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Chloe Lin

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I am currently a senior at San Marino High School. I will be attending the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University in the fall to major in Immunology and Infection Disease. I also plan on attending medical school and becoming an allergist.

Education

San Marino High School

High School
2020 - 2024

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

  • Majors of interest:

    • Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
  • Planning to go to medical school

    • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Hospital & Health Care

    • Dream career goals:

      To become an Allergist

      Sports

      Basketball

      Varsity
      2020 – 20244 years

      Awards

      • Most Improved
      • Coaches Award
      • Most Valuable Player
      • All tournament team
      • Second Team All League

      Research

      • Computational Science

        Caltech — Researcher
        2022 – 2023

      Arts

      • San Marino Symphonic Orchestra

        Music
        2021 – 2023

      • San Marino Marching Band

        Photography
        2020 – 2023

      • San Marino Wind Ensemble

        Music
        2020 – 2024

      Public services

      • Volunteering

        Pasadena Senior Center — I serve as a volunteer, assisting the PSC with any events they are hosting. I help set up and take down events, as well as assist seniors with navigating the events as they occur.
        2018 – 2024

      • Volunteering

        LAC/USC Hospital — I volunteered to make gift bags and ornaments around the holidays. We would organize, create, and then deliver the bags to children who were under the care of the hospital
        2018 – 2024

      • Volunteering

        Pasadena Humane Society — I volunteer to make hundreds of bunny treats and several cat blankets for the Pasadena Humane Society as part of their community outreach program.
        2018 – 2024

      • Volunteering

        Main Street Attraction — I donate and rack clothes, staff the register, and open/close the store. I also assist customers as needed, building communication and work skills. I also mentor new staffers to help them learn how to support the store as volunteers.
        2018 – 2024

      • Volunteering

        School the World — Completed a service trip to Honduras. Built a classroom and volunteered with a local school and in the community. Serve as org. ambassador at SMHS.
        2023 – 2023

      • Volunteering

        Student volunteers — I helped organize concerts at our local Senior Center every week.
        2022 – 2023

      • Advocacy

        Citizens' Climate Lobby: National Youth Action Team — Led national group taking action on climate change. Held educational events and calls to action in coordination with other groups across the country.
        2021 – 2024

      • Volunteering

        San Marino Community Athletics Association (SMCAA) — Trained elementary boys and girls in basketball. Interacted with parents and communicated with the coaches and other volunteers to develop plans.
        2021 – 2023

      • Volunteering

        Huntington Hospital — Deliver equipment around the hospital to doctors and nurses. Assisted patients and learned the inner workings of a hospital.
        2021 – 2024

      Future Interests

      Advocacy

      Volunteering

      Philanthropy

      San Marino Woman’s Club Scholarship
      One hundred books was my goal. At the beginning of my fifth grade year, my teacher presented our reading assignment: seven books required and twenty-five for a trophy. However, when I received our book log, there were one hundred spaces. I wanted to fill every single one. I read between basketball games when tournaments consumed my weekends. I read in the car and used a book light I insisted on getting for nighttime drives. Achieving my goal and receiving my trophy sparked my passion to constantly challenge myself. This desire to exceed academically followed me throughout my high school career. Since developing severe environmental allergies early on, I endured various treatments to alleviate my reactions, leading to an interest in figuring out what specific proteins were injected into me, what pressure points doctors were prodding at, and how pollens reacted with my skin. This curiosity soon extended beyond my own well-being to broader health-related questions, from environmental factors to cell malfunctions. Therefore, it became a goal of mine to take every science course offered in high school to get as much exposure to the science world that I possibly could. I wanted answers to questions I did not even know existed yet. As a result, I doubled science both my sophomore and junior year, leading to many sleepless weekdays and stressful weekends. However, I thoroughly enjoyed every single class I have taken and believe that the satiation of my quest for knowledge made everything worth it in the end.