<p>Decision: Accepted by College of Engineering as RCPRS (Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34.25 (36S, 36M, 32 R, 33E, 12E)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Chem, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted. 4.0 UW senior year
-Took most challenging curriculum out of 538 students
-Heavy Upward Trend
-Will graduate with 11 APs
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/538 at end of junior year (Top 3.7%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4,4,5,5,5,5,3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Multivariable Calculus, Quantitative Analysis II (Adavnced junior college chem course, extremely demanding- 10 hours of class a week)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much…AP Scholar with distinction? AIME Qualifier?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-300+ Hours of research, 3 diff research projects at 2 diff universities, School Sci fair 1st place earth sci, 2nd place chem, State sci fair qualifier, finalist at state sci fair (top 100 out of 15000 in state)
-6 years science quiz bowl- B Team Captain (11), A Team Captain (12), state champs 3X, top 10 finish each year, big time commitment, part of 9 person school chem olympiad team- we got 1st out of 32 teams at state
-6 years math team, League Champs 3X, States/New Englands qualifier 2X, ARML CT Team qualifier, Top Scorer out of 52 students, A Team X2, Euler Award/3rd Highest scoring junior in league…yeah, I’m not too shabby at math.
-5 years Table tennis, BIG part of my app, talked to Cornell president of table tennis (will be on A team for nationals), 2000+ hours spent during high school, nationally ranked, many multistate/state awards won, Founder + Pres of Table tennis club at school
-12 years chess, 20+ trophies, VP/Co-Captain of chess team in school, District Champion for 10th, 11th and 12th grade</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE! I turned 16 senior year 
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours community service, volunteer at many competitions (Mathcounts local + state proctor + countdown committee member), Key Club, help out at local fairs and cultural events, taught chess to kids at local library and did science fair experiments with them, chosen as High School Campus Leader<br>
[<em>] Summer Activities: Table Tennis. 'Nuff said.
[</em>] Essays: Cornell Engineering essay- 10/10 (One of my best essays I’ve ever written…the topic was perfect for me)
Common App essay- 8-9/10, talked about how success is a paradox and how inanimate objects, a paddle and a ball, helped me to realize that, more philosophical in nature. I liked it
[li] Teacher Recommendation: [/li]Calc BC Teacher (known for 6 years): Strong
AP Chem Teacher (known for 4 years): Very strong, top 1% kind of stuff, talked about my research</p>
<p>I read both of them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Known for 4 years- strong personal connection, I was actually surprised he wrote such a creative recommendation for me. His first line compared me to Forrest Gump, lol.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: She was really nice, and her daughters were so cute haha! It definitely helped confirm my choice in applying to Cornell Engineering. I felt like we had a lot to talk about. Definitely one of my better interviews<br>[/li][/ul]Other</p>
<p>[ul][<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Pretty competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope! Unless you include the fact that I sent Cornell three 20 page research papers + abstracts I wrote, lol…or unless you include the fact that I skipped a grade.[/li][/ul]
Reflection</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays, Recs, Scores, Junior/Senior Year Grades, Course Rigor
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weak Freshman/sophomore year grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Nice fit?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected Duke (BME), Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Penn. Waitlisted Chicago, WashU, Columbia (SEAS). Accepted UConn Honors, UCLA, UCSD, Georgia Tech (BME), Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Berkeley (CoC), RPI, Cornell (CoE, RCPRS)
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<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Well, it hasn’t been an easy path, but I guess it finally came to an end. If I have anyone to thank for my success, it would be CC. Thanks to all of you for your advice and help through out the years. I will make sure to stay active to contribute back to the community. Congratulations to everyone who got in. You deserve it! Everyone who got rejected or wait listed, keep your head high and keep moving on.</p>
<p>Hmm…never thought I would get into an Ivy as a 16 year old, but I guess hardwork does pay off. Also, even if I didn’t get accepted into any of my top choices, I wouldn’t have really cared that much since I spent my high school years doing what I love the most outside of school. Anyway, I’m happy.</p>