Demographics:Black male, California, regular / non-competitive public school. Hooks: (URM, First Gen)
Intended Major(s):Bioengineering, Biomedical engineering, (Computer Science on schools that are hard to switch major into such as UCSB, UCI, UIUC, SLO,etc.)
ACT/SAT/SAT II:
ACT: Haven’t taken
SAT: 1470 /
SAT II: Math II 780 Biology 760
UW/W GPA and Rank:
9-11 W:4.02
9-11 UW: School doesn’t provide
10-11 UW3.75
10-11 W:4.25
UC GPA (Weigted Capped): 4.04
Upward trend from freshman year. Ended the junior year with almost all As.
Top 10%
Coursework:Most rigorous courseload didn’t take fourth year of foreign language though.
Awards: Nothing major just honor roll and science fair
Extracurriculars:
Summer Research Internship at a Biotech company affiliated with LBNL
Summer internship at NASA
NHS (10-12)
Math Club (10-12)
MESA, a STEM club (11-12)
Science Outreach Club, officer my only leadership position, (10-12)
Culinary club (10)
UB summer program at UC Berkley**
Essays/LORs/Other:
Essays idk not the best writer 6-7/10. 8/10 max.
LOR Probably decent not the most impactful student though 7-8/10
Schools: Reaches: REA: Stanford (My Dream), UC Berkley, UCLA, MIT, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, UPenn, CMU, Georgia Tech (EA), USC, Harvery Mudd, UIUC, UMich(EA), JHU
Matches?: University of Washington, Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, UCSD, UCI. RPI. Some of these might be reaches though.
Safeties: SJSU
I’m mainly worried that my lowish GPA will get me rejected from most of these schools. Also I don’t have 4 years of a foreign language, yet I doubt that matters much.
I’m also hoping I can get a good mid year report. So hopefully all As on my mid year report can help.
Thank you for reading, any feedback is appreciated.