applying to MIT, Carnegie, Columbia, Georgia tech
was accepted to CSU Fullerton, CP pomona, and CP SLO (would go to SLO from these)
Objective:
SAT I- NA
ACT-35C one sitting (36E, 34M, 35R, 35S, 24W)
SAT II’s: Math II (780), MBio (740), Physics (730)
Unweighted GPA: 3.65
Weighted GPA: 4.14
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but I would guess only top 25% because i didn’t take competitive classes until junior year
AP’s taken: Bio (4), Eng Language (4)
Senior Courses- AP Latin 4, AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Micro/Macro, Science and Religion, History of Los Angeles
Major Awards (USAMO, intel, etc…): no major awards
-Various awards for high scoring on National Latin Exams and Junior Classical League state convention tests
Subjective:
Extracurriculars
-11-12 Stage Crew of theatre program, I run one of the followspots
-11-12 club lacrosse team, we play against varsity level teams and other clubs
-9-12 President of the Gamer's Club, we discuss gaming in popular culture and professions in gaming industries, became president in 12th grade
Job Experience:
-9-12 Not sure if this would count but ran an ebay shop selling electronics to pay for my high school tuition
-10-12 PayPal reconciliation, reconciling PayPal payments with their invoices
Volunteering:
-9-12 Service at dog adoption clinic, walking, feeding, answering questions about dogs
-12 Tutoring and daycare at a k-8 catholic school
-12 I spent a month out of school to volunteer at a school helping the teacher and students. I still had morning classes and some afternoon classes.
-10 Community service trip to new Orleans with school, various works (cleaning garden for sisterhood, cleaning school for new year, cleaning horse stables for horse sanctuary)
-9 high school placement test tutoring, tutoring 7th and 8th graders in math, english, vocab for a placement test
Teacher Recommendations: AP Bio teacher and regular US history teacher, am on good terms with both of them so i think it will turn out well. Latin teacher also for MIT.
Counselor Rec: He said he spent the most time on mine, so I hope it will be good. I have an excellent relationship with him, I talk to him the most about college and issues and I always bring him a sample of the desserts I make for classes.
Essays:
-Common App is ok, feels a bit weak, it’s about how I revived my school’s gamers club with tours of big companies and tournaments and fun stuff because i really
-GA tech im doing the make your own class and talking about how budget cooking needs to be a class so people can learn how to sustain themselves without relying on food halls or restaurants
-mit i talk about cooking, dog adoptions, struggling with social skills, taking risks from video games, and materials engineering
-columbia i talk about cooking and about how i want to help legitimize a collegiate e-sports scene at Columbia
Other:
prospective major: Materials Science and Engineering
Strengths: Test scores, STEM classes, being blacc, taking the most advanced courses available to me senior year
Weaknesses: English (straight B from 10-11 grade while i was getting A or A- in every other subject), Theology (B+ avg),
no crazy amazing EC just the stuff that i am personally passionate about, GPA for reach schools, writing score for ACT LUL
State: CA
School Type: Private religious
Ethnicity: African American
Sex: Male
Income Bracket: 200k
Hooks: URM?