Sorry for the long post, but here goes:
Hi guys, I have finished submitting all of my applications, but I can’t stop thinking about them! So feel free to chance me for the following schools (yes I know there’s a lot!):
Brown
Caltech (Deferred)
Berkeley
UCLA
University of Chicago (Deferred)
Columbia (Deferred)
Duke
MIT (Deferred)
NYU
Northwestern
UPenn
Rice
USC
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Major: Computer Science
ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 700 Physics
AP: Bio, Chem, Calc AB, Stats, Econ, Lang, APUSH, Calc BC, APES, Gov, Lit, Physics C, and Psych (mostly 5’s with a few 4’s)
My school doesn’t rank but I’d guess top 10%
GPA: 3.86/4.00 unweighted 4.49/5.00 weighted (but this will prob drop to 4.45 or 4.4 after first semester of senior year)
I have taken the most challenging course load at my school.
Essays: super proud of my common app! my supplements were pretty good but not amazing
Extracurriculars:
Comp sci Internship at a local company for the last two years, a lot of programming (boss wrote a 10/10 recommendation)
Organized program to introduce girls to engineering (gave workshops and lessons at local middle schools)
Science Olympiad (I feel like everyone has this though)
Visits local elementary schools to help kids with their homework
Created a club that raised money for girls’ education in impoverished countries
Volunteer at a local organization that helps new and struggling businesses (worked on website)
Summer - volunteered at a science summer camp
Model UN
Track & Field
Poetry Club
Other:
State: CT
Applied for financial Aid?: Yes
Something that I’m a little worried about is that during first semester of senior year I got an 83 in AP Physics and an 84 in Calculus 3, along with some other high 80’s. Would this offset my chances at the higher schools I’m applying to?
Also, I know that a lot of these are reaches, but I’ve already been accepted into a match that I can be happy at and afford, so I’m not worried about applying to matches. 