<p>-Enlightened- :D</p>
<p>Hiya! So im curious as to how my profile is looking so far… and im aiming for UCLA or UCSD.</p>
<p>I know my profile isn’t complete yet, but Id like to know if im at least on the right track. And I have no idea what I want to major in, so if you’d like to help with that, there’s a section…</p>
<p>School/Academics
- Currently a Junior / 11th grade
- Asian Female, 16, Public High School in CA
- My high school isn’t very competitive compared to other districts
- Unweighted GPA: 3.54 accumulative
- Weighted GPA: ~3.7
- Class Rank: 108 of 680
- SAT: CR 600, M 670, W 730 (2000 total, planning to retake)
- SAT II: Chinese 780 (planning on taking US History + Bio)
- APs: APWorld(3), APBio(In progress), APUSH(In progress)
- Community service: 147.5 hours (planning on 250+)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Stuffs
- Piano: 10 years, CM test for level 9
- Choir: (will be) 12 years, attending ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association, national thing), trips (we perform not just locally but in other countries as well)
- Badminton: (will be) 3 years (10-12), 2 years Varsity
- Chinese School: (will be) 12 years
- Lupus Foundation: (community service; mainly office work) will be 4 years (9-12)
- Church (8-10): Missions trips (worked in shelters, community, Navajoland), Part of Worship Team + Youth Group, Vacation Bible School (community service)
- Guitar (9-10): Group lessons once a week during school
- Library (9-11): (community service), took part in Read to Succeed, where you teach English + read to children
- Does Journalism count? Im planning on continuing next year too. (Im currently the Assistant News Editor)</p>
<p>Classes- Current, Junior year
- Journalism (A)
- Honors English (B+)
- AP US History (B+)
- Honors Precal (B)
- AP Bio (B)
- Chinese III (A)</p>
<p>Classes- Planned, Senior year
- Journalism
- AP English
- AP AB Calc
- Psychology I & II
- Gov/Econ, maybe AP Gov
- ?</p>
<p>Interests
- Gaming (just playing, not programming)
- Building things/fixing things (small things… not like a house haha)
- Singing (im not amazing, sadly)
- Psychological things (like brain teasers if that counts)
- Correcting papers (but I find it hard to teach)</p>
<p>Other
- Should I take up piano again and test for advanced or does it not matter? (Piano “ranking” is levels 1-10, Advanced, Penal)
- Do community service hours count for anything?
- Should I write about my home life and how it has affected me? (My family is somewhat “broken”)
- Does anyone know where to get those random scholarships? (ex: for being tall, for being left handed etc.)
*- What else should I be doing to prepare to get into UCLA, UCSD, or other UCs? (Well, besides the grades of course :P)</p>
<p>THANK YOU.</p>