Demographics
- US citizen
- State/Location of residency: Northern Virginia
- Type of high school: Large public 9-12 HS
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Mixed (White & Asian) male
*Intended Major: Architecture
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 3.862
- Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.175 (4.5 Honors, 5.0 AP/DE)
- Class Rank: Decile (top 10%)
- ACT/SAT Scores: 29 ACT (26 math, 31 science, 25 english, 33 reading), also took ACT on 9/9 which I probably did better in
Coursework
*(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives)
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AP World History (5)
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AP Computer Science P (3)
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AP Lang (4)
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APUSH (4)
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AP Physics I (2 - not reporting)
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AP Calc AB (2 - not reporting)
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Finished electives: Spanish 3, robotics, electronic systems, engineering explorations, accounting, art
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Senior year courses:
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AP Gov
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AP Statistics
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AP Physics II
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DE College Composition
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Technical Drawing
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ADV Architecture and Design
Awards
- A-B Honor Roll every year
- Don’t think I’ve received any other awards but I should graduate with advanced and STEM diploma
Extracurriculars
- Interned at local architecture firm for 1 week
- Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Union (2 years, currently Vice President)
- Robotics (2 years) + Team made it to National Championship
- Church volunteering throughout freshman year
- Worked as grocery store cashier in junior year (~20 hours a week)
- Created Youtube videos documenting EV roadtripping (just a hobby, not super successful)
- Volunteered doing Robotics Summer Camps for middle schoolers (1 summer)
- Recently started working at ice cream shop (~15 hours a week)
- Recently started working at after school program as assistant group leader teaching robotics/STEM to elementary schoolers (~4 hours a week)
- Garden Club (2 years)
- Track and field (1 year)
- Technology Students Association (1 year)
Essays/LORs/Other
- Teacher #1: AP Lang teacher, 7/10. Did good in the class but nothing extraordinary, really enjoyed some of my presentations
- Teacher #2: AP Calc AB teacher, 7/10. Did good in the class, was very friendly with the teacher, still likes me.
- Counselor LOR: Really likes me, probably 9/10.
- Personal statement is about the importance of Sims 4 in my life, relates to architecture. With some editing I think I can make the essay good, probably 8/10.
Cost Constraints / Budget
- Complicated but preferably $40k or less
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)
EA ALL
- Safety
University of Arizona
University of Oregon
Auburn
University of Minnesota - Match
University of Washington - Seattle
University of Miami
University of Florida - Reach
Virginia Tech*
UVA*
Cal Poly - SLO
Tulane
Northeastern
UC Berkeley
*I considered VTech and UVA as reaches because architecture is highly competitive especially from Northern VA, hopefully I’m wrong.