<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2270 (R750, M800, W720)- taken once.
[</em>] ACT: 34 (E32, M36, R34, Sci35)- Sent to low ranking schools only.
[<em>] SAT II: MathII 800, Physics 780, Chem 800, (Korean800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 93/100 in my school, GC put 4.0.
[<em>] Rank: GC put ‘top 1% out of 400 seniors’
[</em>] AP: All self-study from a Non-AP school:
AP Calculus(5), Physics B(5), Physics C-Mechanics(5)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing international, but one national and some state and metropolitan city level awards in math/science/physics, alongside a few school-wide contest awards in essay(!)/math/science.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Continuously learning math/physics two grades above my level through self-study, clubs, and much reading-Took advanced function in gr.10; Article publication in Korea’s most famous science magazine(10); UofToronto’s six-month Int’l Physics Olympiad program(11); one physics research paper(11); co-founder/chair of chess club(10); school’s education leader(9); NGO’s youth tranlation team leader(11); junior ski instructor certificate(11); local ski-racing team(10-12); hobby tennis and certificates(8-12); hobby guitar(10-12); Mensa Int’l member.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours focused primarily on three activities - translation, adopted (from Korea) children service, and tutoing.
[</em>] Summer Activities:Was selected to district’s “advanced science lab program for sudents gifted in science”(9), math/physics summer camp and subsequent awards(10), a month-long residential physics research program with college credits(11); summer camp counselor for adopted children(8-11); volunteer translation; tennis
[<em>] Essays:Worked hard on each piece.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Physics and English teacher. Both adored me but I didn’t read’em.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good. She showed me draft and final, and made sure we both liked it. xD
[</em>] Additional Rec: 0
[<em>] Interview: So so.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State: Toronto, Ontario
[<em>] School Type: tough public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 55k
[<em>] F/A: Yes
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 0
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: A burning passion for physics/sci, Took SATII math(800) and physics(780) way early in October 2009, three AP’s from a non-AP school, I came to Canada from Korea, 2.5 years ago, so my school considers my performance insane.
[</em>] Weaknesses: 'O’RM + Requesting F/AID
[<em>] ACCEPTED: Berkeley, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, URochester, Carnegie Mellon, UMiami, UTDallas, McGill. Many offered good scholarship.<br>
[</em>] WAITLISTED: JHU, Dartmouth.
- A JHU physics professor had written an email to me in February and said that they had a lot to offer for a student like me. I was excited, and we exchanged a couple of emails. Yet, they waitliested me! WTH!
[li] REJECTED: by many IVY’s.[/li][/ul]
General Comments</p>
<h2>Lucky to have been admitted to some good schools with unexpected big scholarships. Still, I cannot believe I did not get any clean acceptance to any of the IVY’s. I am trying to get past it, but can’t. Pain lingers. I feel that my passion filled devotion of the past few years deserves IVY recognition, at least one. I do feel somewhat cheated and robbed. Don’t start on me, please. Allow me to vent and grieve on my IVY results just as many of you guys must be doing. </h2>
<p>Good luck, I mean, the BEST of the BEST of luck on everyone’s future academic paths!!</p>