Demographics
- US domestic (US citizen or permanent resident) or international student: US Citizen
- State/Location of residency: (state is important if you apply to any state universities): California
- Type of high school (current college for transfers): Public School
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Asian Male
- Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): None
Intended Major(s)
PoliSci
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
- Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.55
- Class Rank: 5/580
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1570 (780 EBRW, 790M), 1510 PSAT
Coursework
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))
10th: AP Euro (5), AP Chem (5), AP AB (5)
11th: APUSH, AP BC, Honors Spanish, Honors Anatomy, AP Lang
12th: AP Spanish, AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Lit
Awards
Speech and Debate Nationals 2x
Speech and Debate States 2x
Couple of other major tournament victories
Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)
Featured performer at a prestigious youth orchestra
All State in 9th Grade on my instrument
Spent summers tutoring local kids in S & D (3 years)
NSLI (Summer of 2023)
President of DECA (3 years)
President of Speech and Debate Club
Other Volunteering
Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)
Essays 9/10
LOR 10/10
LOR 2 10/10
Cost Constraints / Budget
(High school students: please get a budget from your parents and use the Net Price Calculators on the web sites of colleges of interest.)
Full Pay
Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if a scholarship is necessary for affordability, indicate that you are aiming for a scholarship and use the scholarship chance to estimate it into the appropriate group below)
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Safety (certain admission and affordability)
UCR
UCM
UCSC -
Likely (would be possible, but very unlikely or surprising, for it not to admit or be affordable)
UCSB
UCSD
UCI
UCD -
Match
UMich
UCB
UCLA
Georgetown
USC -
Reach
Columbia (ED)
UPenn
Dartmouth
Harvard
Stanford
Cornell
Yale
Brown
UChicago
Northwestern