Hey yall, thanks for helping me out. I’m just trying to see where I am rn.
Demographics
- US citizen
- Junior
- State/Location of residency: Phoenix
- Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Catholic jesuit school
- Transferred from a private school in Oregon at the end of 9th grade
Cost Constraints / Budget
Don’t need to worry about budget but scholarships would be nice.
Intended Major(s)
EE or MechE
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 3.89
- Weighted HS GPA: 9th grade: 4.03, sophomore 4.39. Since i switched schools the averages are weird cause my old school didn’t have aps or honors.
- Class Rank: idk but prob top 10%
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1540
List your HS coursework
- English: english 1, honors english 2, ap land, projected( AP lit)
- Math: H algebra 2, ap precalc(5), ap calc bc, proj(multivar and linear algebra)
- Science: physics, h bio, h chem, ap phys 1, projected(ap physics c)
- History: world his, ap us history(5), ap gov
- Spanish: spanish 3, h spanish 3, ap lang, myb ap lit
- Visual or performing arts: musicians exchange, music production
- Other academic courses: advanced tech(using a bunch of complicated machines for projects), intro to robotics
- Religion: a bunch of catholic courses for school
Awards
- Projected(national merit semifinalist?) hopefully
- ap awards?
Extracurriculars
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FTC robotics team co-lead/FRC
One of 3 juniors mentoring the sophomores and freshman. No adult mentors. I do FRC too, but i’m not a lead.
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Co-Started/organized an FLL team out of 5th graders in a underprivileged school. I am basically teaching the kids everything about FLL alongside one partner.
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President of the chess club/team
Got to state last year and we achieved 8th as a team. 2nd in chess esports regionals. Now I organize recruitment, meetings and tournaments. Board number 2 on varsity team
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Facilitator for a meeting with group of grieving kids who have lost a family member. I co organize the activities and lead the discussions.
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Varsity tennis: got 8th in state for doubles and 2nd as a school team in 4A tennis in 9th grade
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NHS: Service and all, but am aspiring for the VP position.
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A bunch of useless stuff: launched a model rocket w/ school, did s&d in 9th, I play 3 instruments but never really did that much in the community with them.
Essays/LORs/Other
I have experienced and heard pretty interesting stuff, and i’m not a terrible writer.
Schools
I’m looking for a fewthings:
Either a very good engineering school
or
a good engineering school in a metro area/
Schools that I know a bit:
UCLA(dream school, love the vibe and area)
UW also amazing
Purdue
U of Colorado boulder
Tufts
Washington university in st louis
GWU
Ohio State
Any others?