#1 Colin Chun

4.475

CalTech

Major: Undeclared

Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts, swimming, Science Bowl, Academic Decathlon

Hardest class: AP Biology

Favorite Teacher: “Ms. Chew, I’ve had her for three years and she has helped me succeed in math the whole time.”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#2 Jared Apillanes

4.425

UC Irvine

Major: Computer Science

Extracurriculars: Heal the Bay, MESA, STEMM Council, Chess Club, Guitar Club, Feminism Club

Hardest class: AP Biology

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Toyama, because he prepared me for the rest of my academic career and made the class interesting and fun.”

SLC: STEMM

#3 Jake Nuesca

4.404

UC Berkeley

Major: Environmental Engineering

Extracurriculars: Oakgrove, Volleyball, Sports Medicine Team, Class of 2018 Club

Hardest class: AP Physics

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Moore, because he lets me eat breakfast in his class and because of his quirky sense of humor.”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#4 Kana Suzuki

4.400

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Major: Civil Engineering

Extracurriculars: classical ballet

Hardest class: Physics

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Santos is my forever favorite.”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#5 Quinhui Fang

4.382

UCLA

Major: Financial Actuarial

Extracurriculars: Knights and Ladies, Library Club

Hardest class: AP Chemistry

Favorite Teacher: “I do not really have a one.”

SLC: STEMM

#6 Maksym Prokopovych

4.378

UCLA

Major: Engineering Undeclared

Extracurriculars: Science Bowl, Robotics, Ukrainian Folk Dancing, UCLA Math Circle

Hardest class: AP Chemistry

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Buccieri, because his class always had really fun discussions.”

SLC: STEMM

#7 Ryan Ohkawahira

4.375

UC Berkeley

Major: Statistics

Extracurriculars: Basketball, Tennis, Sports Medicine Team

Hardest class: Honors English 9

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Bruno, because he inspired me to be a statistics major.”

SLC: STEMM

#8 Kazuha Miyoshi

4.357

UCSD

Major: Human Biology

Extracurriculars: Varsity tennis, Sports Medicine Team, Heal the Bay, SLC Ambassador

Hardest class: AP Chemistry

Favorite Teacher: “Ms. Willcox, because she encouraged me to challenge myself and has supported me from the very beginning”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#9 Claire Combredet

4.350

UC Berkeley

Major: Environmental Science

Extracurriculars: Heal the Bay, Tennis, Swim, Chef Club, SLC Ambassadors, Chatelaines and Esquires, Knights and Ladies, and the LA Museum of the Holocaust Teen Board

Hardest class: AP Calculus

Favorite Teacher: “Ms. Sandouk for physiology, because she teaches the material with a lot of passion and really engages the students in the learning (even though the concepts are difficult). She is also sarcastic and is not as serious as she appears to be!”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#10 Sang Dae “Daniel” Park

4.336

UCLA

Major: Biology

Extracurriculars: Sports Medicine, Class of 2018 Club, Heal the Bay, Jazz Band, Chess Club

Hardest class: Spanish

Favorite Teacher: “Ms. Sandouk, because she introduced me to biology.”

SLC: World Language Magnet

#16 Steven Steiner

4.281

UC San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Extracurriculars: STEMM Council, MESA, Los Angeles Hebrew High

Hardest class: AP Physics

Favorite Teacher: “Mr. Rojo, because he allowed me to explore my passion for computer science. And we drank Soylent together.”

SLC: STEMM