<p>hey. first time posting a thread here. so here goes
Asian Female
Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Weighted: 4.1
and i am not quite sure how to calculate my UC GPA since i am not a california resident. T_T</p>
<p>probably top 15% out of class of 1000. highly competitive school though</p>
<p>10 AP classes:
AP World History: 4
AP European History: 5
AP US History: 5
AP Macroeconomics: 3
AP Chemistry: 3
AP Psychology: 5
AP Literature: 4
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP Government</p>
<p>Im also taking IB Anatomy and Physiology</p>
<p>Also took Honors Chemistry, Honors Algebra 2, Honors Geometry, Honors Precalculus, Honors English from 9th and 10th grade, Honors British Literature</p>
<p>SAT's
Critical Reading-760
Math-750
Writing-720
Essay subscore-11
Culmulative-2230</p>
<p>SAT II
US History-730
Literature-710</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Hilite: This is our nationally ranked newspaper. I have been involved in it for three years (10th to 12th grade) and i am currently the Student Section editor.
Quill and Scroll society
NFL (national forensic league) Member-Honor Distinction
Debate: 4 years of debate team with 2 years as a varsity debate member
Key Club-3 years, 50+ service hours
Library volunteer from 7th to 10th grade: 30+ service hours
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
JV Track team-10th grade
Orchestra-9th grade
Math, NHS, and Student Tutor Connections tutor</p>
<p>Other volunteerisms
I am also very involved in ICCCI( which is our local Chinese community center corporation) and its activities
I was involved in
Summer Heritage Camp for 2 years as a counselor. It was a camp for Chinese kids adopted into American families and it helps them learn about their oriental heritage.
ICE-international cultural exchange as an family exchange member
Indianapolis 500 Chinese parade (ICCCI float) volunteer
Nursing home ensemble member
International festival (ICCI booth) volunteer
Chinese new year festivities volunteer from 8th grade to even now</p>
<p>estimated service hours are probably 125+?</p>
<p>Work Experience
From 8th to 11th grade, i taught piano to little kids. I have had about 5 students
I also went back to china the summer before freshman year and taught English to elementary school students there for a little while
I work at coldstones currently. </p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with distinction
Class awards
Midwest regional piano solutions competition finalist</p>
<p>i assume my recs and essays are good. </p>
<p>The schools i am considering are
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
Rice
Vanderbilt
Cornell
Northwestern
Brandeis
New York University
Syracuse University
University of Michigan-ann arbor
and maybe Duke</p>
<p>and don't worry. i already got into my safety school. so plz be as brutally honest as u can about those others above esp. UCB, UCLA, and NYU :D
thanks again ^_^</p>