Decision: Accepted (CGS)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nopeee
SAT II: naw
ACT: 33 C ACT 33E, 33M, 32R, 32S, 9 essay
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.12 (at time of application it was 4.09)
UC GPA: ermmm I think it was 3.9ish??
Rank/percentile: school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (4), Lit (4), Psych (4), World (4), US History (3), Calc BC, Lang, Gov, Studio Art, Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, AP Physics 1, AFJROTC
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Daughters of the American Revolution Medal, National Honors Society, National Sojourners Award, Order of Daedalians Medal
Subjective: lol what this
Volunteer/Community Service (place leadership in parenthesis): AFJROTC Tutoring (Founder/Head Tutor), Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (Gallery Facilitator), Palomar Health (Clinical Intern), Relay for Life (Event Lead and Coordinator)
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Cancer Awareness Club (Co-Founder/President), JV Shot Put, AFJROTC Group Staff (Mission Support Officer), Business Club (Vice President)
Essays: First one was about how my dad’s death to cancer inspired my goals to pursue a career in the health field. Second was about my rise into leadership in my school’s AFJROTC unit.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup yup yup, got 30k
Intended Major: College of General Studies so idk
State: CA
School Type: super average public school
Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Hooks: Father’s death, had huge impact on my future goals.
Strengths: Extracurriculars/Volunteer activities were pretty oriented towards my desired major. A
Weaknesses: GPA for sure. I got a C first semester of junior year in Calc AB, but I thankfully was able to explain how having pneumonia for 3 weeks really held me back from school during the time.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UCSD, UC Davis, UCI, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU
Waitlisted - UCLA
Waiting - NYU, UC Berkeley (loLOLOLOL)
Reflection - Soooo now I kinda wish I applied to CAS- I applied directly to CGS because I think I didn’t have a shot with CAS lol
Hoping I get a good FA package from NYU!!!
