chance a rising junior!!

needtosucceed27
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 03:56:16 +0000

I’m a rising junior who goes to a top 20 high school in IL. It’s somewhat competitive and has sent students to UChicago, UIUC comp sci and engineering, UC Berkeley, Duke, Cornell, Brown, Stanford, etc.

Chance me for UIUC, Georgia Tech, University of Waterloo (Canada), Northwestern (and generally schools along those lines of prestige)

Race/Gender: Asian female (rip)
Prospective Major: STEM (engineering or CS) with a minor in business
UW GPA: 3.9
Rank: N/A, school doesn’t rank
ACT: taking next month
SAT: taking spring 2019
SAT II: will be taking Math II, Chemistry spring 2019
APs: AP World History (4, freshman year), AP European History (projected 4, sophomore year), AP CS Principles (projected 5, sophomore year)
Junior year APs: AP Chinese, AP Lang, AP Physics I and II, AP Computer Science A
Hooks: female in STEM? (lol that’s so overused)

ECs:

1. Computer Science Club: President, in charge of creating and organizing community outreach events. Started an elementary school program teaching 4th and 5th graders about game design and computer science. Will be teaching high school girls computer science through a GWC club. Will be teaching fellow high school students web development and calculator programming.

2. Innovation Fair: Main Organizer, in charge of finding sponsors and judges for my school's competition where local business owners judge students presenting their innovative ideas (kinda like Shark Tank)

3. STEM conversation series: Founder and Organizer of a 4 month STEM speaker series with speakers from IBM, a Chicago blockchain non-profit, and Baxter.

4. Google CS First Chapter: Founder - worked with a local elementary school principal to launch two free CS First programs (Fall 2018 and Spring 2019) to teach 5th graders and 4th graders about computer science and game design

5. FBLA: As a freshman, I placed third at state and qualified for nationals. As a sophomore, I placed fifth at state (I competed in a much more competitive and complex event). Minor leadership positions include being a Career Advisory Council Student Representative and Partnership with Business Council Member (very minor).

6. Math Team: As a freshman, I was on the regional and state team. As a sophomore, I focused on other clubs. Probably will quit because competitive math is NOT my cup of tea.

7. WYSE: IL and MO academic competition created by UIUC. Competed on Regional and Sectional Team. Competes in Computer Science and English.

8. JV Girls Swimming: broke two JV girls swim records during my freshman year. Quit swimming, but I guess it's still notable?

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1. Campaign for Governor: Organizing Fellow, engaged new potential volunteers and supporters through canvassing AND organized local campaign events.

2. Student-run video production business web designer: designed a website for a business that produces videos for local clients, as well as clients in Europe and Africa. (does this make me a freelance web designer idk)

3. Marketing Intern for a global student-run nonprofit that empowers people through conversation series, and currently has 303 student-run series in 45 countries.

4. Information Technology law firm Intern: programming SQL database, professional photographer, graphic designer with promotional infographics/graphics, updating website

MISC:

1. Starting a non-profit soon, working on coding the website, working on finding sponsors too!!!

2. Going to two engineering, entrepreneurship, computer science competitive summer programs in Canada this summer.

Any feedback is appreciated!!!