Tuan Tran
Follow messageAlthough I post an excellent academic record and am active in my community, I have very little scholarship money. Zinch is amazing and winning will certainly help in my pursuit of becoming a pediatrician. My parents are immigrants from Vietnam and I was actually born in a car on the way to the hospital. I love being involved and am proud to say that I was elected President of the Class of 2010, Octagon, Beta, Chess, Social Studies, and Pro-Life & Abstinence.
I earn what I want rather than cheat. I value honesty and commitment to family, friends, God, community, and one's self.
Extracurricular
- Student Council--Senior President
- I served as my class's Freshman Vice-President. I also served as my class's Sophomore Representative after I was defeated in my bid for re-election. During my Junior year, I returned to my seat as Junior Vice-President. I am currently serving as Senior
- National Honor Society--Vice President
- I am the current Vice-President. This club is an honors organization that also performs community service. Our latest project is a school beautification endeavor.
- Big Brothers / Big Sisters
- Every other week, I travel next door to the elementary school to visit my "little." I am a "big" brother to the "littles" at the elementary school. We play games and activities. We recently had a bowling fundraiser.
- Renaissance Club
- This club is devoted to the academic achievement and excellence of students in the school and community. I served as Parliamentarian during my Junior year.
- Key Club
- I am an active member. We do joint projects with the Octagon Club.
- Spanish Club--Treasurer
- In this club, I am in my second year as Treasurer. We are currently working toward a trip to San Antonio for Cinco de Mayo. I have maintained records of money coming in and out of the club.
- Diversity Club
- In this club, I promoted the acceptance and tolerance of people from various cultures and ethnicities. Being an Asian American, I believe this is extremely important. Right now, we are raising money to treat our school's teachers for Teacher Appreciatio
- Students for Life & Abstinence--President
- This is a brand new club at my school. We promote pro-life, anti-abortion messages. Every month, we place a display on our school's hallway wall to fight abortion. I was a Senior Executive Board member this year, but I was just promoted to the position
- Students Against Destructive Descisions--Campaign Manager
- We have projects aiming to discourage drinking alcohol and doing drugs. I have played the role of a student who died from drunk driving in our campaign called "The Reaper." This raised awareness of the harm of drunk driving. I am the current Campaign Man
- Chess Club--King (President)
- This is the first year that my school has had a Chess Club. I currently serve as King(President) of the club.
- Wild Game Cook-Off
- With the National Honor Society, I kept tables clean, made sure booths were stocked, and guarded items at the silent auction.
- Religion School
- I helped the elementary religion school director file papers and lessons, and I performed office work.
- Building an Outdoor Classroom
- With the Octagon Club, I helped the New Iberia Optimist Club to build an outdoor classroom for the students at Sugarland Elementary.
- Coca Cola Fundraiser
- My school had a coca cola fundraiser and I stayed after school one day to help load all the coke products into peoples' vehicles.
- Vacation Bible School
- I volunteered as a crew leader at my local religion school. I shepharded 11 young children around Crocodile Dock(Barsen Hall). I served as a mentor to my crew and it was extremely exciting.
- AHEC of a Summer
- AHEC of a Summer is a summer volunteer program set up by SWLAHEC. I volunteered at Iberia Medical Center, which is my local hospital. It was so fun. First of all, I performed any and all tasks asked of me. Being able to observe the various professions i
- Internship at Faugot Pediatrics & Allergy
- I interned at Faugot Pediatrics & Allergy for one week during my summer. It was absolutely fantastic. Dr. Faugot was awesome and always tried to teach me something new. My day started at 8 AM and ended at 5 PM. My internship consisted mainly of observing
- Louisiana Youth Seminar
- This is a one week program held at Louisiana State University A&M in Baton Rouge. Two other people from my school and I attended the program. This program was absolutely amazing. It taught me that I can be myself around anyone. It taught me that, in or
- Social Studies Club--President
- Last year we widened our knowledge of countries around the world. Our theme last year was "Traveling the World." During our spring break, we went to EPCOT in Disneyworld in order to "travel the world" without actually leaving the country. I am current
- BETA Club--President
- I served as secretary and treasurer during my Junior year. I am the current President. I led efforts in the academic competitons at our district and state conventions. Recently, I lead an effort to amend my school's Beta Constitution. An intimate gro
- 1st Annual Walking Away From SIDS Walk-A-Thon
- I made signs, served lunch, and worked the concession station. This was held to raise money for SIDS research.
- Lion's Club Halloween Festival
- I worked the Fun Jump station, and I made sure the kids were safe. I had to keep the number of kids in the Fun Jump at a certain level.
- Octagon Club--President
- This club was only recently re-established at my school. I am the current President and right now we are working towards raising money for the March for Babies. This is a service organization that is devoted to helping children in the community. We wor
- Bowl and Boogie For Kids' Sake
- This is a bowling fundraiser for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Acadiana. I organized two groups during my Junior year and will be participating again in my Senior year.
- Optimist Club Shrimp Boil
- I helped to hand out their Shrimp Lunches in order to raise money for their operation. They rewarded my Octagon Club with a cash reward for our involvement and help.
- Optimist Club Basketball Tournament
- I helped lead a group of children from station to station at the Optimist Club Basketball Tournament. I did this as President of my Octagon Club. The kids had to compete at various stations. Afterwards, I helped tally the results.
- Pro-Life Walk
- I marched in the Walk for Life at my city. I walked with my Students for Life & Abstinence Club.
- School Beautification
- As Vice-President of my National Honor Society, I helped to paint Paw Prints in the teacher parking lot to make it more beautiful.
- Food Net For Families
- I helped to sort and organize food for this program in order for them to distribute food to the needy in my community. We worked even though it was raining hard, lol.
- March of Dimes
- I established my Octagon Club's participation in the March of Dimes during my Junior year as club President. During the first year, we raised approximately $600. This year, we have raised approximately $500 with some fundraisers still to come. The Marc
- Senior Play/Musical
- I am currently rehearsing to be in my school's Senior Play. It is called "Kokonut Kapers" and I will be playing the role of Walcott Drake. It should be interesting since it is the first time that my school will EVER perform a musical. My Class of 2010
Experience
- Expeditor
- Jane's Seafood
- 2006 to 2010
- I make sure that condiments and supplies are stocked in the kitchen during cooking hours. I set plates and place food on them for delivery to tables. I assure that everythign looks correct and that all food items are present on plates. I also bag take
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Info
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Last Update:
March 11, 2011
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Birthday:
September 12
Background
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
NEW IBERIA
Favorites
- Movies:
All the Harry Potters except the third one. It was not that great.
All the Lord of the Rings movies.
X-Men of course along with its sequels.
I despise Twilight and the Chronicles of Narnia.
The Chronicles of Narnia will never be the next Harry Potter - TV Shows:
Grey's Anatomy, Lie to Me, Lost, House, Ugly Betty, and Castle.
Grey's Anatomy's drama is so fun and the medical parts are cool. House is AMAZING he has gotten really soft though.
Lost is always fun to watch along with Ugly Betty.
Castle is my new fav - Music:
Pop rock, Pop, Dance, Country.
I like anything I can bob my head towards.
Personally, I am a horrible dancer.
I like alternative and some R&B.
I despise rap, but there are exceptions. - Websites:
Myspace, Billboard, Yahoo, Google.
Myspace allows me to contact my friends.
Billboard keeps me up-to--date with the latest music and I like seeing who is number one in everything.
Yahoo gives me all my sports news and Google is just AMAZING. - Quotes:
"Your abilities don't make you, but your choices."
or something like that. Dumbledore said it to Harry at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Movie).
Yeah, yeah, i'm a nerd :) - Books:
All the Harry Potters.
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Prince and the Pauper
I was addicted to the seventh Harry Potter!

























