Class of 2016 decisions thread

laxforlife
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:14:22 +0000

I am not an honors applicant so i’m not sure why I received my acceptance so early… as far as my stats go:

(copied this from another stat thread I posted in)
GPA
UW: 3.6
W: 4.1

7 AP classes and many honors. my school does not rank but I know I am in the top 12%
I have taken the highest level of courses I am allowed to take at my school.
Senior year I am taking 3 AP classes Calc bc, gov, and physics B
I have already taken calc ab 4, Spanish language 5, human geo 5, chemistry 3.
ap scholar with honor and california scholarship federation member 4yrs.
from Cali (OOS) my school is in the #2 school district in cali since 2008

SAT (1950)
M-700
CR-610
W-640

CR+M 1310

SAT II
M2-680
Spanish-680

Ec’s
-I did a research internship at UCSD this past summer working in a biochem lab there and I conducted my own research project. very competitive program 300+ applied and only 15 accepted. 4 essays were required as well as transcripts and letters of rec.
-Lacrosse 1yr jv, 3 yrs var and most likely captain this yr
-soccer jv 2yrs
-paid tutor 3yrs
-peer tutor 3yrs 70+ hr
-volunteer/ intern camp counselor at Spanish immersion program for children 70+
-co founder and president of medical science club 2yrs
-Year round soccer and lax 2yrs
-volunteer Head coach of soccer team (10 year olds) 2yrs- a lot of work and time… practices twice a week and games every weekend. 100+ hr

common app essay was great and letters of rec were good…although I never read them.
good luck to everyone!