My disastrous SAT scores

tenniscraze
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:32:44 +0000

Activies/ECs:
Student Council - 10, 12 (currently vice-chairperson)
Amnesty Int’l - 11, 12 (co-founder)
School Newspaper - 11
Duke of Edinburgh - 11
Wall Climbing - 12
Badminton - 9, 10, 11, 12 (Varsity, national competition at JAAC, and regional competition at SEASAC)
Tennis - 9, 10, 11, 12 (Varsity, reached QF at a distric tournament, regional competition at SEASAC)
Hip Hop - 11, 12
CAS - over 200 hrs

Awards:
Drama - Commendation in gr 10 for brilliant performance at a musical prod.
Math - Distinction award in 2000, test administered by University of NSW, Young Mathematician Award in 1998 in Singapore
Badminton - School Award in gr 10, bronze medal at district tournament in 1998
Geography - Faculty Award in gr 11
PE - Faculty Award in gr 9
Athletics - Gold Medal at 4x400 m nationals in 2000
Valedictorian for mid year at previous school in 2001 (dunno if that can count?)

Extras:
Earned 8 credits at Stanford this summer, got a B in matrix theory class, C in oceanography and also passed 2 other courses in advanced tennis and hip-hop.
Worked at UNESCO for about almost 2 weeks this summer.
Charity Visits, fundraising, habitat for humanity, teaching primary kids - i guess it’s all part of CAS.

Applications:
Good rec from math teacher, and i can say a very good rec from Geo teacher, rec from a stanford lecturer from my matrix theory class
Rank - we don’t really rank, but i’d say top 10%
Don’t work with GPAs either! hehe