Top 10 OC Students and How They Got There - Yeon Joo (Ashley) Kim

Honorable mention
Yeon Joo (Ashley) Kim
City	Cypress
Age	18
High school	Cypress High School
College	UCLA
Major	Physiological science
Career goal	Doctor, conducting clinical research
Achievements Valedictorian AP US History Award Top GPA Award PTSA Award Elks' Most Valuable Student Scholarship Award (State) Bausch and Lomb Science Medal National Merit Scholarship ($2,500 final prize winner) AP Scholar with Distinction Research conducted on "Peptidomimetics in Molecular Receptors and Molecular Switches," under Dr. Schramm of CSULB; findings to be published in the Journal of American Chemical Society Research editor, National High School Journal of Science President, High School's National Honor Society, member for three years Recipient, Regents' Scholarship (highest UC merit-based honor) She also has tutored many students, and volunteered at a local hospital during her sophomore year. She also volunteered with Cypress National Honor Society, as the president.