Michael Phelps is great, I'm not :(

shavingcream66
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:09:11 +0000

Stats:
•SAT I: 2110 (Critical Reading: 710, Math: 690, Writing: 710)

•SAT IIs: Biology (740), Chemistry (720), Math IIC (760), Chinese with Listening (750)

•GPA: 3.57 UW, 3.88 UC

•AP courses taken: Biology (5), Chemistry (4), English Language and
Composition (4), U.S. History (3)

•Senior AP courses: Comparative Government, Calculus AB, English Literature, Physics B

Other:
•Extra Curriculars:
hospital volunteer (4 years, 150+ hours)
marching band (4 years)
Boy Scouts (soon to be 10 years, Eagle Scout, leadership awards)
California Scholarship Federation (2 years)
Sign Club (1 year)
Media Club ICC representative (1 year)
Principal Honor Roll
Big Brother Big Sister Organization (1 year)

•Teacher Recs: APUSH teacher (decent), Math teacher (great)

•Counselor Rec: generic

•Supplements: recommendation from principal of Highland Oaks
Elementary School

Location/Person:

• State: California
• School Type: Public, 59th in the state
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male

Chance for:
USC
Harvey Mudd
UCLA
UCSD
UCI

Basically I’m really worried about my GPA. It’s pretty low compared to most people who apply. Almost all my classes have been extremely rigorous and I have not taken any “joke” classes. Maybe that’s why my GPA suffered so much. Do college care that much about “course rigor”?

Here’s a list of past graduates and their statistics (for comparison purposes)
[AHS c/o 2008](http://www.arcadiachineseparents.org/college.html)