Hi, I’m lookig towards some upper end schools such as Cornell, USC, Brown, Penn and UCLA/UCB, while also considering UMich, UVA, NYU, and Syracuse. I am a East Asian male (no citizenship/green card), but I came to the States in 5th grade. I believe my school is considered highly competitive. I’m planning to major in Architecture (5 year program for the schools that have M.Arch program, and 4 year Architectural history/Art History for the other schools).
In 9th grade, I got at least A in all of my classes ( 2 A+s. )
10th grade - All A except Philosophy Sem which I got B+ and A- in English (My Eng. teacher didn’t believe in A worthy grade in English… )
11th grade - In Fall term, all As, in Winter all A-, but my school reports only Year End grade
Jr Yr classes: Sr Yr classes: (next yr)
Humanities 3 AP Humanities 4 AP
APUSH Art History AP
AP Physics Physics Mechanics AP
Art 3 H Art 4 AP
L2G1 H Latin 4 AP
Pre Calc H AP Calc AB
SAT - 1520, taken three times
Planning to take Math 2 and US History in May and June.
ECs:
The Yearbook 2 years - going to do it again next year, possibly the Editor
The school’s literary magazine, Art Editor, going to do it next year (1 year)
Model UN, 2 years
International Prefect (a leadership position), 1 year so far, going to do it also next year
The school’s illustrator, next year is going to be my 3rd year
Did Winter Track for 2 years, not sure if it weighs a lot
Tour guide of the school, 2 years including next year
Math Club, 3 years including next year
I came to the current school in my sophomore year; In my previous school, I received a partial academic scholarship.
Over the Summer:
Doing an Internship in an architecture firm in Manhattan, 3 weeks over summer
and also 6 weeks Cornell Architecture Camp
I feel like my SAT score and GPA are mediocre compared to other applicants. Please criticize me and evaluate my chances into the colleges above! Thank you so much,