<p>I'm applying to these eight schools and I was looking for some feedback for my chances. Please and thank you!</p>
<p>California Resident
Race: Asian (Filipino)</p>
<p>Major: Chemical Engineering/Electrical Engineering
Schools:
UC Berkeley (Chemical)
UC Los Angeles (Chemical)
UC San Diego (Chemical)
UC Davis (Chemical)
UC Irvine (Chemical)
UC Santa Barbara (Chemical)
UC Santa Cruz (Chemical)
Sonoma State (Electrical)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.89 (10th – 11th Grade)
Weighted GPA: 4.28 (10th – 11th Grade)
Class Rank: 41/442
(I would have a higher rank if my school went by weighted GPA. Most of the students ahead of me only took AP English Language and Literature while I took 6 AP’s, 5 Honors and 3 Community College Classes)</p>
<p>Honors/AP/College Classes</p>
<p>Freshman Year
Honors Ethnic Studies
Honors English 1</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
Honors English 2
Honors Modern World History</p>
<p>Junior Year (Scores in parentheses)
AP English Language (5)
AP US History (4)
AP Biology (3) (Biology was difficult and this was the first year it was taught at my high school)
CC Art Appreciation (A)
CC Government (A)
CC Macroeconomics (A)</p>
<p>Senior Year
Honors Mechatronix (Engineering)
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry</p>
<p>Hopefully I'll get to transfer my credits and skip freshman year of college. I think I'm going to pass all my AP tests with at least 4's and all of my community college classes were A's. I probably won’t transfer the sciences though for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>SAT: 1870
(620 CR/ 610 M/ 640 WS)</p>
<p>Sports
2 Years Cross Country
4 Years Track and Field (2 Years Varsity)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Crimson – 3 Years (School newspaper, ranked as a pacemaker finalist meaning it’s among the top 10 best newspapers in the nation)
SkillsUSA – 3 Years (Nationwide competition that I’ve competed on the National Level and won)
International Club – 3 Years
Real Time Strategy Club – 2 Years
Cal Poly Model United Nations (POLYMUN) – 1 Year
National Honors Society – 2 Years
AP Biology Club – 1 Year (Only open to those in the class)
Filipino Association of North County – 7 Years
Key Club – 1 Year
Future Farmers of America – 1 Year</p>
<p>Volunteer Hours
150 Hours of various community service
(Clean ups, Walks, Food Drives, and tutoring)</p>
<p>Leadership Positions
Founder and President of the RTS Club (Junior Year)
Section Editor of top ranking school newspaper all three years (I design and edit stories for about 2 pages of the paper on average each issue)
Co-President (Senior) and Secretary (Junior) of International Club
President of National Honor’s Society (Senior)
Treasurer of Filipino Association of North County (Junior)</p>
<p>Awards
AP Scholar
SkillsUSA State Champion in Audio Production – 2 Years
SkillsUSA National Champion in Audio Production – 1 Year
President’s Volunteer Service Award
Outstanding Research Award (POLYMUN)</p>
<p>University of California Essays</p>
<p>Freshman Prompt – Considered to be great. 9 out of 10.</p>
<p>All Applicants Prompt – Considered to be good. 7 out of 10.</p>
<p>Final Comments
My father is a disabled veteran from the gulf war so I get free tuition at any public school in California. As of right now, my first choice is a struggle between UCSD and Berkeley. I loved both of those campuses; the only thing is that Berkeley is in a bad neighborhood. The reason I have Sonoma State up there at all is to serve as a safety school that I wouldn’t mind attending since it is beautiful up there and my girlfriend is using it as a safety also. </p>
<p>Thank you everyone for taking time out of your day to read this and comment.</p>
Good luck!</p>