<p>After lurking on this forum for quite a while, I have decided to post my stats and share my sob story with you all. I am a rising junior in Seattle, and my dream is to stay here forever and attend the University of Washington. The way I see it, I know exactly what I want. The way my unfortunately hella asian parents see it, I am limiting myself and they insist [read: are forcing me] that I apply to more prestigious colleges. To ensure that I will take this venture seriously, my mother threatens that if I will not establish and meet a goal of being accepted to at least 80% of the schools I apply to, she will not pay my college tuition. :/</p>
<p>So I figure, my first step is seeing my chances. They want me to apply to 1 prestigious California school, 1 prestigious women's college, 1 Ivy League college in New York, and 1 top public university. My choices are as follows:
1.) University of Washington - Honors Program. TOP CHOICE.
2.) UCLA
3.) Cornell
4.) Wellesley
5.) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
6.) Western Washington - safety school.</p>
<p>And my stats as follows....drumroll, anyone? :)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.83 Solid upward trend, mediocre grades were all freshman year and mainly A's after that.
Weighted GPA: School only weights class rank.
UC GPA: 4.57
Class rank: Top 20%, predicted to move up to top 10% cos it's weighted
SAT: 730 CR 670 Math 640 W Total 2040. NOT retaking SAT's in October.
4 honors classes and 8 IB classes throughout HS career, all of them are humanities-based (none in math or science)
Probably will take SAT II's this fall, in Spanish and US History and maybe Math I. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
4 years of city youth council - Have gained TONS of volunteer hours (100+) with this. Did Relay for Life, serve homeless, volunteered at various community functions and events.<br>
3 years DECA
3 years church
3 years Christian fellowship group at school</p>
<p>Leadership positions: only 1 significant leadership position. I head a committee on my youth council; planned benefit concerts, organized first ever teen festival in city, and 2 other large scale community projects also coming up. Though it was my only real leadership position it takes alot of work and I devote myself to it.</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
DECA state qualifier sophomore year
2nd place at DECA area junior year
1rst place DECA state (state champ! whoo!); national qualifier junior year
DECA student of the month junior year</p>
<p>Work experience: Paid internship obtained through an organization that places teenagers in nonprofits around the Seattle area. It was competitive (they accept 20% of applicants) to obtain. I work at a community arts center assisting with summer camp and also coordinating marketing. Am currently doing this (summer 2008)</p>
<p>Potential weaknesses: Only 2 years of science. I'm stubborn, I'm not going for a third year; I am never majoring in anything science-related.</p>
<p>Essay/Recs: I'm a pretty strong writer, I could probably write good essays. For recs I'm going to ask one of my teachers who will have had me for 3 years, he's my business teacher and seen me inside and out the classroom; he can probably attest to my work ethic and intellectual curiosity, he's also the one who nominated me for student of the month. He writes pretty excellent recommendations too. I maintain really good relations with him...so yah.</p>
<p>I know I have less extracurriculars than the typical stellar CCer, but I am one of those people that can only handle a few and of the few I had I threw myself into them. I tended to focused on business/marketing during high school, so maybe that can be my hook. My predictions are acceptance from UW, Western, and U of Mich; waitlist at UCLA and Wellesley; reject from Cornell. If you have other suggestions for better colleges that fit my parent's criteria, I'd be interested in your recommendations.</p>
<p>So chance me please, I would SO appreciate it....coming from a girl with crazy parents.</p>