Did I ever have a shot at Yale?

CollegeKid2006
Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:03:29 +0000

Location: Oakland, CA

Ethnicity: Persian/ Filipino/Hispanic (My mom is part Spanish)

Low Income, 1st in my family to go to college…

Major: Medicine

Rank: 1 / 300

ACT: 26 E/W:29, M:28, R:25, S:26, E:26

1st SAT:1680 <:P---------Took the test when I was sick…

SATI: CR:640, Math:660, Writing:660, <------ Best Scores!**
Essay:12 [Improved 300 points!]

SATII:
US History: 780
Biology (M): 720
Math IIC: 630
Math IC: 700

Summer 2005: Harvard SSP Neuroscience: A-

Freshmen Year:
GPA: 4.0/4.0

Sophomore Year:
GPA: 4.333/4.333

Community College 2004
Micro Economics: A
Chemistry: A

Junior Year:
AP Biology… A
AP US History… A
AP Studio Art… A
AP English… A
HP French 4 … A
HP Pre-Calculus … A

GPA: 5.0/5.0

Senior Year taking:
AP Calculus
HP Physics
AP English
AP Gov/Econ
AP Art 2D
Current Life Issues

AP Exams:
AP Euro History: 5
AP US HIstory: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP English: 4

EC’s & Awards:
-Questbridge Finalist —> sent application to Princeton & Stanford
-UC Berkeley Incentive Award Candidate
-President Art Club
-VP Key Club
-Varsity Tennis (scholar athlete)
-Newspaper Editor: Freelance Writer, Illustrator

Historical Art Association: Best in Show (1st time school earned this honor)

PTA Art Relfections: City Council 1st Place
-Principal’s High Honor Roll
-Mayor’s Award Recipient

*4th Place: San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair 2003 (Parallax Shift)

*Stellar Essays!
*Great Rec’s From Teachers & Director of School District
*Great Rec’s from Renown Local Artist
*Submitted my Slides of Paintings to Stanford, Princeton & Brown
*Only student applying to Princeton in my Highschool

#2 & #3 in my class were accepted into Stanford

Thanks for the Comments!