Peter Ho

Education
2014 - Present Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland

Current Senior - Will graduate May 2018

GPA: 3.6(Unweighted)
4.45(weighted)
PSAT: 1460
SAT: 1490
Class Rank: 76/378
Classes:
- Math: Algebra II G/T, Precalculus G/T, AP Calculus AB, AP
Calculus BC
- Science: Biology G/T, Chemistry G/T, AP Physics C: Mechanics,
AP Biology
- Computer Science: AP Computer Science A, Advanced Objected-
Oriented Design, Advanced Data Structures
AP Tests:
- Computer Science A - 5
- Calculus AB - 5
- World History - 4
- Physics C: Mechanics - 4
Awards:
- National Merit Scholarship Program Letter of Commendation
- AP Scholar with Honors
- Gold Honor Roll

Programming Languages
- Java - advanced proficiency has been programming in Java for over five years
- Python - has been using python for several years
- SQL - used heavily in internship - very comfortable with writing SQL scripts and
manipulating databases
- Swift - basic understanding, built a couple of apps in Udacity intro to iOS development
course

Work Experience
2013 - Present Forbidden City Restaurant
 - Managed carryout orders
- Acted as host
- Waited tables

Fall 2016 - Intern at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Spring 2017 Space Exploration Sector
- Mentor: Brian Duncan
- In charge of developing, improving, and maintaining an inventory
management system used by several groups in the organization
- Worked with all aspects of the system - client, server, and database

Summer 2017 Chateau Ridge LLC

Software Developer
- Worked as a software developer for a real estate company
- Installed meters that recorded data about utilities(water and
electricity) usage of each tennant
- Built a program that connected via FTP to these meters,
downloaded the data,, manipulated the data, formatted a billing
statement, and emailed the bill to the tenants

Fall 2017 - Intern at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Present Asymmetric Operations Sector
- Mentor: Tamim Sookoor
- Focused on big data analytics
- Currently building a sentiment analysis algorithm using natural
language processing to calculate sentiment of live Twitter data

School Activities
2014 - Present Future Business Leaders of America Club
 - Placed first in the region and 8th in the state for the “Computer
Problem Solving” competitive event(2017)
2014 - Present Tri-M Music Honor Society
2014 - Present Ellicott City Tutors
2014 - Present Salvation Army Club
2014 - Present Class Board
2015 - Present Computer Science Club
- Helped design and code an app used by students to sign up and
record which classroom they go to for study hall
- Allows administration to keep track of students
2015 - Present National Math Honor Society
2016 - Present Current Events Club
- Secretary
- One of the original five members
2017 - Present National Honor Society

Volunteering
- Peer Tutoring
- Was a peer tutor for National Math Honor Society and Ellicott City Tutors club
- Compiled over 80 hours

- Washington Tennis and Education Foundation

- Helped kids aged 5-8 develop basic tennis techniques
- About 4-8 hours every month

- Citi Open Volunteer

- From 2014-Present
- Acted as a ballboy and usher during the Citi Open(Professional Tennis
Tournament)
- Around 70 hours every year

- EK2KBC- English Kids to Kids and Bridging Cultures

- Taught English lessons and bonded with Burmese Refugees in Maryland
- During the Summer of 2017 - 40 hours

Extracurricular Activities
● Tennis
 - Has played for 8 years
- Captain(2017) of Centennial High School varsity tennis team, member for three
years
- Placed second at the Regional Championships in 2016 and 2017 seasons
- Plays USTA tournaments outside of school - ranked in the Top 20 for Maryland
Class of 2018 by TennisRecruiting.net

● Cello
- Has played for 11 years
- Member of the Centennial String Orchestra - Section Leader
- Member of the Howard County GT Orchestra(2010-Present)
- Selected to Maryland AllState Orchestra(2015, 2017, 2018)
- Third Place at the 2014 MSMTA Cello Competition

● Sailing
- A US Sailing Certified Keelboat Sailor
- Over 5 years of experience