<p>White
Male
California
Average high school, short on funds though so we canceled some AP classes like computer science and students have trouble getting into AP classes.</p>
<p>SAT:
M:760
CR:740
W:590
SAT trial two:
M:710
CR:740
W:640 total 670MC 7 essay ( couldn't finish because I write slow with crappy pencils =( )
SAT II:
660 lit but it had more poetry than usual, crappy test day in general.
Taking in december:
SAT II lit
SAT II biology ( thinking molecular ), currently in AP bio so shouldn't be that big of an issue
SAT II math</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9 UW 4.1W
School does not rank.
Class difficulty: I have taken every academic non-honors course available but I am somewhat lacking with APs and HP classes. By graduation I will have taken 7 AP and 3 honors courses.
My junior year's GPA is a 4.25. I learned the hard way that at my school you need to sign up for 3 more AP classes than you want to take. Our class sizes are reaching 50ish so it's hard to get into classes now.</p>
<p>Senior year:
AP European History A/?
Psychology A/?
AP Economics micro A/?
AP Biology A/?
AP Government ?/?
AP Environmental Science ?/?
Pre-Calc HP ( school wouldn't let me test out of geometry/Alg2 freshmen year lol ) ?/?
Drawing and design ( required to graduate =( ) ?/?
English 12 ( First non-AP/honors english but I can't stand the english teacher that teaches 9th and 12th grade ) ?/?
As you can see I got all A's for the first quarter in senior year so I have a 4.75.</p>
<p>My extracurriculars/miscellaneous :
Top 1% in Folding @ home project ( philanthropic effort to cure diseases by using distributed computing )
President of Computer Science Club
Vice President of Game club ( not really helpful but it shows that I at least am involved with other things outside of school I suppose )
I lift weights ( 200 pounds seated triceps press )
Computer technician worked for pay and for free. Built 10 computers starting in 7th grade from budget to $2,500 workstation.
National honors society.</p>
<p>I have had 100% on every final I've taken and my teachers like me so letters of recommendation should not be a problem.</p>
<p>By the time I graduate I will have taken 3 honors classes and 7 AP classes I don't think this places me near the top, but I think I'm not at the bottom.</p>
<p>TLDR:
4.25GPA junior year, upward swing with 5 APs and 1 honors class being taken senior year.
Note: GPA is a bit lower than usual because of the quarter system ( eg. 6 APs with all As = 4.75GPA ofc )
1500/1600 SAT, 2140 superscored =/
Total W GPA: 4.1
Good letters of rec</p>
<p>The list:</p>
<p>Love:
Grinnell
William and Mary</p>
<p>Like:
Brandeis
Haverford
UCB
UCLA
UCD - safety
Carnegie Mellon - Grind?
Rice - Too little out of state students?
Northwestern
University of Puget sound -safety
UCSD - My dad is a prof here so it might be awkward.</p>
<p>*I think my chances vary wildly depending on whether they consider the writing section of the SAT. If anyone knows which of these schools omit it please pipe up. *
Also on the UC app are A-G courses counted by semester? Since I don't see how someone could take 40 if the norm is 24 (if you didn't take anything but a-g).</p>