<p>chance me for the UCs, USC, and caltech... and humor me on any ivies, i'm thinking of just sending in a joke application. thanks.</p>
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<p>senior.
male, asian-american.</p>
<p>academic gpa (weighted): 3.81
academic gpa (unweighted): 3.44
total gpa (weighted): 3.81
total gpa (unweighted): 3.47</p>
<p>10-12 gpa (weighted): 3.91
10-12 gpa (unweighted): 3.45</p>
<p>senior classes:</p>
<p>ap literature and composition
ap physics
ap calculus b/c
ap american government
ap economics
ap psychology
piano ii, piano advanced (2nd semester)</p>
<p>previous classes (ap/honors):</p>
<p>ap u.s. history
ap european history
ap language and composition
math analysis e. (honors)
english 10 (honors)
english 9 (honors)
geometry (honors)</p>
<p>test scores:</p>
<p>sat: 1840, 1830 (scores not sent), ______. (retaking once more in october. taking sat classes, "guarantee raise of 200", hopefully will raise by 200 points)</p>
<p>sat ii: literature 560, math ii 580, physics 580</p>
<p>act: 26, 26</p>
<p>clubs:</p>
<p>key club (officer)
engineering club (officer)
chess club
csf (running for officer)
bottles for the bay
octagon club</p>
<p>extracurricular/achievements/community service:</p>
<p>engineering club: our team built a solar-powered boat from scratch, money was provided from sponsors such as edison. was the leader of the power team, and the skipper (driver) of the boat - won 1st place in the sprint race and 2nd place in endurance.</p>
<p>key club: "beautification day" every week, pick up tons of trash around the school to clean up the campus. many fundraisers/car washes done. making cards for kids. making presents for children with cancer.</p>
<p>bottles for the bay: most days after school, our team finds bottles in the schools trash cans/around the campus to recycle.</p>
<p>octagon club: fundraisers to help less fortunate children. can food drives to help those who need it.</p>
<p>-achieved many honor roll/principal's honor roll awards.</p>
<p>other:</p>
<p>-speak english and korean, some spanish. (of course)
-play the piano</p>
<p>sports:</p>
<p>-tried out for basketball right now... literally, one hour ago. we'll see how it goes.
-golf player</p>
<p>life summary:</p>
<p>lived in america my entire life. father passed away early on, so i grew up with just my mother and brother. in my 9th grade year we moved schools halfway through the year. in 10th grade we moved yet again halfway through the year. i have been to three different high-schools in my first two years.</p>
<p>this is why my grades in fresh/sopho. years are mediocre. its hard to adapt to different policies/teachers/classes and especially friends. in my junior year (the first year i stayed at just one school) i pulled off a 4.1, though.</p>
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<p>my main concern is my test scores. i'm retaking the sat in october, and contemplating whether or not to take the sat ii's again, and if i have enough time to before applications are due. (anyone?) to be honest, i didn't hear what the sat was until about a month before registration, so i panicked and signed up and winged it. my retake is inexcusable - i tried to self study, but obviously it didn't do too great. also my sat ii scores are abysmal... i'm really worried about those.</p>