<p>Hopefully I'm not too far off the radar hahaha
List:
Cornell (ED) - Architecture
Brown - Philosophy(subject to change)
RISD - Industrial Design (Applying for Dual Degree with Brown...hahaha fat chance, I know.)
Syracuse - Architecture
USC - Architecture
Cooper Union - Architecture
WUSTL - Architecture(4 year program)
CalPoly SLO - Architecture
Carnegie Mellon - Architecture
UC Berkeley - Architecture (4 year program)
UCLA - Design Media Arts</p>
<p>yeah, yeah, I know what all of you B.arch students are saying, I don't have what it takes at Cornell/USC/Syracuse if i'm applying to wishy washy places like 4-year programs, and even as non-architecture major for some schools(BLASPHEMY!)</p>
<p>Trust me, I know what I'm doing. I love architecture, and am fully willing to dedicate a five-year college life to breathing glue, living in the design studio, and hating myself at every review.
I want to have options, just in case. So please don't judge.</p>
<p>Anyway... My gpa is pretty bad... Medical problems suck. Let's just say I have a 7-cm cyst inside my brain and I have a 25% absence rate in some of my classes (all this stuff has made me into a pretty cynical guy, so don't take my snide remarks in this to heart. Sorry ahead of time!)</p>
<p>Asian American boy from California
GPA
3.69 UW, Estimating 3.9 W--a bit lower(about 3.59) for the UC grades because they don't calc freshman year</p>
<p>SAT I
720CR 740M 770W(Composite 2230)
690CR 800M 740W(Composite 2230 [yeah don't laugh at me hahaha])
Combined Highest is 2310.</p>
<p>SAT II
790 Korean, 800 Math II, taking Physics in december for CMU requirement
(That Math II story has a funny story behind it, btw. the night before was journalism production, so I got home at around 2 AM. Woke up in the morning, went to the testing site. Started the test, and 30 minutes in, I fell asleep. I woke up with 5 minutes left and 10 problems left to do. Hurriedly did five problems, omitted the last five, and whaddyaknow, 800. I think it was a filing error.)
No ACT</p>
<p>AP Tests: APCalculus BC: 4, AB subscore: 5</p>
<p>School Rank: DNR
High School type: Highly competitive, Sends many grads to top schools</p>
<p>National Merit Semi-Finalist(doesn't mean much though, considering there are 50+
semi-finalists in my class at school)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (we just won a pacemaker!!! woohoo!)
-News Editor of school newspaper last year
-Senior Class Vice President
-Studio art classes(including a weekend class that focused on architecture)
-Drumline Snare player for 3 years(didn't do it senior yr, spinal problems; yeah i am a medical nutcase.. sucks cuz it would have been my only 4-yr EC)
-Volunteered at a special-needs kids day care center 9 10 11
-Cabin leader at a local science camp senior year, 100 hours of Community service
-2nd Degree black belt in Kumdo
-Link Crew Leader(seniors helping freshmen kind of thing)
-Been playing piano, cello, and drums since I was five, eight, and eleven(respectively) did a few EC orchestras(forgot to mention that in the app though hahaha)</p>
<p>Work Experience
-Tutor since freshman year
-Cashier at Sweet Factory candy shop Junior year</p>
<p>Awards/Distinctions
-A couple writing contests here and there back when I thought I wanted to be a writer
-Photoshop Art award at a national journalism convention(the fact that it was an art award at a JOURNALISM convention makes this basically mean jack s**t. Plus it was a photoshop art hahahaha...yeah...I can be pretty cynical)</p>
<p>Essays
-Lit teacher who read them over said they were excellent(3 years on journalism staff really helps :P)</p>
<p>Recs
-The letter(from the same lit teacher who read my essay) is supposed to be excellent. To quote him, "Some of the best recs I've written have gone to my B students."
-The letter from my studio art teacher on the other hand, let's just say I've only had him for 5 months. But he likes me a lot, so hopefully it'll at least be a positive rec, if generic.</p>
<p>Supplemental Portfolio
Sending in a portfolio to all schools that allow/require it. I've been told its good stuff-if any of you are interested in seeing it, PM me.</p>
<p>Yeah I know I don't really have a safety. All the schools are top schools(at least for the majors I've selected), which makes my chances very skewed and hard to predict. But that's because if I don't get in where I want to go, I'd much rather save the 30k+ a year and go to a community college to attempt a transfer rather than prescribe myself to a safety school.</p>
<p>And I know I don't have Arch. related ECs(except that studio class). Don't hate.</p>
<p>Chance me and I'll chance back!</p>
<p>sorry that was so long.</p>