TAIYO MINAMI

Dedicated high school senior with a strong academic foundation, leadership experience, and a commitment to community service, seeking admission to a university to pursue a bachelor degree. Eager to contribute to the diverse and dynamic campus environment while fostering personal growth and academic excellence.

• AP Macro Economics, 12th Grade
• AP Physics C, 12th Grade
• Differential Equations (Post AP), 12th Grade
• Advanced Computer Science- Data Structures (Post AP), 12th Grade
• Riddlers, 11th & 12th Grade
• AP Statistics, 11th Grade
• AP Chemistry, 11th Grade
• Multivariate Calculus (Post AP), 11th Grade
• AP Calculus AB, 10th Grade
• AP Computer Science, 10th Grade
• Chorale Honors, 10th Grade
• Chemistry Honors, 10th Grade

• Tri M Music Honor Society, 12th Grade
• Japanese Affinity Association, 11th & 12th Grade
• Regional Honor Choir (Connecticut Music Educators Association), 11th & 12th Grade
• Riddlers Club (High Honors Chorale Group), 11th & 12th Grade
• Varsity Track & Field, 11th & 12th Grade
• International Club, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• Photography Club, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• Varsity Soccer, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• Varsity Squash, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• Ikebana (Japanese traditional flower arrangement), 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade

• Student Council Member, 12th Grade
• Head Admission Ambassador, 12th Grade
• Head of Japanese Affinity Association, 11th & 12th Grade
• Head Monitor of Brown Dorm, 11th & 12th Grade
• Big Brother, 11th and 12th Grade
• Admission Ambassador, 11th & 12th Grade
• Peer Counselor, 11th & 12th Grade
• Peer Tutor, 11th & 12th Grade
• President of the International Club, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• President of the Photography Club, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade
• Student Board Member, 10th & 11th Grade
• Junior Varsity Soccer Captain, 10th Grade

• Town Government Award, 12th Grade
• Head Dorm Monitor Award, 12th Grade
• Featured Student Profile, The Avon Record, October 2023 Issue
• Yale University Book Award for outstanding leadership and scholarship, 11th Grade
• Tri-Varsity Athlete, 11th Grade
• Most Improved Player - Varsity Soccer 2022/23, 11th Grade
• 2022 Soccer Founders League Champion, 11th Grade
• Dorm Monitor Award, 11th Grade
• Woodwell Leadership Award, 10th Grade
• 2022 Squash National Boys Division IV Champion, 10th Grade
• Club Leadership Award, 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade

• Toshoji Temple, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, July 2023
  Assisted in Zen Ceremonies, welcomed pilgrimage guests, beautification of the temple grounds
• Happy Tooth Project, July 2023
  Mongolian-Japanese cooperative project to reduce Mongolian children mortality due to dental infection, traveled to orphanages in Mongolia to help dentists perform check ups and dental care
• Riddlers Chorale Club, March 2023
  Traveled to Costa Rica to perform at fund-raising concerts, orphanages, and schools
• Kinder Yoshimitsu Soccer Club, 2021 & 2022
  Oversaw training programs and summer overnight camps for elementary and junior high school club members

• Takinami Hot Spring Resort, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
  Content creation for promotional activities such as website development, YouTube videos, pamphlets, direct mailing

• Outward Bound - Southwest Rafting & Canoeing, 2022
  Leadership-focused wilderness program

Athletic Training, Cycling, Hiking, Manga, Movies, Singing, Ski, Soccer, Squash, Surfing