Please Chance Me! Thanks

honlee
Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:05:30 +0000

Hey guys I was just wondering about some of my chances at a few possible schools. I am currently a junior and I plan on majoring in psychology and I’d really appreciate it if you guys gave me some feedback.

I’m Asian and my family makes <$60k

GPA: 3.85
SAT I: 2210
SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 740
My school is highly competitive and internationally recognized. Thankfully it doesn’t rank us otherwise I think I might have gone crazy already. Also my GPA is expected to drop this year, but a lot of things came up this year which I plan on incorporating in my college essay. Like for example, both my parents are constantly ill and thus have to constantly get treatment, all the while my dad’s business going bankrupt had a lot of impact.

Coursework Jr Year (All Honors):
World Literature I
US History
Analytical Calculus (Calculus BC with emphasis on theory and proof)
AP Chemistry
AP Statistics
System Support and Maintenance
Physics
Spanish 4

Coursework Sr Year (All Honors):
World Literature II
US History II
Advanced Topics in Mathematics (basically Multivar and LinearAlg with complex theory and analysis with emphasis on proof)
AP Physics C
AP Psychology
Spanish 5
Technology

I am expecting a 5 on AP calc BC, stats and if lucky chem, otherwise chem would be a 4

Clubs

Harvesters Club (9th-12th): A club that focuses on serving the community through youth outreach. Active member for 2 years and leader during jr and sr years
World Vision (10th-12th): Co-Founder and Vice President of the World Vision Branch at our school. We adopted a hope child and our currently caring for him, exchanging letters and gifts. Raised $500+
Math Team (9th-12th): I’m just on math team. It’s not really anything. Just for the sake of having something.
Concert Choir & JV Debate Team (11th): Part of our nationally acclaimed Concert Choir and had an undefeated season for JV Debate
JV Tennis Team (9th): Just something. I didn’t continue because I didn’t find it particularly fulfilling.
Concert Band (10th): Percussionist
National Honor Society (11th-12th):

Extra Curriculars

Went on missions through ICM (Inner City Missions) every summer since my freshmen year where we spend a week in Kensington, Philly (#1 hot spot in philly) teaching children, cleaning the community, reaching out to drug addicts, prostitutes, and others who are viewed as society as “bad” (450+ hrs)

Went to New Orleans Service Trip for a week where we spent time getting to know the people of New Orleans while rebuilding homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. (24 hrs)

I participate with Hana Mission and go to Paterson, NJ (again a hotspot) every week where we do youth outreach, serving the community through soup kitchens, and tutoring (85+ hrs & 20+ hrs tutoring)

President of an organization where we focus on law enforcement and justice. We host community service events and organized lectures from senators and other public figures on what it means to be a good citizen and how we can actively engage in the community.

Outside scientific research with a team getting ready to compete at ISEF.

Volunteer with Columbia Medical Center (Psychology Dept.)

Internship during the 2009-2010 year at the Psychology Dept. of Columbia University that focuses on Psycholinguistics

Awards:

Rejoyce Essay Contest Runner Up
Global Rev. Ham Suk Hyun Essay Contest Honorable Mention
Lincoln Highway-Global Lincoln Essay Contest 3rd place
J8 Summit U.S. Finalist
Cisco CCNA I&II and IT Essentials I&II Certified
Honor Roll
Dean’s List
Presidential Service Award (1000+hrs community service)
Questbridge CollegePrep Recipient
National AP Scholar (Hopefully)

Summer:
NSLC - Law&Advocacy: Self-Explanatory but it ties with the club I’m the president for
Emory-Youth Theological Initiative: Studying theology which ties with Harvesters & World Vision
National Global Korean Youth Network: Received an all-expense paid trip to South Korea where I was apart of 300 Korean students from all around the world so that we can greate a global youth network and learn about different cultures

I expect my essays to be fantastic.
my counselor rec to be good
and one teacher rec to be great and the other ok
also I am getting an additional rec from a senator !

Aside from yale
My School List as of now:

1. Yale

2. Stanford

3. Duke

4. Columbia

5. Northwestern

6. U Chicago

7. U Mich

8. U Ill

9. U Minn

10. UC Berkeley

11. Rutgers

I appreciate the help! Thanks guys.