Daughter
Decision: rejected, Mechanical Engineering
Merit scholarships awarded: none
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA:4.35
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.49
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes, Merced
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Substantial
[Example:
Jr year, 2nd semester…
50 credits completed - 3 regular classes (including precalc), 3 APs (APUSH, APES, and Lang), 2 local college classes (Poli Sci, Econ), grade of “A” for all classes;
In addition…
Performed in Spring musical, wrote, directed, and performed Spring one acts;
VP of competitions FBLA prep for state, then nationals;
Interviews for advisory committee seat (see EC below);
Wrote essay and interview for Camp Royal admission (see EC below);
80 hrs community service with CSF;
10-15 hrs per week part time job]
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 4
Number of AP courses/exams: 6
Number of college courses: 8
State/location of HS: California
EC:
Selected and serving member of International Teen Advisory Committee for Global Ehlers Danlos Foundation
2X Camp Counselor SciCon
Invited to and attended Camp Royal for top HS students
VP of Competition - FBLA, went to Nationals
4 years of Theatre
2 part time jobs: Peer tutor and Retail clothing store
Plays piano, flute, guitar
National Honor Society
CSF
Accepted:
Chapman/UC Irvine: 5 year BS/BS Applied Math, Engineering
Fordham: Applied mathematics
Fresno State: Mechanical Engineering
San Jose State: Mechanical Engineering
CalPoly SLO: Mechanical Engineering
UCSB: Neurocognitive science
UCR: Bioengineering, 5yr BS/MS
Waitlisted:
UCSD, Aerospace Engineering
Pomona College, Chemistry
Pending:
UCB, Pomona, Vassar, Barnard at Columbia, Stanford, Brown University, Harvard, Yale
Rejections:
UCLA, Mechanical Engineering