<p>Schools (In order of preference): MIT, UCal-Berkeley, Rice, Stanford
Class of 2011 - I attend a high school that is very good academically.<br>
Male
Field of interest: Engineering
Race: Hispanic</p>
<p>Class Rank: 4/375 - Approx Top 1%
(The girl ranked 5th is way behind me, so this shouldn't go any lower. Probably won't go up in ranking either, so I'm 90% sure I'll graduate with this ranking)</p>
<p>GPA:
On a college scale - 3.99/4.0 (We get grades every 6-weeks for every class, six times a year. I got a "B" in a class ONE time during ONE six weeks...the B was in dual enrollment History, so I hope they don't care too much...)</p>
<p>Weighted GPA - 4.35/5.0 (The way my school does it, a 100 in a weighted class is a 5.0, 99 is a 4.9, etc, but in an unweighted class a 100 is a 4.0, 99 is a 3.9, etc...having to take unweighted classes freshman and sophomore year really hurt)</p>
<p>ACT: 32</p>
<p>SAT: 770 Math, 600 Critical Reading, 640 Writing (2010 Total)</p>
<p>AP: Calc AB (Made a 5), Chemistry (Made a 5), English (made a 4), my school doesn't offer physics AP and I don't want to take Bio AP, so I'll be taking mostly dual enrollment courses next year (Economics, Poly Sci, Physics Honors (but not AP), and maybe another science course). Should I take Bio AP just to look good? I figured the schools wouldn't care too much since I'm going into engineering.</p>
<p>Academic Honors:</p>
<p>-Magna Cum Laude
-Geometry Award, Pre-Calc Award, Chemistry AP Award (My school gives these awards to the student with the highest final grade in that class out of everyone who is taking it)
-Academic/Athletic All-District</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars/ Honors</p>
<p>BAND: (with co-section leader role) - All-Area Band (Jr. Year), 1st All-Region Band (Jr. Year), 2nd All-Region Band (Soph Year), Received highest honors at State Ensemble Contest
SCHOOL SOCCER: 2 year varsity player, 3 year member
COMPETITIVE CLUB SOCCER: 12 years</p>
<p>Volunteering: 50-60 hours total. Volunteered for Hurricane relief efforts, food drives, and participated/helped out for some local campaigns.</p>
<p>Work Experience: None, sadly. Is this REALLY going to hurt me that much? It would suck to not get in because of not having work experience. Working a minimum wage job doesn't prove a damn thing.</p>
<p>My main goal is to rack up a few more academic/extracurricular honors, and then to get my SAT score up to 2100. I really should have studied for the critical reading portion. I'm going to apply to a good public school in my state in case I don't get into any of my dream schools.</p>