Sooo… I’ve decided to take the plunge and submit a chanceme. Thanks to whoever’s looking at this for taking the time to do so. My stats are as follows:
Demographics
State: CA
School Type: Public
School Rigor/Competition: medium
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $75-100k
Hooks (URM, first gen. college, etc.): 1st gen
Looking into: Caltech, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, UChicago
Objective Material
SAT I: 1550
ACT: 36 (35E 35M 36R 36 S) 8 writing
SAT II: Math 2 = 800, Chemistry = 800, Physics = 800, US History = 730
GPA/5 (W): 4.56
GPA/4 (UW): 4.0
Rank: Top 10 out of ~630
IB Courses: None
AP Courses:
World History (5)
Chemistry (5)
US History (5)
Physics C: Mechanics (5)
Literature (5)
Psychology (5)
Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Courses:
AP Bio
AP Calc BC
AP Micro/macroeconomics
AP Lang
AP Art History
AP Calc BC
Honors and Awards:
National Merit semifinalist
NHS
CSF
Subjective Material
Extracurriculars:
Academic League (quizbowl), President, 10th-present, varsity starter since 10th
Mock Trial, Vice-President, 10th-present
Chemistry Club, Founder/president, 11th-present (I helped students sign up for the chem olympiad, the first group from my school district, and I qualified for National Exam last year)
Red Cross, President/co-founder, 11th-present
Job/Work Experience:
Computational Chemistry Research intern at UCSD’s Supercomputer Center (12th, 20-25hr/week over summer break, 8 hr/week during school)
Volunteer/Community Service:
Work in Tinkering Studio (basically science-based crafts projects) at the Fleet Science Center, 4 hr/week
Organize blood drives at my school in collaboration with Red Cross 4 hr/every other month
Essays:
If I can somehow pull off this one idea I’ve been thinking of…
Teacher Recommendations:
11th grade Calc teacher (I had him for precalc in 10th grade, so he knows me pretty well, 9/10)
AP lit teacher (Had her for English 10 as well, and she helped me out a lot with summer program applications last year, 10/10)
Extra Recommender: My mentor for my internship; he seemed pretty impressed with my knowledge in physics, and he appreciated that I spent a bunch of time during school time to continue my work.