Chances for USC, UCLA, Duke, UC Berkeley

csenigineer
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 10:40:23 +0000

I am currently a senior in high school and these are my top four schools at the moment.

Colleges - USC, UCLA, Duke, UC Berkeley, Stanford (Rejected REA)
Applying to engineering programs at each

**Unweighted GPA** - 3.95

**Weighted GPA** - 4.25

**# of AP/IB/honors courses**- 11 APs

**Class rank/size** - 1/600 (Anyone above 4.0 GPA is #1)

**ACT scores** - 34 Composite / 35 Superscore (35 English, 34 Math, 36 Science, 34 Reading)

**AP scores** - AP Human Geo (3), APLAC (3), AP US History (4), AP World (3), AP Psych (4), AP Calc (Didn't put on) More to come, won't be on application however since I've already applied

**Senior Course Load**:

AP Physics

AP Calculus BC

AP Literature

AP Macro

AP Micro

Civics

Oral Communications

Community Service Class

**ECs**:

"Students for Children's" (club I created sophomore year to raise money and volunteer for the local children's hospital, raised $11,000 in first fundraiser)

Ambassadors Service and Learning (volunteer within our community at animal shelters, local schools, senior centers, Salvation Army, etc.)

Project Graduation (Committee Chair, fun alternative to keep seniors from drinking/driving on graduation night)

Prom Committee (Chair)

DECA (Business club)

ASTRA (Volunteer club)

Soccer (All 4 Years, Varsity 3)

Bowling (Two years, Varsity/Captain)

**Employment/Summer School**:

No employment (worked as volunteer at local children's hospital over a summer)

Attended Stanford High School Summer College (2017)

Attended UCLA Nanoscience Institute (2018)

I have been doing fundraisers with my family for the past 8 years for the hospital that saved my brother's life, raised over $250,000

**Honors/Awards**:

National Honor Society

National Spanish Honor Society

Science National Honor Society

Mu Alpha Theta (Math NHS)

AP Scholar

Graduate w/ High Distinction

National Merit Commended Scholar

**Recs/Essays**: I think that my recommendations and essays were pretty good. Most of my recs were from people who knew a lot about the leadership side of me and how I am as a person; I recently got a new counselor, however, so she didn't know me very well. So about a (7-8/10) on recs. I worked very hard on my essays for each school and would put them at about a (8-9/10).

**Extra info**:

No residency for any school

No Alumni relation

Race - White
Sex - Male
Middle Class