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Hi! I am currently a junior, in-state.
Female, (Adopted) Asian
UW GPA: 3.9
W GPA: 4.9

ACT: 33 (35 English, 31 Math, 33 Reading, 31 Science) 10/12 on the writing potion
SAT: 1380 the first time (710 Reading, 670 Math), 1470 retake (760 Reading, 710 Math)
I also got a PSAT Score of 1470 which may make me eligible to become a national merit scholar, but that isn’t out yet

Class Rank: 35/589
APs: Human Geography (9th grade), World History (10th grade), US History, Environmental Science, Lang, Psychology (11th grade), Literature, US Gov, Macro, and Calculus AB (12th grade)
Dual Enrollment: Introduction to Business (10th grade), Internet and Computer Literacy (11th grade), Principles of Marketing (11th), and around 4 more in my senior year. Each class counts as half a credit, except one I may take in my senior year (College Algebra).

Other classes: I am going to be going into my fourth year of Spanish next year, and I just finished up my school’s Drafting and Illustrative Design program, ending with a certification in AutoCAD. I took Sociology as a sophomore and am going to be taking Anatomy+Physiology Honors next year, as I am currently interested in psychology/psychiatry

Extracurriculars: President + creator of my school’s Psychology Club, Vice President of my school’s Drafting Club, Secretary of Science Club, member of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society), member of National English Honor Society, applied to National Honor Society for next year

Achievements: I won 2nd place in the World Languages District Competition, in Spanish 3, for Declamation and Impromptu Speaking. I also won in my county’s literary fair, but I am unsure how I placed (will be receiving that award the 17th)

Other: I am going on a heritage tour to China to see my background and I was thinking of somehow incorporating it into an essay, if it permits. Otherwise, I would likely talk about my interest in psychology and dedication to creating the club at my high school.

Intended Major: I was looking into different fields of psychology, and have been considering occupational therapy, psychiatry, and neuroscience.

This year, I had many senior friends tell me that UF’s selections seemed random at times, which prompted me to turn to CC for any advice as to how i may fare. Since I have Florida Prepaid, it was one of my first choices for undergrad. Thank you so much!

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I also forgot to mention that I had also been considering civil engineering as a major

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You should look into taking one of the more rigorous AP sciences (Chem, Biology, Physics). I know UF really likes to see you challenge yourself with those, especially with a health-related or engineering major!

UF had an open ended topic this year for their essay. Number 5 said you could pick any topic of your choice. Wether or not they continue that next year, I really like your essay topic of visiting the place where you come from!

Also, maybe look into getting a part time job or a steady volunteer job over the summer and possibly into senior year to round out your EC’s.

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Thanks so much! Yea I actually copied this format off another poster and totally forgot to mention volunteer work, I volunteer at the hospital :slight_smile: info desk. Ahh yeah I did physics honors but I was never too confident about myself in ap science classes as the teachers are much harder than most ap science teachers I’ve heard of (and my honors teachers for chem and bio were both subpar) but I was definitely looking into ap bio. Thanks so much again!