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Portrait of Sam Li

Honor Society® member

Sam Li

Paid Summer Intern at VAOPTO

  • biomedical engineering
  • Class of 2023
  • las vegas, NV

Member since November 2022

About

Sam is a nice&smart kid and a top senior in The Meadows School(TMS) - #1 private school in Nevada. Sam took only one time SAT test with score1550(Math800) and only one time ACT test with score35(STEM36). Sam is interested in Biomedical Engineering with career as a professor/scientist. Although there are already two Engineering Ph.Ds in our family (Sam’s father and sister), Sam really wants to be the third and the best one.

Education

  • The Meadows School

    high school

    2019 – 2023

Honors and awards

  • Climate Science Olympiad Semi-Finalist 2022

    International

  • National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist(Finalist Qualifier) 2023

    National

  • National Latin Exam III - Summa Cum Laude(Gold Medal) 2022

    National

  • AP Scholar with Distinction 2022

    National

  • Nevada State 1st Place Piano Social Solo, Silver State Competition, Nevada Music Teachers Association

    State

  • Nevada State 2nd Place Piano Classical Solo, Silver State Competition, Nevada Music Teachers Association

    State

  • 2nd place in boy's 4x100m relay - Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association 2A division

    State

Goals and interests

Career goal

B.E., M.E., Ph.D., Professor

Graduate school interests

biomedical engineering

Outside the classroom

Piano

Experience

  • Paid Summer Intern

    VAOPTO

    Jun 2022 – Aug 2022

  • summer intern

    BioViva

    Jun 2021 – Aug 2022

  • Unpaid Internship

    VAOPTO

    Aug 2019 – Jun 2023

Volunteering

  • BOTH school- and non-school-sponsored service and volunteering Total 131 hours

    BOTH school- and non-school-sponsored service and volunteering

    Aug 2019 – Dec 2022

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Chinese (Simplified) Advanced
  • Spanish Advanced

Additional information

  • national honor society

  • national society of high school scholars

  • national society of high school scholars

  • honor society