I am entering senior year. Please chance me for these schools: UC Davis, UCLA, UCSD, UCB, UCSB, UC Irvine, Cal Poly SLO, San Diego State, SJSU, and SF State. I plan on studying either biology or psychology, and hope to go to medical school.
GPA:
Freshman Year: 4.0 UW (school did not offer any weighted courses for freshmen)
Sophomore Year: 4.33W/4.0UW
Junior Year: 4.33W/3.67UW
Cumulative: 4.22W/3.89UW
UC: 4.16
***Overwhelming myself with (excessive) extracurriculars and an anxiety disorder prevented me from getting good grades in junior year. How badly will this hurt me during admissions?
Standardized Testing:
ACT: 33
***taken once without studying - I am planning to retest in September and hopefully increase my score to a 34/35.
Classes:
Freshman Year: English, Geometry, Biology, Spanish II, PE, Drawing
***Took health over the summer between 9th and 10th grades
Sophomore Year: Advanced English, Algebra II with Trig, Honors Chemistry, Spanish III, PE, AP European History
Junior Year: AP Language and Composition, Trig/Precalc, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, US History
Senior Year: Science Fiction Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Biology, Computer Programming, AP Microeconomics, Civics
Extracurriculars (grades in parenthesis):
Red Cross (9-12) - active member
HOSA (10-12) - member in 10th, Treasurer in 11th, Vice President in 12th
FMP (11-12) - stands for Freshman Mentorship Program, mentored a group of 25 freshmen (each year, 50 total) and helped with their academic and emotional needs
Jobs:
Tara’s Henna Designs (11-12): started a business online with my sister, sold handmade crafts decorated with henna
Volunteering (I will have approximately 1500 hours by the time I apply):
Starlite Childcare (9-12): helped run a family-owned daycare, completed administrative tasks or helped cater to the children’s (ages 4 months-10 years) emotional, physical, and social needs
Henna4Humanity (9-12): hosting an annual fundraiser to raise money for Middle Eastern/South Asian countries in need of humanitarian relief, total of $4000+ raised over the 4 years
SPCA (10-12): feeding/cleaning/playing with cats, interacting with potential adopters
MedShare (10-12): sorting and packaging surplus medical supplies (collected from local hospitals) to send to third world countries
MCC (11-12): helped with various tasks associated with running/maintaining a Sunday School program at my mosque
Tutoring (11-12): helped elementary/middle schoolers with their homework
Tutoring (12): going to help the English Language teacher on campus to tutor English-learning high school students in various subjects
Other:
I am a female, Pakistani immigrant (I moved here at the age 2) in the upper middle class. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.