Accepted Chemical Engineering with invitation to apply for SEEDS HONOR
4.0/4.28/4.55 ( higher now 4.68). 34 years A-G with 8 years of math:science 8 yrs science/5 English /7 Lote/ 2 years Art/ 8AP 1 UCHonor class (3 AP senior year so not in gpa on application) and 16 DE classes. (5 DE classes senior year listed on application as taking or planned but not in GPA calculation at time of application). Took 5 AP exams before applying and passed all and turned in the scores
Portal astrology: forbidden but didn’t look for the student ID or for the source code data.
I think PIQs were the key for her as I see so many 4.0/4.5 kids applying with amazing ECs and a ton of A-G classes you have to stand out and so many amazing kids get rejected who are absolutely strong enough to get in. Please spend time on your PIQs. For my daughter you truly felt like you knew her after reading them ( per her AP Lit teacher). Btw she started working on them late summer and had everyone she knows read them- Friends, teachers, counselor, parents. She made amendments from feedback ( or sometimes she ignored the feedback). I think coming back to the PIQs multiple times helped her guarantee she was conveying her intended message. DO NOT rush the PIQs. The PIQs are an interview. Get the admissions officer to like you. Be humble but use numbers and facts to support what you did. Also remember they read a ton and likely have 8-10 minutes to spend on your application so don’t be boring. Make them want to spend all 8 minutes. She formatted each PIQ with a hook to get attention. Her passion for stem showed in her essays. For the common app schools she researched the school and wrote about what she could bring to the school using the info from the school to help her show that she would fit in and be a positive influence there.
ECs: NHS/APScholar /Restarted Academic Decathlon/started two clubs/ volunteer various organizations/job/20-30 hrs in athletics (Gymnastics and Diving) regional and national qualifiers for athletics/ AlaGirls State/ rank 1st in class/ 3 Associates degrees/ research and shadowing in field. Leadership in clubs and athletics.
Acceptances:
Caltech REA (Chemistry and math)
Tulane Honors plus 13k Merit(ChemE)
SJSU(ChemE)
CSU LB Honors ( biology/biochem I forgot)
UCSC Regents 20K Biology or Biochem
UCI Honors ( ChemE)
UCD ( Biochemical Eng)
UCSD
UCSB Biochem
CPSLO Honors aerospace
SDSU
UCLA biochemistry
UCB ( Seeds) Chemical Engineering
Waitlist:None
Rejections: none