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KS-1/2 asian, 1/2 white-
GPA-3.8uw, 4.38w(soph/junior years-3.9uw, 4.5w)
SAT-
1st time-1470(670v/800m)
2nd time-1490(690v/800m)
SAT II's-IIC-800, writing-660, chem-750
ACT-32
rank-top 5% out of 380

APs so far(sophmore/junior year)-
Stat-5
Chem-4
Calc AB-5
US history-4
lang/comp-3(oops)

by the end of senior year, will have 9AP classes, and 7 honors classes. AP classes include, calc ab, calc bc, chem, bio, langcomp, litcomp, us history, us govt, stat. (second heaviest course load in grade, the only kid who has taken more APs than i have is val. 1600SAT, calc as freshman...etc...)

ECs/Awards:
NHS
Track 3 years, varsity for 2, spent 3 hours after school everyday all second semester
Asian american club 3 years
French club 2 years
French NHS 2 years
Environmental club 3 years
FBLA, 5th in state in Parliamentary Procedures, team took first place overall in state. 1st in PP at regionals.
AMC12-junior year-106.5(5th highest in school), qualified for AIME, got recognition awards and crap
Emporia State Physics exam, 2nd in State
Fluent in japanese, went to school every saturday for 6 hours each week for 10 years
recieved certificate saying that i completed the course work that a japanese student in Japan would have completed up through middle school(9th grade), finished sophmore year.
60+ hours of community service so far, volunteer with Kaeru No Kai, where local japanese kids get together and participate in japanese culutural activities.
japan festival, UMKC international festival, performed japanese dance to warm up crowd, really simple, but i still did it! i love my mother's country's culture.
Natioal Merit, commended scholar (208)
Mu Alpha Theta senior year.
Job with SEARS-1 year, 10 hours a week
Working with Nelson-Atkins museum of art on their educational branch, making reviews on history websites and making them available to teachers and students(volunteer).
SMART teams-senior year. sounds fun so, im not sure if ill be able to take it on, but ill try.

Postions-
FBLA-treasurer
NHS-treasurer
Asian American club-President
Mu Alpha Theta-founder/(co-)president

recs-um.....hopefully not bad, im not social around teachers, its really awkward....
essays-i wont lie, mediocre~good, im not a "writing" type. but ill get help on this, not writing it, but revising it, of course.

dont yell at me about my ECs too much, im sorry, i know im spread out, but it all sounds like so much fun. im thinking of maybe dropping duke from my list of reaches and instead putting either caltech or stanford in its place. should i? or "can" i? ill be retaking that writing and also the SAT1 for the last time, nov, dec, respectively. thinking about international law between japan-america, if i can do such a thing...

By 80drofnats (80drofnats) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 10:54 am: Edit

ec's are weak, i don't think you'll get into stanford

By Kousuke (Kousuke) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 02:32 pm: Edit

i guess i wont be applying then, thanks.
ill just have to wait til grad/law/med school to apply.

By Jmstnfrd08 (Jmstnfrd08) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 03:40 pm: Edit

Kousuke, I hope you're not really not applying just because of one complete stranger's opinion. If you apply, you at least have a chance. If you don't, you have no chance at all. Your scores and grades are right in there with everyone else's. If you can make your essays as strong as possible, and make it clear through your ranking of ECs on the EC chart where your greatest interests lie, then I'd say go for it. If you don't get in, then at least you'll know you tried. Good luck!

By Kousuke (Kousuke) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 04:39 pm: Edit

my ecs will probably be ranked as follows-hours/weeks every year
1. japanese school/japanese volunteer-6h/50w
2. track-12h/20w
3. mu alpha theta-dont know.
4. asian american club-2h/15w probably
5.SMART teams-3h/30w
6. volunteer at Nelson-Atkins museum-3h/25w
7. FBLA-2h/15w
8. NHS-2h/15w
9. frech club/FNHS-1h/10w
10. work at SEARs-10h/50w

yeah, unfortunately im going to have to agree, i see no connections in my ECs. ilove science and math as well as being asian, but i also find it important to stay fit and i really enjoy doing track. i truely care about everything i do, except maybe french club, and its impossible for me to put them in order, but i tried my best. i can explain why i ranked it the way i did but i wont right now.

By Susu (Susu) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 04:43 pm: Edit

Look, honey, you're posting all over the site, under multiple threads, asking strangers for advice about a whole variety of schools, the only similarities of which are that they're all well-known. You're looking at small LACs, Stanford, etc. Go visit a couple of places and see what type of "look" you like. Decide whether you want to be so far from home that you CAN'T come home on a weekend, or not. (If you LOVE your mother's culture, does that mean you're close to your mom and will miss her if you're clear across the country? Remember that places like Middlebury will take more than DAY to get home to the West Coast--so even Thanksgiving is hard to get home for.) Also, look at places with strong Asian Studies programs--they'll LOVE your skill at Japanese dance and Japanese language.

By Kousuke (Kousuke) on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 05:24 pm: Edit

"Remember that places like Middlebury will take more than DAY to get home to the West Coast"

thanks for the concern, but i live in kansas, use to live in washington. ive been away from home by my self before for weeks and i know ill be fine. i like cali, and i like the new england area feel, it reminds of seattle weather. is it that weird for me to like schools across the nation? also, ill probably be closer to my mothers culture outside of kansas than inside kansas, even if im near her.

"Also, look at places with strong Asian Studies programs--they'll LOVE your skill at Japanese dance and Japanese language."
um...are you mocking me?

By Indcat (Indcat) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 05:35 am: Edit

Well if you're Stanford material , Kousuke , why dont you figuere that one out boy?

By Kousuke (Kousuke) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 04:53 pm: Edit

i think shes mocking me, thanks indcat, youre a real grade A ass.