Hey guys,
My name is Lily Fu. I’m 15, and 100% Chinese (although I can’t speak Mandarin fluently). I’m currently a sophomore (c/o 2010), and I attend Oxford Academy. Oxford is a small public magnet school in the Anaheim Union High School district. If you haven’t heard already, Oxford is the 4th best high school in the nation according to U.S. News World & Report, the 9th best high school in the nation according to NewsWeek, and the top public high school in Orange County.
http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/california/oxford_academy
http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/students-school-high-2067829-schools-top
But don’t get it twisted – Oxford isn’t as pompous (or amazingly amazing) as the name purports.
Anyway, I have been very serious about the entire college process since about 9th grade. I have done extensive research on my top college choices in alignment with my potential career choices through a combination of Internet research and seminars from admissions officers themselves. I am a straight-A student, but am struggling a bit in the extracurricular field. For the moment, they include my high school tennis team, Health Occupations Students of America club, National Honor Society, Tiger’s Action Plan in partnership with Anaheim Police Department and Tiger Woods Learning Center, American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Cypress committee, Youth Leadership America, and piano.
I want to share my experience with the Internet community/fellow college hopefuls. I have one more year of this college madness, and I’m going to make it count.
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Hey there! I just stumbled upon your site while doing college research and just thought I’d leave a comment. I’m working for an advertising firm and they just started a new website called CollegeClickTV. It has thousands of videos with students from over 200 schools giving their opinions on different topics pertaining to college life. It’s intended to help students who can’t make a trip to the campus (and yeah, who wants to pay for gas right now?!). Thought maybe your readers will want to check it out! There’s some really cool, funny videos on there!
Hey! I’m Chinese too and living in China! I’m a senior, though, and trying to wade my way through the admissions process. I wish I had prepared for it more thoroughly, though.
You think you’re light on extracurriculars? I think the most time-intensive thing I’ve done is a musical in tenth grade and the most “impressive” was admittance to Stanford’s EPGY summer program. I don’t think you’ll have a problem getting into any college you want!