UCs and a few LACs...

saasaa
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:50:24 +0000

Hi, I’m new here. Please be totally honest.

Intended Major: Either PS/IS or Psych

Schools Hoping/Planning to Apply to:
Berkeley
UCLA
UCSB
USC (my Godfather went here)
Stanford (mega reach right?)
Swarthmore (seems very interesting)
Pomona (same as above)

About Me!
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Location: California
School Type: Small Public (1400 students), Very uncompetitve (only about 1/2 even goes onto college, most of those are Community College)
Income: $80,000/year, both parents over 50 working full time (my mom will stop working soon due to disease dropping out income down 20,000/year)

I’m a first-generation college student who has 2 parents who didn’t finish High School.

GPA:
Un-weighted: 3.9ish
Weighted: 4.4
Rank: Top 5%

SAT I:
1970: 760M, 630 CR, 580W (?? essay)
These are probably my weakest points, I’m assuming. Hoping to raise these, I was out until midnight then had the tests 7 hours later, hoping not to do this again :P.

SAT II:
750: Math 2C
710: Biology

Classes
9 AP planned
-Biology (4)
-Statistics (5, only me and 1 other person got a 5)
-Calculus BC (in july)
-Chemistry (in july)
-English Language (in july)
-US History (in july)
-English Composition (Next year)
-US Government (Next year, Independent Study)
-Possibly more, this is all my school offers

Community College Courses
-Finite Mathematics
-Sociology 101
-Pyshchology 101
-Art 101
-Cultural Anthropology
-Calculus 101C (third-year Calc, Next year)
-More classes, not sure yet

All other classes have been Honors, including taking Pre-Calculus my Freshman Year after school.

Extracurriculars:
Basketball:
-Frosh Year, got “Academic Award”
-Soph Year, got “Most Valuable Player Award”
-Junior Year, got “Academic Award”
-Planned to play Senior Year

Math and Science Bowl or Academic League:
Played in this for three years on the Main team. Hoping to do better the fourth.

World Affair Challenge:
Two years, helped start this at my school. My Junior year, our team won “Best Team Overall” and I got second or third in the Quiz portion of the competition as well.

Tutoring:
I’ve tutored, for free, at my school for math after school my freshman and junior years.

Kids Breakfast Club:
I volunteer at the KBC, a program that gives meals and education to poorer families on a reduced or free lunch at elementary schools.

LEO Club:
I am officer of the LEO club, an organization that helps in things like AIDS walk, breast cancer walks, seniors nights, ect.

CSF:
I am the President of CSF, a nationally-recognized scholarship organization.