Hello everyone!
I’d appreciate it if I could have some thoughts as to how the Colleges are looking for me. I am an applicant from LA.
Unweighted GPA (Out of 4.0): 3.75
UC C/W GPA: 4.11
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0): 4.55
Freshman year:
NJROTC A/A
ENGLISH H A/B
ALGEBRA 2 H: B/A
BIO H : B/B
History: A/A
Computer science: A/A
Spanish : A/B
Sophomore year:
NJROTC A/A
AP English A/B
Pre CALC honours : A/A
Chemistry H : A/A
AP Euro : A/A
AP Computer science: B/ A
Spanish 2 H : B/B
JUNIOR YEAR:
Philosophy IBSL A/A
ENGLISH IBSL A/A
AP CALC BC: A/A
AP CHEM : A/A
APUSH: A/A
Computer science IBSL: A/A
Spanish 3 IBSL : B/B
SENIOR YEAR:
PHILOSOPHY IBHL
AP LITERATURE
CALC 2/ math IBHL2
AP physics 2
AP gov and econ
Computer science IBHL
AP SPANISH
AM doing my EE for IB in computer science
Grade Trend: Freshman (5 Bs overall out of 14 classes) and sophomore year (4 Bs in 14 classes) a bit rough, but had a fantastic junior year ( all A’s in AP classes 1 B per semester in Spanish yuck)!
Major: Computer Science, mathematics (still deciding double or nah)
ACT: 31 (English: 30, Math: 34, Reading: 30, Science: 30, Writing: 30)
SAT: 2160: reading: 680, math: 770 , writing: 710( might retake in September)
Course Rigor: Have taken 6 AP classes( 4 AP Computer science, 5 AP English language and composition, 5 AP chemistry, 5 APUSH, 5 AP CALC BC, 3 APEURO) and will be taking 5 more senior year. FULL IB
WILL be taking 6 IB TESTS: math:7
Essays: Working on these early and making them as unique, and memorable as possible. Think these will help the most.
Class rank: top 10%, 23/650 I believe so far during junior year
Extracurriculars:
MUN CLUB (4 years) (research paper award, outstanding delegate award)
FBLA (3 years) ( went to state two years, 7th place at regionals)
President of ECHO (music club for underprivileged)- 2 years
MEMBER of echo cabinet for local county for two years
Hosted a week long music camp during summer for underprivileged students to learn how to play musical instruments for free
Three years MATH CLUB
qualified for AMC 12
TROY TECH INTERNSHIP
- did an 150 hour internship at a software development company
- learned 4 languages and made an application
- has made so far 3 apps
- got a paid internship to work there from now on
NSHS
Questbridge national scholar program
Peer tutoring club 2 years: has had two tutorees
Was in school NJROTC program for 2 years ( colour guard certified)
Will be tutoring my own service in my neighbourhood during senior year
Three years David wittry coding competition
Letters of rec: i talk to my teachers a lot and I’m asking my CS teacher who has had me for three years and I always talk to him (sorry if it seems like I’m bragging)
UC’s I am applying to: Berkeley, , UCLA, San Diego, CMU ( will apply ED, this is my dream school), Georgia tech, any IVIES( I can dream can’t I), cal tech(parents want me to),
THANK YOU