My biggest academic interest is chemistry I participated in a nationwide chemistry competition by ACS and won the award of Top First Year Chemistry Student for my school; I also earned the highest score any student has earned from El Toro High School I am currently enrolled in AP Chemistry and preparing to participate in the competition again in the National Olympiad category Chemistry is fun for me because it's very challenging I like to think of it as using clues to solve puzzles You have to figure out which clues are relevant and how you can use the important ones to solve problems In addition, a personal interest of mine is playing piano I have been playing the piano for over 5 years now, and it is one of my favorite relaxing hobbies I like to practice whenever I have downtime, especially playing my favorite style, boogie-woogie