<p>All honest opinions appreciated. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Schools:
Georgetown
Boston College
University of Virginia
Lehigh
Villanova</p>
<p>Please chance me on all of them. I'm particularly interested in UVA and Lehigh</p>
<p>State: NJ
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian-American
First Generation college student
Income Bracket: Borderline Low/Middle, but technically considered Middle
Unweighted GPA: 3.8/4.3 (4.3 is an A+, 4 is an A, 3.66 is an A-) - really strong junior year
Weighted GPA: 5.2/6 (kind of low because of a few non-honors courses freshman year)
Rank: My school doesn't rank, but at least Top 20%. I know I'm not Top 20%. I go to a really competitive public school
SAT I: took it once
650 CR
710 M
660 W
1360/2020</p>
<p>SAT 2:
760 Bio
740 US History</p>
<p>AP Exams:
5 - US History</p>
<p>Senior Courses:
AP Government & Politics
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
AP English-Lit
Honors Physics</p>
<p>Recs: I didn't see any of them
Guidance Counselor - really large public school with a class around 560+ seniors. my counselor has around 80 seniors so I doubt the rec stands out
Chem Teacher - she really liked me so I think this rec is at least decent if not good
Math Teacher - I wasn't his best student, but I practically wrote the rec for him. the info i gave was a little last minute and rushed thought</p>
<p>Essays:
Personal Statement - fine
Common App Essay - wrote about an experience when volunteering at the local First Aid Squad. kind of sad story about a patient passing away on a CPR call. basically, the story was about how this incident inspired me to live life, strive for our goals while we still can, and leave no regrets behind.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Key Club (9-12 grade) - leadership position
FIRST Robotics (11-12) - leadership position
Model UN (10-11)
2 other science related clubs (10-12) and (11-12) - leadership position in one
School newspaper (10-11)
New Jersey Science League (11)</p>
<p>Community Service:
Local First Aid Squad - riding on the ambulance (11-12 grade including the summer, 12hr/wk, 37wk/yr)
Latchkey Counselor - volunteered at a nearby elementary school playing with little kids and helping with hwk (9-12 grade, 3hrs/wk, 30wk/yr)</p>
<p>Honor Societies:
English HS
Science HS
Social Studies HS</p>