<p>Male
Asian/White
Single Parent household</p>
<p>Academics:
Weighted- 4.4250
Unweighted- 4.0
I’ve taken all the AP’s/Honors I can and gotten all A’s (my school doesn’t have tons of AP’s)</p>
<p>No AP Tests taken just yet (probably will get 5’s on AP US Hist, AP Eng., and at least a 4 on AP Physics)
Class rank- 6 (weighted)
1 (unweighted)</p>
<p>Programs:
COSMOS UCD 2013 Participant
Point Mugu Naval Base Engineering Internship participant (11-weeks, fall 2013)
CSF (California Scholarship Federation) member, 3 years</p>
<p>Tests:
SAT- 2160 (taken in Fall, taking it again Mar. 8)
ACT- 32 (taken in Fall, taking again before summer)
PSAT- Commended scholar</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidential Service Award- Gold Medal Recipient
Congressional Service Award-Silver Medal Recipient</p>
<p>EC’s:
Bronze Palm Eagle Scout, 4 years in Scouting, designed service project by raising $1,500 to support a food pantry, then constructed and welded a trailer for food distribution</p>
<p>FIRST Robotics- Team leader, logistical operations, St. Louis International Competition qualifier</p>
<p>Varsity Golf 3 years, no associated awards yet</p>
<p>Soloist Piano Player for 9 years, Diploma in Social Music through the Nat’l College of Musicians and level 9 Certificate of Merit (California), and top 1% state qualifier for MTAC convention</p>
<p>Founder and President of the Ping Pong Club</p>
<p>Treasurer of the Political Action Awareness Club</p>
<p>Triathlete with multiple medals in local competitions</p>
<p>Currently a working at day trading stocks, if I get good returns, I will talk about my trading experience in my applications</p>
<p>Currently trying to create an FBLA charter at my high school</p>
<p>Essays:</p>
<p>Pretty good, could be a lot better. I’m restructuring my stuff to tailor towards business (particularly investment banking, rather than engineering)</p>
<p>What are my chances at:</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO</p>
<p>UCLA
UC Berkeley (mother and uncle are alum)
UCSD
UCD
NYU</p>
<p>Wharton
Duke
Harvard
Yale
University of Chicago
Stanford
MIT
Princeton
Dartmouth
Cornell
Brown
Columbia</p>
<p>Note: I am pretty sure my chances are slim at all of the bottom list. I’m keeping my hopes up though. Besides, they all are pretty expensive if I can’t land any financial aid (100-125K single parent income bracket).</p>
<p>I know to get into ivies I need to stand out. Currently, I’m just one in many in the brutal application process and have nothing special going for me. What I’m hoping might distinguish me is my developing passion for stocks, economics, finance etc. If I can write excellent essays about my ascendance within the world of stocks, maybe that will separate me from the rest. I’m workin on it.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>