competitive. I will be applying to the following: Cal State Fullerton , Cal Sate Fresno, San Francisco State, San Diego State, UCR, UCI, UCLA, UCD, NYU and UCSB.
These are my stats:
Ethnicity: Mexican
Background & topic for my statement essay: My father passed away 3 years ago in an unexpected car accident . My mother is now a single mother working 6/7 times a week which still leaves our family below or average in middle class. Due to my mother working and my sister in community college out of state ( I will also be the first to attend a University) I have the job as the oldest in the house to take care of my younger siblings with homework and looking after them which impedes on my school work.
Anyway, these are the main qualities which I have. I will apply with a 3.8 average, I will be taking the SAT in a few weeks and hope to get around an 1800. This year my school started IB classes similar to AP but it stands for International Baccalaureate. There is a certificate for students taking only a few classes but I am in the full diploma taking around 6 college classes. In the full diploma it is only 13 students out of the entire 500 in my grade. I am hoping colleges will see that it is the first year so I am still adjusting and out of the 500 students I pushed myself with hard classes(never taken college classes before this year).
EC’s: Varsity track 2 years, JV Soccer 2 years, JV Cross country 1 year. President of Christian Club, member of M.E.C.H.A, Founder of ‘The newspaper’ club, and Co-founder of ‘The equality’ club. I also have 400 community service hours and hope to do 100 more before I apply. Is there any way I can get into these schools? Thank you so much , all comments greatly appreciated! 