!~Official UIUC Class of 2016 Decisions Thread~!

arandom
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:41:32 +0000

Decision: ACCEPTED COMP. ENGINEERING

too lazy to reorganize it…this is copied from a chance thread i wrote a while back

asian, out of state student
top 50 ranked in nation high school
GPA:
I am a year ahead in math and science
9th Grade:3.57 (did badly) *2 honors classes
10th Grade: 3.925, 3 AP classes, 2 honors classes
11th Grade: 3.78, 4 AP classes
12 Grade: 5 AP classes

Class rank really low cuz of freshmen year…down at 80/450
without freshmen year my gpa is a 3.85

AP classes:
stats, econ, environmental science, calc, world history, physics B, computer science, comp gov, chinese, physics C, psych, chem

Tests:
SAT score: 2100 superscore 2200
Math 2: 760
Physics:700

AP Scores are total crap…people told me that ap scores dont matter for college admissions so i didnt give a s***.
Soph Year:
Physics B: 3
World:3
Comp Sci:3

Junior: *i studied for everything cept psych after i found out they did matter…
Micro Econ:5
Macro Econ:5
Calc:5
Environmental Science:4
Psych:4

ExtraCurriculars and awards:

Volunteer:
Girls Swim Team manager (20 hours or 2 months)
Program in which i teach younger kids how to swim for free (2 summers)
Mentor and helper in a chinese leadership community program in which i teach kids about random stuffs (2 summers)
Computer lessons teacher in senior home *Trying to make it my essay topic talking about the lack of technologies that are usable for seniors and how i have been developing workarounds to make these usable.
peer tutor (2 years)

Awards/Honors:

AP scholar with distinction
National honor society (2 years)
9 years of swimming *high school swimming i got top 6 in county and districts. Won 6th, 8th, 12th, 7th place awards in districts, 6th and 8th place in state and made state team(10,11,12).varsity swimming(9-12). Regionals Championship Swim Team (9,10),
6th Place in State Mu Alpha Theta Math
6th Regionals Robotics Team
20th place regionals swimming. covers 5 states
3rd Regular Season Water Polo County Championship
Coaches Award
9th & 12th place Midlakes Swimming State Championship 2010
100+ hour of community service award

Jobs:
lifeguarding
Swim Instructor
Internship under medical university in Oregon, computational biology. I program applications that help look into treatments for malaria.
iOS Programmer

Clubs:
4 years of key club *Treasurer, project head of multiple events
2 years of Robotics, Ranked top 3 nationwide.
1 year of high school water polo
4 years of math club *varsity math club
2 Years of Computer Club *Founder/President…compete in ACSL, President of Hardware Division, head of board of directors. Partnerships with Companies, volunteer organizations, and small venture capital firms.
2 Years of Business Club /Vice President…compete in FBLA

Strengths: EC’s?
Weakness: Rank, SAT, GPA
My SAT sucked. I’m pretty happy i got in and I’m very close to attending.