<p>So i’ll simply do the usual I suspect…I’m a now a Senior at one of the most competitive high schools in the Bush state. I would like to major in either biomedical engineering or economics…or both if possible!!</p>
<p>So Here it goes:</p>
<h2>Basic “Number” Stats</h2>
<p>ACT – june 21st scores come out…
SATII’s-- Chem-- june 20th scores…but i think high 700’s hopefully
Math IIC-- " “high 700’s hopefully
Physics–” "high 700’s hopefully
GPA-- not too sure maybe 3.7 or 3.8? don’t know yet…but I got a 4.0 this semester…that <em>should</em> help
Class Rank: top 7 or 10%, 40 or 50 something… again, don’t know yet
AP-- chem and csci still awaiting…
Courses: all AP’s…all A’s these past two semesters with 7 AP’s</p>
<h2>EC’s</h2>
<h2>School Related Stuff</h2>
<p>-President of Robotics – 3 yrs.
-Co-President of JETS – 3 yrs
-VP Chess Club – 3 yrs.
-Mu Alpha Theta - 3yrs.
-Philosophy Club – 2 yrs.
-President Science National Honor Society…one of the few honor societies that doen’t require service hours…rather, volunteering for the sake of volunteering – 1 yr…just started
(As you may note… I can’t truly put four years given that I haven’t really started senior year.)</p>
<h2>Non-School Stuff </h2>
<p>-Japanese Style Karate-- 11 yrs (started at the age of 5) third degree black belt
-Electric/Acoustic Guitar – 5 yrs going on 6, lead guitarist in my band
-UIL Science Team…took first in state this year!!-- 3 yrs
-Orchestra – 6th through 10th
- Science Olympiad Team Captain-1 yr
-USA Computational Olympiad- 2yrs
-Peer Tutor in Physics and Chemistry</p>
<h2>Awards and Honors</h2>
<p>-Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist – 10th
-Siemens Westinghouse Regional Finalist - 11th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Best Robot 10th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Most Elegant Robot 10th
-BEST Robotics Competition: Best Engineering Notebook 10/11th
-State BEST Robotics Competition: Most Robust Robot 10th
-Houston Science and Engineering Fair 2003: 3rd Place in Physics 9th
-American Society for Quality Award 9th
-American Physical Society 4th Place 9th
-One of five students in region invited for a research internship with Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Curl 9th
-Invited by Rice University to complete research with the Condensed Matter Group 10th
-American Physical Society 2nd Place 10th
-Overall Best Physics Project in the Region 10th
- Silver Team Invitation in USA Computation Olymiad
-Rice University Award for Creativity and Ingenuity in Scientific Research 10th
-MIT Lemleson Group and The Partnership for Americas Future: I was one of six students across the nation chosen as a Student Board of Director 11th
-Invited to attend the Quarknet Program 11th
-Accepted to complete research at the Texas Center of Superconductivity on thin film coatings for protective coverings 10th(summer)
-I have over 40 awards in UIL Math and Science competitions 9/10/11th
-Texas ATM math competition: 6th place in Power Team Competition and 4th Overall- 11th
-I was personally invited by the head of Jet Propulsion Laboratories to present my research on tactile actuators in an International Smart Structures and Materials conference sponsored by SPIE 11th - I was recently accepted as an intern at IBM Labs in NY
- Junior Academy of Sciences Second Place Engineering
- Bunch of sci. olympiad awards in regional and state level…but not nationals </p>
<h2>Research Projects – a.k.a , my life…hehe</h2>
<p>– Image Definition and Enhancement through Machine Learning and Psychophysics – 11th…this project attracted the attention and ultiimately a publication by Prof. Bill Freeman a computer vision researcher at MIT --11th
– A Self-Induced Generator based on Non-Radiant Mediums- 7th - 9th
– A Comprehensive Study on Expedidtive Acoustic Cooling - 10th summer
– A Novel Approach to Degradative Chemical Clean-Up using Acoustic Cavitation - 10th
– Development of a Tactile Actuator using Dielectric Electroactive Polymers -11th summer</p>
<p>– Definite Information Holding Risk Management: A Minimalistic Approach to Risk Aversion-- 10th-11th…this project was a simple theory i developed and tested in the field of game theory and ultimately economics</p>
<p>—I am about to start my research at IBM this summer and it should be something quite interesting!!</p>
<p>I hope to do a lot more research in college …!!!</p>
<p>I understand that BME at johns hopkins is quite competitive to gain admission to…so if you guys could…please try to tell me things I should work on…and I know the first thing everyone will be saying is to get my grades up…but my current W.GPA is the same GPA as numbers 3 or 4 at other schools in our district…</p>
<p>Thanks for reading this guys. I truly appreciate those of you who put time and effort in actually writing laudable responses!</p>