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I got in today!!!! Science and Humanities Scholars Program!!!

By Jamimom (Jamimom) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 06:05 pm: Edit

Congrats! Great school. Great program.

By Wct (Wct) on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 02:05 am: Edit

Congratulations! My son is a student at CMU in CFA just finishing his first semester. He loves it! It is a great place.

By Hallucinated (Hallucinated) on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 09:20 am: Edit

still waiting for my decision to SCS..

but im thinking of transferring to CIT cuz i didnt apply to any other schools in CMU cept SCS.

when i decided a major change to ECE, it was too late since my application was finished but i kinda figured transfer wud be easy from SCS to CIT, so im crossing my fingers.

SATs:

SAT I: 690 Verbal, 780 Math (first time: 620 Verbal, 700 Math)
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 770 Math Ic, 710 Writing, 710 Physics (ouch), 790 Korean

GPA: 3.92 UW, unranked

Classes:
Junior:
AP Calculus AB - 5

Senior:
Single Variable Calculus (Calculus BC)
AP Microeconomics
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP Computer Science AB

ECs (all over the place):
Skills USA - VICA - 12th (Internetworking representative)
Future Business Leaders of America - 11th (State and National awards)
Winter Track - 10th, 11th (Junior Varsity)
Cross Country - 10th (Varsity)
RoboCupJunior 2004 - 12th (Soccer competition)
Jazz Band - 9th (Baritone Saxophone)
Concert Band - 9th (Alto Saxophone)
Spring Musical - Pit Orchestra - 9th (Alto Saxophone)
National Honor Society - 11th, 12th
Columbia Science Honors Program - 12th
Chess Club - 10th


Volunteering, church activities (errr going engineering with these):
Englewood Hospital Volunteer - 40 hours
Hanmoory Praise Band, Acoustic Guitarist- 2 hours/week
Bergen County Academies Summer Enrichment Programs, Teacher's Assistant - 40 hours
Holy Name Hospital Emergency Room - 10 hours
other School Activities - 35 hours

Awards (only things im proud about):
FBLA National Leadership Conference - Networking Concepts 9th Place (2003)
FBLA NJ State Leadership Conference - Networking Concepts 2nd Place (2003)
FBLA NJ State Leadership Conference - Website Development 1st Place (2003)
1st Annual Korean-English Translation Contest, Northeastern Region - 1st Place (2000)
4th Annual Korean School of New Jersey Essay Writing Contest - Gold Prize (2000)
Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I) (1999)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) - At age 15, self-study (2000)
Tae-Kwon Do Black Belt - 1st Degree (1996)

Work Experience:
Samsung America Inc. - MIS Despartment, network/system administrator
40 hrs/week
June~August, 2001

Web2Zone.com Inc. - System Technician, set up computers/servers for new 150-computer internet cafe in New York City.
5hrs/week
June~August, 2001

SoNice Inc. - Webmaster/Systems Administrator for internet e-commerce company.
8hrs/week
November 2002-Present