<p>High school GPA: 4.27 (Weighted), 3.96 (Un-weighted)
Rank: 17/478</p>
<p>Scores
ACT: 29
SAT II’s: Taking this November (expecting all 3 above 650 at least)
AP: 4 - AP Calculus AB, 3 - AP Physics, 3 - AP World History, 2 - AP US History
Current APs - AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Psychology </p>
<p>Awards
17th place (out of 102 teams) in nation in Team America Rocketry Competition held in Virginia (May 2004)
2nd place (Galileo Award) in Science-palooza (County Science Fair in San Jose, 2002)
Several Academic Achievement awards
Renaissance throughout high school</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
Volunteer at The Tech Museum of San Jose - 1 year; 70+ hours
Volunteer at Discovery Museum of Sacramento - 1 year; 50+ hours
Community Service for high school clubs (Interact Club and NHS) - 50+ hours
Community Service at Sikh religious temples - 50+ hours
Built several 2 stage rockets for school rocketry club (1 hour after school everyday for 6 months)
Treasurer of Rocketry Club
Secretary of Muslim Student Association
Involved in local religious activities
Tutored peers at library during freshman and sophomore years at San Jose Public Library
Member of Interact Club, National Honor Society, Rocketry Club, Muslim Student Association</p>
<p>Work Experience
Currently employed at Score Educational Center (started May 2004)
Job Description - Tutor students (from Ages 4-17) and help them in Math, Reading, Science, and various other subjects
Floor lead at the Exhibits in The Tech Museum of San Jose (volunteer)</p>
<p>Personal Career Goals
Career - Dentist
Bachelors - Biology / Biological Sciences</p>
<p>I’m thinking:
UCB - Reach
UCLA - Reach
UCSD - Match
UCD - Safe Match
UCSB - Safety</p>
<p>ok im not the most knowledgable but i think that u stand a good shot for all of them.
if u live in california which im assuming u do, and have the elc thing you should be pretty set
plus ur sat2’s…?
people overstate the difficulty of berkeley and ucla for cal residents</p>
<p>Yes, I live in California. Should I get some letters of recommendations to UC’s? I can get a couple teachers to do that. I am sending a couple to USC. Thanks though, mtb. Anyone else? Also, I am ELC.</p>
<p>In California it seems to basically come down to the race of the applicant. Although your profile is impressive, it is difficult to guage your chances in such an Asian-held school system that we have now-a-days. You have it seemingly easy everywhere in the UC system except UCLA and Berkeley, where they’ve enough technologically honed Asians than they can accomodate. Contrary to popular belief, Affirmative Action hasn’t been abolished in CA, it’s just been put under a different name. Also, your humanities are weak.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m a Mexican-American who had a 3.33 weighted GPA in graduation, absolutely no community service, no job experience, and no high school club attendance that didn’t even know what the SAT was until my senior year of high school, and I got into UCLA and UCI (The only two to which I applied) during what is likely to be the most difficult time to be accepted into the school. Your best bet is to play on your strengths with technology in your essays. The fact that your major is also not as competetive as say engineering or other “high demand” majors will also help your cause.</p>