated with this. It barely helps you stand out from the other applicants and doesn’t show that you are definitely be classified as “unique”.</p>

<p>However, you have a plethora of extra-curriculars focused solely around math and kung-fu. This shows that you are very committed to specific areas. This will be a very strong part of your application no doubt, regardless of whether or not you have any unique activities. </p>

<p>The image of a “communication” person didn’t stand out to me. By reading your resume, I don’t see much that makes it seem that you like to communicate. I do see the image of the second description about you being a math guy. I can see that you are really in love with math and like to help others with it.</p>

<p>Hopefully this helps and you don’t see it as too critical. During the summer, I would suggest doing something unique.</p>