Trinh Nguyen, 17 School: Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School Academics: A student Plans: Wants to practice pulmonary medicine or public health. Did atherosclerosis research at SUNY Stony Brook University. Activities: Field hockey captain, head drum major in marching band, National Honor Society president, Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) president. College search: Applying early action (non-binding) to Georgetown and University of Chicago. Considering applying regular admission to Yale, Cornell, Duke, UCLA, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Stony Brook, Colgate, Washington University, Yale. Personal: First generation American; parents immigrated from Vietnam. (Newsday / Ken Sawchuk / October 26, 2006)