Hi! I’m a senior from Iowa and plan on applying to schools these schools
Caltech (EA)
MIT (EA)
Stanford
Columbia
Princeton
Carnegie Mellon
Yale
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1570
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0UW
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School dosent rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Physics 1, Calc BC, World, USH, Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Calc 3, APCSA, Geology, Internship, Engineering 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, multiple medals at Science Olympiad State, FRC Dean’s List Semifinalist, Community award from Robotics Team
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics team (Co-Captain, Programming lead, Outreach Lead) 200 hr+ of outreach. Science Olympiad (Student Leader for 2 years) Mu Alpha Theta member, orchestra member (9-11), martial arts (4 years)
Job/Work Experience: C++ Internship at local college and software engineering engineering at local company
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hrs of community outreach through robotics
Summer Activities: Internships,
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (9/10), wrote about my unique interest and how i discovered the humanities side of technology
I think my supplements have been going really well, they are unqiue about me and my teachers said they were great.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: probably 8/10, I asked Calc teacher who liked my unique ways of thinking. Had him 11th grade
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 again, I asked 10th grade english teacher, talked him occasionally after having his class
Counselor Rec: standard i guess? Don’t know him too well
Additional Rec: Expecting a good one from Robotics Coach, known me for 4 years.
Intended Major: CS
State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large, public (~2000)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No
I really want to get into a top 20 school, and I especially want to get into Caltech or MIT (in applying EA haha) so PLEASE give me honest feedback!!!
Thanks guys!!!