Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not taking
ACT: 32 C: 35 E, 34 M, 31 R, 29 S (retaking in September)
SAT II: U.S. History 710, Math 2 660, French Reading 580 (retaking math and French in October)
Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.31
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%; 61/700; VERY competitive class!!
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), European History (4), U.S. History (5), Psychology (5), French( 3, will retake senior year), taking 3 more senior year (Chem, Calc, French, Comparative Gov)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (4), French SL (5), 4 more senior year (English HL, History of the Americas HL, Psychology HL, Math SL)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, IB Psychology HL, AP Calculus AB, IB English HL2, IB History of the Americas HL, and French 5 AP (only kid in whole school and first one in 4 years to take)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Principals honor roll every year, outstanding IB mentor for my extensive tutoring work, member of the French Honor Society, and dozens of awards from Academic Decathlon, and AP Scholar with Distinction Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UNICEF Club (9, 10-11 Secretary, 12 VP); French Club (9,10,11Secretary, 12); French Honor Society (10,11 Secretary, 12 President); California Scholarship Federation (9-12); Academic Decathlon (10 JV co-captain, 11 Treasurer, 12 Captain); Journalism Club (10-12); IB Helping U-a tutoring program (11-12); HS Soccer (9-11); Recreational Soccer (K-12); volunteering in school library every summer; volunteering at my church every summer
Job/Work Experience: babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: see extracurriculars above
Summer Activities: Volunteer at school library every summer, volunteer at my church every summer, took a French summer course at an alternative high school before junior year, took an economics course before senior year
Essays: Creative and excellent!!
Teacher Recommendation: Glowing! My French teacher is one and she has verbally told me I am the best student she has ever had. Also, I have never gotten below an A+ in French. 10/10
Counselor Rec: Counselor knows me well and knows how I am challenging myself. 9/10
Additional Rec: From my Academic Decathlon coach who I have know for many years. He raves about my contributions and also picked me as captain so I know he likes me. He is also a great writer himself. 10/10
Interview: Haven’t had it yet, but I interview very well (including winning an Academic Decathlon award for it:) ). Should be very good.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large public high school, ranked nationally
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, recommendations, and essays are very strong, so that should be to my benefit. I have also taken the strongest schedule possible, which is the IB path and only 24 kids are in it. My grades also have a great upward trend from Freshman year.
Weaknesses: Subject test scores are OK and my unweighted GPA is ok (3.51)
General Comments: I believe I will have a strong application and I think the admissions office will see my unique story and personality in my essays, I have a lot of good things going for me and these are my top 3 schools, so I would be stoked to get into at least one. Let me know what you think and I can chance anyone else that wants me too! Thanks!!!