Research: First high school student in history of MIT Department of Biological Engineering offered paid research extension. Published author in Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Academics: Valedictorian; took 15 university upper-level EE/physics/math classes during high school.

Competitions: MOP Qualifier, USAJMO Winner, MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge Champion, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Medal, Academic Decathlon National Competition 5th Place
Scholarships: Atlas Fellowship ($10k), Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship ($5k), Coolidge Senator ($1k)
Activities: Captain of Math Team, Editor-in-chief of newspaper, Director of international non-profit, Podcast host for the Mathematical Association of America, YouTube channel + TikTok (300k views)
Programs: Institute for Math and Democracy Research Program, MathQuantum Research Training Group, Bill of Rights Institute Fellowship
Academics: National Merit Semifinalist, 1550 SAT, AP Scholar with Distinction

Research: Chemistry research @ Georgia Tech, Computational biology research @ Emory University. Researched published in scientific journal, featured on NIH website.
Community Impact: Taught computer science principles to elementary schoolers and hosted hackathons for fellow high schoolers. Worked to improve high school experience of classmates by organizing events such as prom, class-vs-class sports events, and charity fundraisers!
Tech Involvement: Competitive programming. Cybersecurity competitions.
Academics: 16 APs, AP Scholar with Distinction
Scholarships: Gates Scholarship Recipient (<1% acceptance rate), Amazon Future Engineer, HOLA Scholarship recipient
Hooks: First Gen, URM

• Research: International, national, and state awards (including ISEF Grand Award, CSEF 1st Awards, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award, and Synopsys Grand Prizes) for research projects in fields spanning computer science, medicine, engineering, and earth sciences. Published in Journal of Glaucoma. Computational and wet lab internships at Stanford.
• Social Impact: Winner of Children’s Climate Prize, Gloria Barron Prize, and other awards. Speaker at COP27 and Austrian World Summit.
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Co-created and launched sustainability board game in schools across California. Co-authored bioethics book available on Amazon.
• Academics: National Merit Scholarship. Scored 5s on 16 AP Exams.
• Leadership & Volunteering: Leadership positions and involvement in several volunteer organizations and clubs.
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None.

• Music: 1st Place at Hill International Concerto Competition; 2 time National YoungArts Winner; Solo Debut with Manhattan Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Co-Principal Cellist; MTAC CM Level 10 / Panel Honor Awardee / Convention Masterclass Participant
• Research: JSR paper publication on self-designed dynamic programming algorithm; provisional utility patent 
• Leadership/Volunteering: President/Founder of non-profit organizations & string quartet raising over $15k in total
• APs: 5s on Phys C Mech / E&M; CS; Eng Lit & Comp; Calc BC etc.
• Sports: Varsity Tennis Singles
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

• Social Impact: Environmental Instagram account (41k followers), 3 environmental books reaching 20k students, WAFF Global Teen Leader, Rise Global Finalist, Gloria Barron Prize
• Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Environmental app (1000+ downloads), ML software for microplastics recognition in laundry, rover for ocean cleanup, accessible chemistry tools, Innovation Award @ International Sustainability Solutions Fair
• Research: Internships at Stanford, NYU, GTcardio startup; co-authored 3 papers, first-authored 1 paper
• VEX Robotics: 8th in division @ Worlds, 7x Excellence Winners, 2x State Skills Champions
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

• Competitions: Competition math (USAJMO qualifier, 5x AIME qualifier), American Computer Science League bronze medalist, International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) third place grand award winner, Breakthrough Junior Challenge finalist
• Innovation: Pitched a novel EEG-based home device to aid people suffering from paralysis, recognized as a semifinalist in the Diamond Challenge competition.
• Research: Internships at MIT Lincoln Laboratories and JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, research with a professor at GMU for three years. First-author paper accepted to the European Simulation and Modeling (ESM) conference, recipient of the New Voices in Computational Social Science award.
• Special honors: Research Science Institute (RSI) scholar, one of 100 students selected in the world.
• Academics: National Merit Scholarship semifinalist (1500 PSAT), perfect 800 on SAT Math, AP scholar with distinction

• Academics: 1570 SAT, 36 ACT, 14 APs (all 5s)
• Volunteering: President of YAPA Kids, an online teaching organization that reached several thousands of students online with hundreds of teachers
• Research: UCSB’s RMP studying tau protein aggregation, alongside research on biochemical and bioengineering fields.
• Leadership: President of School’s Quiz Bowl team, officer of the Science club and French NHS.

Research: UCSB SRA Summer Program, ASDRP
Competitions: 2x AIME Qualifier, Science Olympiad Regionals 2nd Place, VEX Robotics State Qualifier
Academics: 1550 SAT, 5's on 13 AP Exams
Leadership and Volunteering: Founder/President of a non-profit organization and several clubs
Student-Athlete (Swim): 3x NCS Qualifier, Sectionals Qualifier

• Research: Engineering internships at Princeton and Iowa State University; Princeton Lab Learning Program; Co-authored two papers; Published in International Symposium on Combustion
• Academics: Valedictorian, National Merit Scholar, 5s on 11 APs, 1560 SAT
• Clubs and Leadership: Founder and President of school’s Math Club; Captain of school’s SciOly Team (3x Nationals qualifiers)
• Sports (Soccer): Club soccer captain and four-year Varsity Letter athlete
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

• Academics: Valedictorian; 1580 SAT; 5s on AP Calc BC, Chemistry, Statistics, CS, Government, English Language
• Competitions: 2x AIME Qualifier; Future Business Leaders of America 7th Place at Nationals & 3x 1st Place at States; 2x 2nd Place at Temple University Social Engineering Competition; Scholastic Writing Silver Key; National French Contest Gold Medal
• Leadership & Volunteering: President of national Asian American youth organization; secured $20k+ for mental health/immigrant advocacy non-profit; certified USA Gymnastics and Special Olympics judge; 5x President’s Volunteer Service Award
• Research: Internships at Princeton and University at Buffalo; Princeton Laboratory Learning Program; Independent research on AI gymnastics scoring; Co-author of epidemiology paper presented at SER Conference

• Competitions: Won $65k for high school by advancing to national finals in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge with invention of backpack using ultrasonics to assist visually impaired, won $8.5k by placing 2nd in global Diamond Entrepreneurship Challenge with business pitch, won $2k by placing 3rd in the national source america design challenge with invention to assist those with low dexterity in placing labels, placed first out of thousands in BPA Nationals Business Law and Ethics, and won many other national and global competitions
• Projects: Interned at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory conducting published research on the relation between cosmic rays and air quality, received national $7.5k grant from MIT to create algae biofiltration invention idea (presented work at MIT and received patent)
• Academics: Valedictorian of Oswego East High School, National Merit Scholar, Spanish Seal of Biliteracy
• School Leadership: Founder & president of many high-impact clubs and non-profit organizations. Led my clubs to many competition victories and raised over $10k in grant funding for my non-profit
• Hooks: None. Went to random public high school in the middle of a corn field.

Competitions: Destination Imagination Global 1st Place + Renaissance Award + High Instant Challenge, Scholastic Art Competition Gold Key (2x) and Silver Key (6x)

Art: Created assets and concept art for two video games, designed and led projects for two large murals, independently produced animated short films

Leadership + Community: Co-Founder of non-profit community service organization with 500+ members and 2x City Organization of the Year, President of Economics Club, 3x President’s Volunteer Service Award

Academics: National Merit Scholar, 5s on 12 APs, 1560 SAT

Hooks: None

1. Art: Worked to create an impact with my art. Raised awareness for endangered species protection, mental health amongst teens, and more. Designed school mascot, yearbook covers, and painted a mural as well!
2. Design & Marketing: Selected as a Dunning Fellow with scholarship to automotive design course at CCS. Leveraged design experience for Eagle project and internship at hydrogen technology startup.
3. Academics: 5's on 15 AP Exams
4. Leadership & Scouting: founding member of Troop 152, Senior Patrol Leader of troop and organizer of National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT), Eagle Scout
5. Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

• Olympiads and Competitions: 4x USA(J)MO, 2x American Regions Math League Team Champion
• Academics: 5s on 15 APs, 36 ACT
• Community and Leadership: President of multiple high-impact clubs and non-profit organizations dedicated to increasing the accessibility of math, editor-in-chief of journalism publication (led staff of 100+ and presented at state and national journalism conventions)
• Student-Athlete (Water Polo): 4x Varsity Letter Winner, USA Water Polo Academic All-American
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

• Olympiads: 2023 U.S. Physics Team Member, 2x USAPhO Gold Medalist, USAJMO Qualifier, USACO Gold Division
• Academics: Valedictorian, took 21 AP tests — scored 5 on all, full score on ACT & PSAT
• Clubs & Activities: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Founder/president of school's Computer Science Club, Physics Club, and Math Club, President of National Honors Society
• Sports (Squash): Rating: 5.54
• Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None

Olympiads: USACO Finalist, USAPhO Gold Medalist, 5x AIME Contestant

Research: Internships at CMU, Princeton, University of Hawaii; Princeton LLP Summer Program; 4 publications in JMIR and IEEE

Academics: Valedictorian, 36 ACT, 15 APs (all 5s)

Community: President / founder of multiple high-impact clubs and non-profit organizations

Hooks (legacy, recruited athlete, first-gen, etc.): None