Hi all! I already did one of these at the end of my junior year, but I have some updated stats and slightly tweaked my college list. I think I’m doing this out of stress for USC decisions tomorrow, but I would love to see what you guys think about my chances for the places I applied to. Note, there are not that many safeties because I am perfectly fine with going to UMD, and my parents are willing to pay full for all of the schools that I’ve applied to.
Demographics
- US citizen
- State/Location of residency: MD
- Type of high school: public, title 1 school, STEM magnet program
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity: female, asian, chinese/viet
Intended Major(s)
Business Administration
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
- Weighted HS GPA: 4.76/5
- Class Rank: 5/346
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1520 (720 reading, 800 math)
Coursework
by the end of senior year will have 12 AP classes
Freshman
- APES (4)
Sophmore
- World (4)
- Bio (4)
- Stat (5)
Junior
- APUSH (4)
- Calc AB (5)
- Physics C: Mech (3 - didn’t submit)
- Lang (4)
Senior
- Lit
- Calc BC
- Comp Sci A
- Psych
Math: 4 years (have taken linear algebra and math logic electives)
English: 4 years
Science: 3 years
Foreign Lang: French 4 years
Doing an independent research project at a nearby army base through school (engineer/CAD related, nothing to do w/ my major but I find it interesting but not enough to pursue it in college)
Awards
- AIME x2 qualifier (2020, 2021)
- UMD high school math competition part 2 qualifier (2021, 2022)
- FBLA national qualifier (personal finance - 2022, business calculations - 2021)
- FBLA regional champion - securities and investments (currently)
- All County Orchestra (2022, 2023)
- Honor roll (all quarters)
Extracurriculars
- FBLA (soph, junior, senior): nationals qualifier, club VP
- Key Club: (freshman, soph, junior, senior): 50+ volunteer hours, treasurer (junior), president (senior)
- Swim (freshman, soph, junior): varsity all years
- Orchestra (freshman, soph, junior, senior): school, youth group, all county (all high chair)
- Part-time job: over a 1.5 years
- Math Honor Society (soph, junior, senior): VP (senior)
- French Honor Society (soph, junior, senior)
- Online math tutor for middle school math
- UMD AI residential camp (for URM)
- BOLD@Olin: summer camp at for women interested in business
Essays/LORs/Other
- Essays: wrote about google maps + experiences that have made me who I am as a person, I think it’s quite unique and it highlights my intellectual curiosity, my personality, what I like to do outside of school
I wouldn’t consider it amazing, but I’m happy with what I’ve written
LORs:
- AP Bio teacher (8/10): was the only one who participated in online school and the only student to come physically into class, I still talk to her whenever I see her, wrote me a letter of rec for a selective-ish summer camp and will attend this summer
- APUSH teacher (7.5/10): participate regularly in class, I have a feeling that he likes me
*Counselor (5/10): not counting on it, I have interacted with her a few times, but idk
Cost Constraints / Budget
Parents are willing to 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)
Safety
-UMBC (EA - accepted)
-UMD (most kids in magnet program usually get in) (EA)
Reach
-USC (EA - applied to BCA program, 2nd choice is Business Administration)
-Georgetown (EA - got accepted!)
-WashU
-MIT
-Cornell
-Penn (ED - deferred)