Decision: Accepted
(got accepted undeclared into the college of L&S)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math ; 670 R/W
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 720 Math II ; 690 Bio M
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/786
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese(5); Language and Culture(3); US History(3); Bio(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP CompSci, AP Physics C, AP Calc, Prep English, AP Spanish Lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Superintendent’s Honor Roll (straight A’s all three previous years of HS)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, CSF, Red Cross, Get Cultures(Prez), Robotics Club(VP), SNHS(secretary), Math Club, Leader of Book Club
Job/Work Experience:n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered with the clubs listed above and at the library ~200 hours
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
9 about bullying and how I stood up to defend a victim
7 my passion for art
9 struggle with teamwork (risky essay)
8 choosing between pragmatism and passion
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: n/a
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: computer science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle
ELC Eligibility: yes
First Generation: no
Reflection
Strengths: GPA and extracurriculars??
Weaknesses: not really any awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really spoke my mind in my essays so they were a bit risky (wrote about not being good in teamwork) but they were brutally honest ;(. IDK if that’s what stood out. I also am in a lot of clubs.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: MIT, UT Austin
Accepted: SDSU, SJSU, CPP
General Comments:
Don’t stress about college that much because you can prob see that these decisions are pretty unpredictable. My advice is to definitely try your best but know that you will thrive no matter which college you attend because you are just that good. Really be passionate about the things you do in high school and if your purpose to doing some things is just to put it on a college app then you’re wasting your time. Fighting!