<p>Applying to: UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Applying from: UCD
Major: Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Cumulative GPA: 3.321
Major GPA: 3.179
Pre-Req’s completed: All completed
Relevant EC’s:
*Aerobrick (a student-run club which creates an scaled airplane to compete at an SAE Collegiate Competition)
*SAE Formula 1 (also a student-run design club that designs, manufactures, and tests parts for a Formula 1 racing car to be raced at SAE’s Collegiate Design Series)
*Vice President of the ASME Chapter here
*Current member of the AIAA (American Institute of Aero and Astronautics) Chapter here
*President of a my fraternity
*Currently taking flying lessons at the municipal airport here, logged about 20hrs of flying time and will have a Private Pilot’s License by the end of this school year.
*Member of UC Davis Marching Band
*Student Assistant in a Professors Physics Lab doing research on Molecular Adsorbates</p>
<p>Community Service: ~200hrs in the past couple years. Specifically for Asian American Substance Abuse</p>
<p>Work Experience (paid):
*Taught summer school at a middle school (Educational Program called Breakthrough Collaborative)
*Teacher for a summer prep course that teaches middle school students how to take the High School Placement Test for private schools in the Bay Area
*Photography assistant. Set up appointments, help create albums, upload pictures for customer viewing etc.
*Pharamceutical Assistant: Worked for a company that helps their clients get drugs approved by the FDA. I had to implement a lot of chemistry knowledge in order to review these documents and prepare them for submission to the FDA.</p>
<p>Essay: Pretty good, addressed the major-related question talking about my first flying experience a couple years back and how it has changed my perception not only on academics, but life. My grandfather was a pilot in WW2 and died in a freak plane accident on his way to visit me last year. I stopped flying for a while, but realized that I was meant to fly. I feel more comfortable in air, than on land.</p>
<p>Comments: I know UCLA is a long shot, but I feel like UCSD is in reach. Mech is very impacted at both UCLA and UCSD so maybe i’ll get in under my Alternate?? Which is Civil Engineering.</p>
<p>CHANCES or ANY INSIGHT APPRECIATED! THANKSSS</p>