SAT: 2120 (CR-660, M-800, W-660 Essay:10)
SAT II: 720-Physics, 760- Math II (Would retaking Math II for 800 make a difference?)
GPA Top 10% of Class; (assuming there is grade deflation at my school):
9-11 UW- 3.68
9-11 W- 4.16
10-11 UW GPA- 3.69
10-11 W GPA (Uncapped)- 4.23
UC GPA (Capped at 8 Honors) -4.0
CSU EI-4572
By the time of graduation I will have taken 12 AP courses! (Explains my poor GPA)
Senior Year Schedule (Rigorous Schedule?)
AP Gov
AP Stats
AP Psych
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Computer Science/Tennis
Extracurriculars:
CSF (3 Years)
Key Club (3 Years)
Taekwondo 3rd Degree Black Belt (13+ Years)-What My Essay is about
1st Place Cal State Open Taekwondo Tournament
Junior Leadership Team for Taekwondo
Taekwondo Instructor Experience (200 Hours)
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor (50 Hours)
Social Security Office Internship
Orange County Math Circle Competition-4th Place
Love 2 Read (Library Reading Program)
Teen Advisory Board at Library
AP Scholar With Distinction
USC Discover Engineering (3 UNIT COURSE)-LAST SUMMER
600+ Community service hours
SCHOOLS
USC-Computational Mathematics (In Dornsife Letters and Science)
UCI- Electrical Engineering
UCSD- Electrical Engineering
UCLA- Materials Engineering (32% Acceptance Rate)
CMU ED!-Mechanical Engineering
JHU- Computer Engineering (Should I ED here instead?)
UCSB- Computer Engineering
Questions:
Would retaking Math II for 800 make a difference?
Should I ED to CMU or JHU, for best chances?
I think you have a high chance of getting into all of the UC schools because 1. you are in state and 2. you are definitely qualified. I think you have a good chance with CMU and JHU as well, but it will be a bit trickier because they are private. Overall, I feel confident you will get into almost all of the schools. Chance me? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1833581-unc-chapel-hill-2020.html#latest
I think you’re more than qualified for those UC’s. You’re honestly set. Sorry I couldn’t give you feedback on JHU or CMU–I’m not applying to either but both are very prestigious. You should apply to Ivies, too.
Thanks for chancing me! As some people above have already said you are set for the UC schools (the only one I could foresee as iffy is UCLA, but if I were you I’d still be confident I’d get in). As for CMU, your SAT and GPA are a bit lower than the average accepted, but you’re SAT II’s are solid and your ECs are very nice, so I would classify it as Low Reach-Reach. I assume the same thing holds true for JHU.
I think you’ve got a really good chance for most of them. JHU could be a bit hard though. The only thing I guess you could improve would be your GPA and SAT score, but I think your extracurriculars make up for it.
Your stats and ECs are very good and I think you have a high chance at all of the California schools. JHU and CMU might barely be low reaches with scores, but with what I said about your ECs, I think you’d be fine with those as well. Thanks for chancing me and good luck!
