Decision: Accepted Regular Decision
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship
Academics: IB diploma, 3.983/4.0 GPA, 2400 SAT(one sitting), 780 SAT Bio(M), 780 SAT Math II
Academic awards: 2017 Presidential Scholar candidate; National Merit Finalist
Sports awards: Black belt in Shotokan Karate
- Gold medal: 2016 Oregon State Karate Championships and National Qualifier
- Qualified and competed at 2016 USA National Karate Championships and Team Trials
- Bronze medal: 2016 AAU National Karate Junior Olympics
- Gold medal: 28th Annual Tournament, Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association
- 2016 AAU Outstanding Athlete in Martial Arts
- Member, USA National Karate-Do Federation
- Member, AAU Karate
Music awards: Multiple (4 times) performances at Carnegie Hall and Paris
- Second place: 2015 Crescendo International Piano Competition
- Semi-finalist: 2015 Seattle Int’l Piano Competition
- Gold medal: 2015 Northwest Chopin Festival
- Third place: 2015 Washington State Outstanding Artist Competition
- Second place: 2015 American Protégé Romantic Music Competition
- First place: 2016 Crescendo International Piano Competition
Leadership, Volunteering, and Community Service
- Founded high school film club in tenth grade
- Volunteered to teach youth Karate for two years
- Rehearsal pianist for school musical “Pippin” and “Mary Poppin” in 9th and 10th grade
- Performed regularly at local retirement homes and fundraising concerts
Activities
- Creative Writing: Wrote and published a novel on Wattpad
- Film making: Wrote, directed, and produced short films since freshman year
- Music Composing: Published on SoundCloud since freshman year
- Piano: Studied classical music for 11 years
- Karate: Trained since age 5
- Soccer: Played for a local Premier Soccer Club since sophomore year
Go Commodore!!!