Merr. Chance me.

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:47:46 +0000

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

PSATs: 223

SAT I Scores (first and only time)
SAT I Math: 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 780
SAT I Writing: 800
Total: 2300

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)

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)

Extracurricular Info

Piano (~7 years)—performed in Carnegie Hall, and Shanghai Grand Theater in 2004 and 2007 Shanghai International Children’s 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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)



Senior Year Course List

AP Literature and Composition
Multivariable Calculus Honors and Accelerated
AP Physics
AP United States History
Fundamentals in Sports Medicine

Advanced Concert Band/Philharmonia Orchestra

At:

-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

ALSO, should I retake SAT Is to pull up my math score???