Objective: CHANCE me for UC’s: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB
ACT (breakdown): 32 total
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: school does not calculate weighted GPA, but I’ve had A’s in all of my AP classes/ reg classes
Rank: 1/~400
AP (took max AP classes available: sophomore (1) and junior/ senior year (3)… didn’t really get good scores though. I have huge testing anxiety:
10th: AP World History: 2
11th: AP US History: 5
AP Biology: 3
AP Literature: 3
Senior Year Course Load (3 AP Class max): AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Psych, English 12, Photography, Gov/Econ
Extracurriculars / Community service:
Varsity Tennis (9-11th): Varsity Rank 1 for 3 years, League Champion (9th), MVP (9-11), Captain (11), Player of the Year (10)
Reading Partners (11th): Volunteer tutor that works one-on-one with a first grader struggling in reading at a low-income, disadvantaged elementary school
Journalism Club (12th): Brought back club after 4 years, I’m a section editor, writer, and photographer
Interact Club: Digital Media Coordinator (10th), collaborated w/ 6 schools to form an event aiding the homeless
Debate Club President (11th and 12th)
Overall hours: ~600 including lab volunteer, Interact, and tutoring
Other awards: 2nd place for Art at County fair, 1st place for regional entrepreneurship competition, other small entrepreneurship/ school awards like superintendent award/ honor roll.
Summer activities:
- Job shadowed at a local Biotech company during the summer before 10th grade
- Spent the past 2 summers volunteering/ conducting research in a lab with graduate students/ undergrads at UC Berkeley
Other
Ethnicity: Asian
Intended Major: MCB, Integrative bio, or Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
State (if domestic applicant): California
I’m female, low income and from a disadvantaged school
questioning because stats are kind of low