<p>Hi! I’m currently a junior (CA resident), and I’m really scared about applying this year…it would be awesome if you can possibly chance me for schools such as UCB, UCLA, UCSD, etc… Thanks! </p>
<p>My school is really competitive and send like 15 kids to UC Berkeley per year and at least 6 kids to Ivy schools
No valedictorian or class ranking in my school
unweighted GPA: 3.76
Weighted GPA: 4.17
UC GPA: 3.6
I am 3/4 Korean and 1/4 White
Classes:
Sophomore: AP Euro, Honors Chemistry, English 10, Yoga, Honors Precalc w/ Trig, VB.net programming, japanese 2
Junior (current schedule): AP Chemistry, AP Music Theory, Japanese 3, AP Lang, AP US History, AP Calc AB
Senior: AP Gov (comp&us), Honors Japanese, Econ, Child Development, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, Womens lit</p>
<p>SAT: 2005 (im retaking this in October ahahaha dont laugh at my score please)
Subject tests:
730 Math II
(taking US History & Chemistry subjects this month)</p>
<p>EC:
- Certificate of Merit for Violin Lvl 10 (playing for 10 years)
- CSF Treasurer ('13-'15)
- President of Philosophy Club
- Co-President of this club dedicated to fundraising money for various organizations
- NHS member ('12-'15)
- Won several photography awards
- My photography made the cover of this magazine & my other photos will be featured within that magazine
- Varsity Golf ('13-'15) –> Could not play freshman year due to injury
- UC Berkeley’s ATDP summer program for Alg 2 & Cognitive Neuroscience
- Took classes at local community college for Psychology, Astrology, and Child Development &Psychology (got an A in all 3 classes)
- Will be taking physics this summer
- Internship over at this local chiropractor office this summer
- Math tutor ('10-'15) –> I teach Algebra I&II, Geometry, and Calculus; very positive reviews
- Writer for this online magazine dedicated to women empowerment ('14)
- Science Alliance mentor (mentor 5th graders and help them compete in local science fair; my kid won 1st place this year in her category)
- 110+ volunteer hours over at a senior center
- Volunteer at local golf center for both beginning & advanced golfers where I help improve their golf game </p>
<p>Hook: sobbing i wish i had a hook</p>
<p>I know that my gpa and testing scores are really low, but I’m really hoping that maybe my ec will help me a bit 
I’m going to try my best to write a killer essay </p>