George Chen "I’m a new immigrant to the United States, and this is my 5th year being here in the US. It was definitely hard for me to adjust to a new life and overcoming a language barrier. For me being able to maintain my GPA all four years throughout high school, you need to have this inner drive to improve yourself and to better each time. So you fail you try harder next time, and each time you get somewhere better. Being able to balance my academics and social life is hard because number one many of my friends are very social. Sometimes when they ask me to hang out, I have to manage my time first. Academics, sports, and having a social life is hard to say no to either one of these. Being a student athlete is very hard for me to deal with time management. After school when I get home from practice, and immediately start my homework. With a day only being 24 hours, it is hard managing school and sports at the same time. My achieve for time management, is to do work efficiently, and make sure you don’t procrastinate. There was never really a point I wanted to give up because I feel that during the course of these four years, I’ve had a lot of moments of frustration and disappointment. You don’t always get the results that you want.I always keep trying no matter what happens. My priority goal throughout these fours year get somewhere, be better than average, and I think I succeed that goal. It feels honor to be one of the valedictorians. I’ve been accepted to MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Georgia Tech, and the University of Michigan. As of now I hope to attend MIT.”