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Who am I?
- I am a Beverly Hills High School (BHHS) senior with a wide range of interest,
skills and activities.
- I live with my family in Beverly Hills. My mom is a doctor in private
practice in internal medicine and cardiology. My dad is an information
technology consultant and soccer enthusiast. My younger sister is a sophomore at
BHHS.
- I am applying to colleges this year and want to concentrate in the sciences.
My current focus in on chemical engineering, though I am open to other course
options.
What are my interests?
- I have devoted a tremendous portion of my life to soccer:
- learning soccer skills with 20 to 30 hours a week of practice, scrimmages
and games
- playing on my Premier Division Coast Soccer League team, LA Force
- attending local and international games, including our local professional
LA Galaxy team the US men's and women's National team games, Women's World
Cup, Men's World Cup and NCAA women's championships.
- I enjoy working on websites and singly-handedly created and produced the BHHS
Internet edition of our school newspaper, Highlights.
- I have expanded my interest in amateur photography to include working on text
and media.
- I enjoy reading a wide range of literature.
What are my skills?
- I know how to focus my attention and can sustain that focus for a prolonged
period of time.
- I can understand and complete AP level courses in both math/science and
liberal arts.
- I can create and edit websites using commercially available software.
- I am proficient in my use of Microsoft Word, FrontPage, Excel, PowerPoint and
Microsoft Publisher.
- I am comfortable in the use of film and digital photography, including
creating images, developing photographs and the manipulation of digital images.
What are my activities?
- I play soccer on my high school Varsity team and run track and hurdles on my
high school track and field team.
- I play Premier league soccer with my club team, LA Force. We train 3 to 4
days a week and play most weekends, participating in many regional and national
tournaments. In 1999, we arranged international play with the women's national
team in Guadalajara.
- I carry my digital camera with me wherever I go, photographing images that I
see as well as documenting my activities.
- I created and produced the Internet edition of our high school newspaper from
1998 to 2000. Since I believe that the mark of a true leader is training their
own replacement, I am working on this responsibility by training the most
capable student to take over as Internet Editor.
- I spent last summer assisting in clinical research for a medical research
institute.
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