Chance me for UC Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Brown, and Stanford!

smartass50
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 03:42:36 +0000

Hi, I’m a student who’s adopted, Asian, female, and from low-income background ($5759 per year).
These are my stats:

GPA: 4.0 (UW), 4.67 (W).
Rank: 1/589 (both weighted and unweighted)
SAT: 1510 (superscore), 1490 (one-sitting)
ACT: 35 (superscore), 34 (one-sitting)
AP Exams: 5’s- AP Calc AB, AP lang, AP World history
4’s: APUSH, APES
3’s: AP chem, AP Music Theory
SAT subject tests: Korean w/ listening (800)
Math lvl 2 (780)
world history (720)
Extra Curricular: 1. My school’s adv. string orchestra (all 4 years): concert master for the past 3 yrs.
2. My school’s beg. orchestra (10,11,12): string section coach/advisor
3. National Honor Society (all 4): president for the past two
4. California scholarship federation (10,11,12): V.P for the past 2
5. Tutor for my school’s math and history dept. (10,11,12)
6. Pacific American Volunteer Association (6 years): captain of my school’s chapter
7. All county honor orchestra (all 4 yrs): 2nd chair last yr
8. All city honor orchestra (all 4): second chair for the past 2 years
9. Local Youth Symphony (10,11,12): third chair for the past two years
10. Scripps College Academy (10,11,12): participated in their summer residential and a 6 months long
science research with the faculty. Regularly attends their workshops as one of their 50 scholars chosen
for this year.

Personal struggles: Was adopted by current parents in 9th grade. suffered scoliosis for the half of my life (still going on), school bullying (sexual harassment and rumors). --consider all of these as my essay materials.

Awards: Presidential Volunteer Service award (9th)
Questbridge College Prep Scholar (11th)
AP Scholar w/ distinction (12th)
Questbridge National College Match Finalist (12th)

Planning to apply as mathematics major. What are my chances?