Hellooooo!
I am here to contribute to the ocean of chance mes this site is already drowning in cuz y not 
I attend a competitive technology-based magnet school in the OC. Of the viet kind (idk if it matters), applying bio alt microbio.
-UC Capped: 4.19
-UC W: 4.58
-UW: 3.89
-ACT: 33
-SAT Math II 740, Bio M 780
9th: bio honors, wh honors, eng 1 honors, computer logic principles, fundamentals of programming, alg II, span 2
10th: chem honors, ap euro, span 3 ibsl, eng 2 honors, precalc, media concepts
11th: ap calc ab, apush, ap span 4, ap bio, ap psych, ib film, eng 3 honors
12th: ap gov, ap macro, ap phys 1, ap lang, ap calc bc, bio hl 2, ib design tech
My trend is kinda a line w a dip in the middle lol. Bs in Chem H 2nd sem 10th and calc ab+ap span 1st sem 11th. I recovered 2nd sem 11th with all A’s tho.
ECs:
-300+ service hours
-12th Red Cross Club prez, 11th RC board, 10th club member
-Red Cross youth div member 3 yrs
-11th and 12th STEM Club board
-10th 11th 12th Lead stem instructor (teaching weekly stem-related workshops to kids at B&G clubs, libraries, etc)
-10th 11th 12th Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor
-Viet club 4 years
-11th Summer internship @UCI medical
-11th and 12th NHS
-4yrs CSF
-9th March Band (Colorguard)
3 of my personal insights were mostly how my different ecs showed the different qualities in me. The last one I wrote abt the emotional strain having a parent w mental illness which ultimately led my fam living very low income and moving between relatives’ houses, and how i overcame these probs to achieve in school, ecs, etc. I ripped my hair out over these essays but i still think theres nothing that stands out.
Ucsd is my top but i also applied to ucla uci ucsb ucr and davis!
Thanks and i wish all the other antsy seniors the best of luck!