Hi, first time poster here! Entering senior year in two weeks, and have started my application process. I want to see if my goals are realistic. Thank you!
About:
Eth/Gender: Asian Male
State: PA
Income: $300,000+
UW GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.54
UC GPA: 4.43 weighted, 4.35 capped
Top 5% of class (school doesn’t rank)
SAT (took it once, single session): 1530 (M: 790, R/W: 740), 22/24 essay
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry
Extracurriculars/activites:
-Research/science fairs (9-12): Have participated in science fairs and conducted research projects since 6th grade. Have won awards in regional state and national awards. I was invited to the White House Science Fair, where I presented computer science research to President Obama. Won 2nd place in Broadcom MASTERS. Have won 1st place in state science fair 3 years. Also have received a provisional patent for one of my research inventions.
- Internship (10-11): Internship with a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, conducted research project. Credited under two conference proceedings
- Personal Company (10-12): Created my own technology education company through which I create web and mobile apps. One of my apps that teaches programming has 45,000+ downloads across 50 countries.
- Computer Club (9-12, president 11-12): President of computer club, competed and won 1st place in programming competitions, hosted programming sessions at local middle schools
- Director, School Fundraiser (10-12), 300+ hours: Director of school fundraiser, have raised $40,000+ over my years as director
- Creator, Library Coding Sessions (11-12), 40+ hours: Created programming event at my local library to teach students how to code.
Selected Awards (since you can only list 5 on applications):
Invitee, White House Science Fair
2nd, Broadcom MASTERS National Science Fair
1st Place, State Science Fair
1st, Programming Competitions
Top 10 Finalist, State Essay Writing Competition
APs:
Calculus AB: 5
Calculus BC: 5
Chemistry: 5
Comp. Sci: 5
Physics 1: 5
Physics 2: 4
Next year APs: Spanish, Psych, Econ, Physics C, Stats
Schools I’m Interested In:
Stanford
Berkeley
CMU
MIT
UCLA
Michigan
Illinois Urbana Champaign
Washington
UT Austin
I am really interested in research as well as technology education, I will highlight those in my essay. I am getting a letter of rec from my research mentor and talking about my research experiences (meeting president, getting patent, etc) and passions in my essays. Please let me know what you think!!