Guru Will Chance You for Top Tier Schools

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:57:26 +0000

3.7 UW / 4.04 W

have always taken as many APs/Honors classes as possible.
Top 10%

Asian -Viet, CA, low-income, 1st gen

2100 SAT (680 CR, 710 M, 710 W), retaking Oct
SAT II - US History 660, Chinese 620, retaking Nov

EXTRACURRIC
Speech + Debate Team - Secretary, Vice President (4 years)
Red Cross Club - Vice President (4 years)
Adopt-an-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project - Social Chair (3 years)
Campaign Academy - Campaign Leader (3 years)
CSF Representative (3 years)
The Eagle School Newspaper - Editor-in-Chief (2 years)
Eagle News Broadcast - Reporter (2 years)
Fiona Ma Assemblywoman of CA - Intern (2 years)
Student Site Council - Vice Chair (2 years)
Junior Statesman of America Club - Historian (1 year)

PROGRAMS

Northwestern University - CTD Civic Engagement & Leadership Institute (Summer)

3 year participant World Savvy Affairs Competition

JOBS

US House of Representatives Page (summer 2009)

The Sixth Graphics + Web Design Studio - owner (6 years)

Natural Dental Lab - assistant manager (4 years)

Help-U-Learn Tutorial - Tutor (4 years)

AWARDS

1st Place Voice of Democracy Speech Contest: Honoring Veterans of Foreign Wars

2nd Place Lion’s Club Speech Contest: Water - Will CA be left high and dry?

2nd Place Lion’s Club Speech Contest: Immigration - My Solution

3rd Place World Affairs Competition Best Discovery Poster

4th Place Best Speaker - CHSSA Student Congress

OTHER
volunteered 200+ hours, started my own graphics/web design company to help out my family through high school, worked as page with US house of rep

notes: my gpa sophomore year suffered b/c parents divorce + having to work. but my junior year had only 2 B’s for fall semester and 1 B for spring.

I’m concerned about my GPA and SAT II scores.

schools: (either Brown ED or Wesleyan ED)
Brown
Wesleyan
Amherst
Tufts
UC Berkeley
Cornell
NYU
Boston College
Colgate