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AP STANDARDIZED TESTING

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SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS
10-12 Rank : 2/510 ; 9-12 Rank : 5/510 ; Weighted GPA : 4.66 ; Un weighted GPA : 3.98

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Community College Transcripts
 
Total Courses :11 ; GPA:4.0;Credits : 33 Credit Hours

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UCLA Summer College Immersion (SCIP) 2025
                               

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Participant, Summer College Immersion Program (SCIP) 

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | June 2025 – August 2025

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  • Selected for a highly competitive, 6-week intensive academic immersion program designed for exceptional high school students.

  • Completed rigorous virtual undergraduate-level UCLA coursework alongside university students, earning official college credit -

  • MED 185: Integrative East-West Medicine for Health and Wellness, run by the UCLA Health Center for East-West Medicine.

  • I had also earlier completed LIFE SCI 7A (Cell and Molecular Biology) as a 5-unit foundational course the previous summer 2024 at UCLA.

  • Engaged in specialized co-curricular seminars focused on undergraduate research methodologies, university admissions, and academic success.

UCLA Emerging Scientist Summer Research
                           June -Aug 2026

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Student Researcher, UCLA Emerging Scientist Program - Vaithi Lab, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | June 20 2026 – August 9 2026

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  • Participated in weekly virtual multidisciplinary scientific seminars, gaining foundational exposure to the drug discovery pipeline, advanced microscopy, DNA cloning, and tissue culture.

  • Investigated and compared genomic alterations and potential immune evasion mechanisms in radiation-associated versus sporadic Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

  • Presented primary research findings titled "Hidden Effects of Radiation - Comparing Genomic Alterations and Potential Immune Evasion in Radiation-Associated and Sporadic AML" at UCLA Symposium at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine to the faculty and peers on Aug 9 2026.

State University of New York - Summer Research
Prof. Youngjoo Kim, Phd
Institute for Cancer Research and Education                           
Summer 2024

Wet Lab Research undet he guidance of Prof. Youngjoo Kim, Phd- Studied MDH2 phosphorylation & enzyme activity; purified protein;used Bradford assays, SDS-PAGE & enzyme kinetics.

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AP Capstone Diploma & Scholar with Distinction 2026

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AP Capstone Diploma - Earn a score of 4 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research 

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AP Seminar  (Grade 10 or 11) - Analyze, Evaluate, & Synthesize

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AP Research (Grade 11 or 12) - Deep-Dive Independent Research

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To earn this award, you must meet both of the following requirements:

  1. Earn a score of 3 or higher on at least 5 AP Exams.

  2. Maintain an average score of at least 3.50 across all AP Exams taken.

AP Scholar with Distinction 2025

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"Every fall, the AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams.

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The AP Scholar with Honor Award is granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams."

High Academic Achievement, National Recognition Award

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This College Board program gives high-achieving students an official academic award  eligible based on achievements on AP® Exams and/or PSAT assessments.

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 2025  Ventura County Science Fair Award - Second Place

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  • Computational Systems : Medical Research (Nov 2023 – 2024)

  • Project: Computational simulations of CD19-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in autoimmune disease

  • Investigated CD19-targeted CAR-T therapy mechanisms in autoimmune disease pathways

  • Used AlphaFold 3, HDOCK, ScanNet, and GROMACS for protein structure prediction, antibody docking, and molecular dynamics simulations

  • Link -https://www.biodiscoveries.blog/post/relation-of-cd81-cd19-in-autoimmune-disease

 2026 Ventura County Science Fair Award - Third Place

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  • Third Place - 2026 Science Fair - Ventura County  held at VCOE center at Camarillo, CA

  • Project: Multiple Sclerosis - Structure-Guided Computational and Mutational Analysis of CD-19-Antibody Interactions for Cell Therapy

  • Project TImeline - 2025 – 2026 

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2023  Ventura East County Mock Trial Award - First Place
 

Prosecution Captain of the Team
 

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  • First Place - Sapphire Team in the Ventura County East Mock Trial Competition (2023), held at Simi Valley High Court

  • Served as Prosecution Captain of the team

  • Acted as Opening Attorney, delivering opening statements for the prosecution

  • Trained junior mock trial team members and led Zoom practice sessions throughout the year to refine courtroom speaking and performance skills

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