<p>Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, Wellesley College, Carleton College, RPI, College of the Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Duke, U of Chicago, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Case Western Reserve</p>
<p>Intended Major: Biology or Psychology </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT: 32
SAT II: 740 Korean with Listening, 710 Bio E (ugh…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73 (ho hum….)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (out of 296 people)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Chemistry (4), Eng Lang (3), Comp Sci A (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Spanish, US Gov’t/Econ, AP Calculus BC, AP Comparative Gov’t/World Religions, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold), AP Scholar, Grand Prize Idea @ Stanford YLC</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): buildOn for all 4 years (YAC member, Co-President, raising $30,000 to build a school in Nepal right now), Model UN (treasurer 11th grade), Theater Ensemble (Stage Crew all years), Youngest stage manager at SF Theater Festival (every summer all years), Winds Across the Bay Wind Ensemble (1st Flute)
Job/Work Experience: Private tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Around 400 hours + (at nursing home, library, Chabot Space and Science Center Galaxy Explorer and buildOn)
Summer Activities: 2 community college classes in 10th grade, Trek to Haiti in 11th grade, and volunteering all summers (stage manager and Galaxy Explorer)
Essays: I felt both my Common App and Supplement essays were fairly well written
Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry Teacher: Probably excellent; known her for all 4 years as my Chemistry, AP Chemistry and TA teacher, English/buildOn advisor teacher: probably great – don’t know exactly because I waived my rights
Counselor Rec: Um… not sure because I didn’t know her that well but probably not badly written
Interview: Only at Dartmouth (Fine), Duke (AMAZING!), and Chicago (Fine)</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Competitive Public in Bay Area (sends around 15+ to top privates and LACs and 100+ to UCs every year)
Ethnicity: Asian (ugh… -_-)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Um, I don’t think any? (Does full pay count as one?)</p>
<p>I know my GPA is REALLY low for top schools (and probably will be hard), but I would still like people’s opinion! (I’m shooting for more UCs and LACs :D) Thank you all for responding!</p>