<p>School Type: Public
Location: New Jersey
School: West Windsor-Plainsboro South, large school, very competitive
Race/Gender: Asian American female, U.S. Citizen
Prospective Major: Psychology and Biochemistry
GPA: 3.84 UW, 4.51
Class rank: unreported by school; probably top 10 percent</p>
<p>PSATs: 223</p>
<p>SAT I Scores (first and only time)
SAT I Math: 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 780
SAT I Writing: 800
Total: 2300</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Math IIC: 800 (junior)
SAT II Chemistry: 780 (junior)
SAT II Chinese with listening: 800 (sophomore)
SAT II Biology: 760 (sophomore)</p>
<p>AP Scores
Chemistry: 5 (took as sophomore)
Biology (scores not out yet)
Calculus BC (scores not out yet)
Language and Composition (scores not out yet)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Info
- Piano (~7 years)performed in Carnegie Hall, and Shanghai Grand Theater in 2004 and 2007 Shanghai International Childrens Cultural and Arts Festival (also emcee for the program)
- Clarinet (~6 years)performed in Lincoln Center with band; performed in Russia on tour with orchestra, will perform in Austria on tour with orchestra next year; regions band
- Ultimate Frisbee team (2 years)
- Waksman Student Scholars Program (3 years, and senior year)
-Future Problem Solving and Community Problem Solving (6 years/2 years, and senior year)</p>
<p>Leadership Roles
- Concertmaster of Advanced Concert Band, section leader in Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra (clarinet)
- Co-President of the Waksman Student Scholars Program Club
- Co-President of Community Problem Solvers
- Committee member of GroWW, township Environmental Fair to be held on September 20, 2008 (Governor Corzine, Congressman Rush Holt will be attending the event)</p>
<p>Other strong point:
- Published protein (in the Annexin family) from Artemia franciscana in GenBank (Waksman Program '07)
- Presented Fostering Authentic Scientific Research by High School Students: Computer Scaffolding and Industrial Partnership with Waksman mentors to program directors at the National Science Foundation </p>
<p>Community Service
- Volunteer at elementary school after school program (2 hours/week, ~30 weeks/year, 2 years)
- Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert (2005)
- Volunteer at GroWW, township Environmental Fair to be held on September 20, 2008
- Organized and participated in bake sale for victims of Sichuan, China earthquake </p>
<p>Misc.
- Participant in National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (2007)
- Accepted into and attended the Robert Wood Johnson Mini-Medical School for High School Students
- Intern at Susan B. Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research: studies on melanoma using a transgenic mouse model (summer 2008)</p>
<p>Awards:
- 1st place National History Day Paper; published in The History Teacher (journal) and the National Archives Quarterly Compilations (2005/6)
- 1st place performance at Future Problem Solving New Jersey State Bowl
- 1st place Community Problem Solving at Future Problem Solving New Jersey State Bowl; 2nd Place Community Problem Solving in Education Division at Future Problem Solving International Conference (2 years)</p>
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<p>Senior Year Course List</p>
<p>AP Literature and Composition
Multivariable Calculus Honors and Accelerated
AP Physics
AP United States History
Fundamentals in Sports Medicine</p>
<h2>Advanced Concert Band/Philharmonia Orchestra</h2>
<p>At:</p>
<p>-TCNJ/UMDNJ, Case Western, PennState/Thomas Jefferson, Rice/Baylor, Northwestern (7/8 year med. Programs)
-Rutgers, McGill
-UChicago, Georgetown, Rice (normal undergrad), Northwestern (normal undergrad)
-Cornell, Duke, Columbia, Princeton</p>
<p>ALSO, should I retake SAT Is to pull up my math score???</p>