To start this off it’s my first time posting and thanks for the help, and if you have any recommendations on colleges that’d be awesome too!
Personal: Male, White and Puerto Rican (applying as Hispanic) , go to a Title 1 school and middle class family where both parents have college degrees
Scores: Sat: 1490 (730 R&E, 760 M) Sat II: Molecular Bio 780
Act: 34 (no super score)
IB: Spanish B 5 (not good I know)
AP 4s: Lit, Bio, World History (school does mostly IB) Certifications: SolidWorks CSWA, Adobe products
GPA: Unweighted: 3.9 something
Weighted: 4.5 Class Rank: 4/400ish
Senior Year Courses: IB classes HL: Bio, English and History IB classes SL: Philosophy, TOK, Calc Other: Engineering/Manufacturing and Robotics
Awards/Accomplishments:
1 Humanitarian Awards for regional area
2 STEM Scholar award for my county
3 Technology Student Association National Finalist (No longer do but if you’re in TSA you guys are getting a new drone pilot competition and that’s because of a group I formed)
4 Google funding and project recognition
5 Former Crew athlete and was best athlete for my weight class (5 years and varsity)
6 In the process of publishing a research paper on a marine topic
7 Pending patent shortly
8 Formation of a tech startup with close friends in which I am now the listed CEO of the company (robotics stuff)
Clubs and Activities (not all of them but still a couple):
1 (Not listing the name because people from my school) Co-founded a school club focusing on engineering and manufacturing toys and goods for refugees overseas and impoverished children. Delivered toys to a branch of the military using robots and machines we made. Dr. Vint Cerf from google drafted a personal check for us, cool dude one of the founding fathers of the internet.
2 Marine research organization: I do lots of work doing coral research/restoration/disease and have been one of the first people to use some new restoration tech. Through this I get the change to work with wounded vets and conduct science underwater with them, also a very accomplished scuba diver.
3 NHS - this club is a joke at my school
4 TV Club: Senior member and leader when it comes to training new members on how to use equipment
5 Former Varsity Crew Athlete and had to drop to health reasons