<p>I’m applying to:
Stanford
Duke
Columbia
UCLA
USC
UCSB
UCB
UCSD</p>
<p>I am an immigrant from Uzbekistan (but now a citizen) so my ethnicity is Russian and Uzbek (I don’t know if that is a minority)</p>
<p>I will be the first person in my family to go to college and I am in a low-income family</p>
<p>GPA: UW - 3.79 W- 4.3 - top 10 percent of 600 kids in a pretty competitive california school
taken 7 AP’s including senior year</p>
<p>Sat:1990 - took it again hopefully above 2000
Act: 30</p>
<p>Sat IIs - Math - 750, American history 710, Literature 630</p>
<p>essays - good because I went through a lot of hardships
Recommendations - probably good</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars</p>
<p>Water polo 4 years (starter on varsity for 3)
-captain, league and state recognized</p>
<p>Swimming 4 year varsity
-set league records, competed in southern california section finals</p>
<p>Basketball - 3 years (quit last year because i hated program)
-captain, MVP, most inspirational player, most improved</p>
<p>(I don’t want to play sports in college, so i don’t want to be recruited)</p>
<p>Band 1 year
Symphonic Band 2 years (can’t do this year because of scheduling)
-Section leader</p>
<p>-Aquatics club - 4 years
-Robots - 2 years
-Water polo club - 2 years (outside of school)</p>
<p>Community Service
- Veteran’s Garden (helped vets plant, make ornaments, clean-up)
- Loved Dog (took care of dogs)
- Martha’s Soup Kitchen (made and served food for unfortunate)
- Home health care (helped disabled people - i helped feed them, put clothes on…)
- Aid’s Walk
- Band activities for the city</p>
<p>Work Experience (paid)
- medical clerk
- tutor
- walk dogs
- wash cars
- assisted an elderly lady
- Webchoir (a business that deals with taxomonies and controlled vocabularies)</p>
<p>Awards
- principals honor roll
- CSF - California Scholarship Federation
- National Honor’s Society
- Got most outstanding athlete award for my school
- bunch of awards for sports</p>