<p>Hello, I made a post before and I have updated stats for AP's and I also have a new college list. So if you can, please help to guide me on the right track to elite colleges!</p>
<p>Demographics: 2nd Gen Korean American male in southern California, mom went to UCB and dad went to UCLA</p>
<p>GPA: Unweighted- 3.92, Weighted- 4.3</p>
<p>Class rankings- 42/569 for unweighted GPA</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>-Will be CSF member for 4 years (12 hours tutoring done so far, 3 per semester max)</p>
<p>-Will be Korean club member for 4 years</p>
<p>-Will be Basketball Team Manager for 3 years</p>
<p>-Will be Kiwins member for 3 years</p>
<p>-Will be in Journalism for 2 years (will be an editor in 11th)</p>
<p>-Annual volunteer at California Open Taekwondo Tournament (15 hours each year, will be 60 total)</p>
<p>-3rd Degree Black Belt, have done taekwondo since I was 4 (13 years total)</p>
<p>-Student Instructor at Taekwondo studio for 2 years</p>
<p>-Elite Expo Quiz Bowl 2nd Place Winner (Led Torrance to 2nd place and 100 dollar scholarship, I don't know if this is even relevant lol)</p>
<p>-Possibility of Korean Club Treasurer senior year</p>
<p>(FYI: My school's leadership positions are all popularity contests- who can give the most candy out or who is the most popular kid applying, I've tried out many times and I haven't made a leadership position and I can't even make my own club. I don't want to make excuses, but that's how clubs work at my school)</p>
<p>Freshman Year Grades
English 1H: B/A
Bio H: A/B
Geometry (Regular): A/A
Geography/Health (1 Semester each): A/A
Korean 2: A/A
PE: B/A</p>
<p>Sophomore Year Grades
English 2H: A/A
Algebra 2H: A/A
World History AP (only AP offered to regular math/science students): A/A
Chemistry: A/A
Korean 3: A/A
Basketball: A/A</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule
Chemistry AP
English Language and Composition AP
US History AP
Pre-Calculus Honors
Korean 4 Honors
Journalism</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule
Calculus AB AP
English Literature AP
Gov/Econ AP
Korean 5 H
Journalism
Basketball/Psychology AP</p>
<p>SAT- Superscore for Elite Prep Practice Tests- 2090 (730W, 700M, 660CR, 8 on essay*), one sitting- 2000 (700M, 640CR, 660W, 8 on essay) </p>
<p>SAT II Tests- World History (690), will take US History, Math I or II, Chemistry
AP Tests- World History (5), Will take Chem AP, APUSH, Eng 3 AP, Calc AP, Gov/Econ AP, and Eng Lit AP</p>
<p>Schools and Majors (All in state):
UCLA (close to home), Poly Sci major and Philosophy minor
UC Berkeley- Poly Sci major, Poly Econ/Philosophy/Psychology minor
UCSD- Poly Sci major, Philosophy/Psychology minor
USC- Poly Sci major, Philosophy/Psychology minor
Stanford (REA)- Poly Sci major, Philosophy/Psychology/Public Policy minor
Pomona- Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major
UCI- Poly Sci major and Humanities and Law minor</p>
<p>Essay Topics:
Not sure now, but maybe an idea will pop up
Bullied as early as kindergarten
How gaming changed my life
Korean heritage (a bit personal)
Intense competition within me and desire to win in everything I do
(I probably need better essay topics)</p>
<p>Help is appreciated, and thank you!</p>