Please (x100) chance me!

ivychan
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:53:06 +0000

Thank you for your time!

Here’s the profile. It’s long and complicated, so I apologize ahead of time:
Asian non-citizen, 14yrs old, no connection to Harvard whatsoever
Public Highschool ranks no.1 in state.

Stats:
SATI: 2400
SATII: physics 800, math 800, literature: TBA in Oct.

GPA: 3.89 W, UW 4.3(ish??)
IB Full Diploma Candidate
Currently taking Calculus3 at a competitive university
Class Rank: 20/420 (on the 5% percentile edge…)

EC’s:

Clubs

National Honor Society, president

Piano Club, founder/president

Environmental club, president

Rocket club, captain

French Club, treasurer

Local Youth Symphony, piano soloist for four years

Special Projects:

1. Organized school’s home-coming picnic to fundraise money for various service clubs at school

2. Organized school fundraiser for Si-Chuan earthquake

3. Organized children to learn piano at local church

4. Organized talent show in order to fundraise money for earth day

Environmental Projects:

1. Initiated and led trash pick-ups around local city with Enviro club

2. Lab and Data analysis at a local competitive university

3. Organized trash pick-ups in Campus with Environmental Club every Wednesday after school, with net collection of 300 or more pounds each week of plastic, paper, and aluminum

4. Trial work on some of the tallest mountains in America with preservation organizations

Misc.:

1. Organized recitals for nursing homes with Piano Club

2. Organized French Club Food-Culture activities

Awards and Honors:
Academics:

1. Boettcher Scholarship (currently candidate)

2. An award given from local university to one student in each high school

3. President’s Award for Educational Excellence

4. Creative Communication’s Young Poets Contest

5. Best Project Award in summer camp

Music:

1. A couple of local and state first-place in piano

2. A regional finalist for a national piano competition