Q. What grade are you in?

A. I am in 12th grade at Emmaus High School.

Q. What is your favorite subject? Why?

A. My favorite subject has to be English. I really enjoy reading and writing, especially about great works of literature. Interpreting different components of a work through diverse perspectives with my classmates has always been enjoyable for me.

Q. Have you received any special awards or recognition?

A. I will be playing viola in the All-Eastern orchestra this spring. I have been recognized as an AP Scholar with Distinction and at EHS, I am a member of National Honor Society and have been on the Principal’s Honor Roll since freshman year.

Q. Are you involved in any extracurricular activities?

A. My most significant extracurriculars are being the editor-in-chief/president of the school art and literary magazine, Collage, first chair violist of the EHS orchestra, Sinfonia and chamber groups as well as secretary of the orchestra and playing in the Young People’s Philharmonic, a nonprofit symphony orchestra. This past fall, I was also captain of the outdoor color guard and played third doubles on the girls tennis team.

Q. What is your next goal after high school?

A. In college, my goal is to develop myself more as a person. I want to grow intellectually, hone my time management skills and figure out new priorities for my next phase of life.

Q. What do you consider your biggest challenge to date?

A. Rather than a single biggest challenge, I would say the most challenging situations I’ve had to face are ones in which I’ve needed to learn how to cope with things that are out of my control. To me these have been most challenging since there is nothing I can do but exercise self-control and find productive ways to express myself.

Q. For what would you like to be remembered?

A. I hope when people think of me, they’ll think of a person who has a positive, sincere heart.

Q. Who is in your family?

A. My parents are Dingjun Wu and Xin Hu.

Q. Whom do you admire? Why?

A. I admire people who are able to concede when they’re incorrect. Being able to admit one’s own fault is a setting aside of pride for rationality, which is why I think people who can do so are admirable.

Q. Do you have any advice for your peers?

A. Never forget to think for yourself. It is so much easier to jump aboard the bandwagon and go along with what your friends say than it is to stop and make your own opinion, especially if what you think is different from those around you. Accept that others’ opinions may differ from your own; embrace the differences and seek to learn more about someone else’s perspectives. It’ll enhance your own.