<p>UC GPA: 4.54
Unweighted:3.96 [screw APUSH]
So-so public school, send like 3 to ives each year [is that bad?]
APs: Chem [5], Calc BC [5 / subscore = 5], U.S. History [4]
Senior year APs: English, Spanish, and Econ</p>
<p>SAT: First and only sitting:
M-800 CR-740 W-670 = 2210</p>
<p>SAT2s:
Math2 800
Chem 800</p>
<p>I want to go into engineering.</p>
<p>ECs:
Student Council Vice Prez [2 years]
Girl Scouts [9 years] getting Gold Award soon [= Eagle Scout]
Varsity Tennis, Swimming [Team Captain] [Scholar athlete all years]
President of A'Cappella Choir [won Gold for Heritage Festival at disneyland]
Prez of Youth Activism club</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Bunches of hours for GS
President's Volunteer Service Award [silver]
200+ hours as a camp counselor at this nerdy science camp for underprivileged but smart girls at Stanford [basically poor URMS]</p>
<p>My essays going to be pretty good, and hopefully my counselor loves me! =D</p>
<p>VPof09, you have absolutely no shot. Stanford is soooo hard to get into, and you don't really stand out. JK :) You actually have a really good shot IMO. I like your EC's, and your grades and scores are good. Also, being a girl who wants to go into engineering is helpful too :)</p>
<p>I think you can improve on your EC's a bit, though they do seem active enough and does distance you from the engineering mold. Maybe some research and more community service?</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn't mention that the "Gold Award = Eagle Scout" in your application. As an Eagle scout and with a Gold Award sister, they are only equivalent in that they are the highest award in their respective organizations. But the rigors in requirements of both are hardly similar. It's like saying the Cub Scout arrow of light = gold award = eagle scout.</p>
<p>Saying they are equal would come off as padding an application. Let it stand by itself, perhaps with the mention that it is the highest award in girl scouting.</p>
<p>SupermanPQ - what are you implying? The Gold Award is just as rigorous as the Eagle Scout - in fact, my D's project was much more involved than my S's Eagle Scout project, AND she did it all by herself - not with the help of 30 people.</p>
<p>VPof09 - Def. finish your project - several top schools mention the Gold Award in their admin. sessions- they KNOW what it means & are equally impressed with both.</p>
<p>oh no, i didn't mean to pad. i just put the "= eagle scout" down because i know some people who don't know what a gold award is and what work goes with it.
and thank you pvround and superman!</p>