I’m an Asian student living in Southern California, applying to UCB Letters and Science, maybe intending Math Sciences? Not sure what the difference is or which one I should go for, so give me advice if you can!
Also, I’m shooting for UCSD, UCLA, and UCI, as well as Princeton, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and maybe Caltech. If you have any recommendations for what else to apply for a very flexible CS major (I’m very uncertain about this), or any other advice, then please let me know!
UC GPA: 4.14
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted GPA: unknown, my school doesn’t weight
Class rank: top 15% (school doesn’t rank)
ACT
English: 36, Mathematics: 34, Reading: 36, Science: 36, Composite: 36
SAT: 2150 (first try, probably not going to send scores)
SAT II Subject Tests
Math II: 800, Chemistry: 750, US History: 780
AP Tests
2014: Human Geography: 5
2015: English Literature: 5, Japanese Language: 5, Chemistry: 4, US History: 5
Senior course load
AP Calc BC
AP English Language
AP Physics
Ceramics
Civics/Econ
EC (grade):
Programmer for robotics club (10-12)
BSA Eagle candidate (6-12) *will probably update to Eagle in December
National Honor Society (9-12)
JNHS (Head of Publicity) (9-12)
Play drums for worship team at church (8-12)
~190 service hours from boy scouts and mission trips
I also have a few published articles in Teen Ink.
Employment:
Employed by school as tutor (12th grade)
Private tutor (9-12)
Summer:
Robocamp (teaching kids robotics during the summer) (9-11)
Vacation Bible School at Church (9-11)
Stanford EPGY (10)
Internship at import/export firm, online listings and database management (11)
AIUHSD Cultural exchange program at Princeton (12)
Sports
JV Water Polo (9-10)
Thanks so much!