I plan to apply to UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Columbia, Stanford, Harvard. It’d be great if you could also tell me which of my EC’s are most impressive. Thank you!
Academics:
-ACT: N/A
-SAT: 1510 Composite (770 Reading & Writing, 740 Math)
-Class Rank: 1/11
-GPA: Unweighted: 4.00 / Weighted: 4.45
-APs: World History (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (4), Literature (4), Psychology (3)
-Dual Enrollment (UC Accredited): Intro to American Gov. (A), 2 semesters of U.S. History (A), Intro to Art Concepts (A), Intro to Interpersonal Com. (A), Biology (A)
*I go to a very small public school and have taken the most rigorous pathway possible. I will have taken all AP’s offered at my school by the end of my senior year and extra dual-enrollment classes as well.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, Micro and Macro Economics (Dual Enrollment), English (Dual Enrollment), Astronomy (Dual Enrollment)
Intended Major:
Political Science
Distinctions:
-Won the silver medal at an international short film competition in Europe.
-Won silver medal in SoCalPrivate Academic Decathlon; History Category
-Honor Roll (All 4 Years) (School Recognition, easy to achieve)
-Congressional Award Silver Medal
-Certificate of Triumph (Awarded by local Assemblyman)
-UCLA Mock Trial Summer Institute (3rd Place Team)
-AP Scholar with Honor (Junior Year) (National Recognition)
Extracurriculars:
-ASB President (Junior Year, likely Senior year) (First ASB President, setting precedent for future councils)
-School Site Council Member (3 years)
-National Honor Society (Junior and Senior Years) (Secretary in Junior year, Senior year likely officer as well)
-Started an initiative known as DropByDrop. I lead a group of 10 people in speaking across Southern California about the drought that has plagued us for the past decade and in building several clean water wells in struggling regions of Africa. (Our motto is “Saving Lives Village by Village, and Saving Lives Drop by Drop”)
-Interned with a Congresswoman on a U.S. Senatorial Campaign (9th Grade)
-Interned with a Congressman on his re-election campaign. (Made head of media and social outreach) (11-12 Grade)
-On the board of the Interfaith Youth Council of Orange County
-Interned with a local branch of a statewide nonprofit that aimed to promote intercultural and interfaith dialogue. (Made head of youth interns and started several projects related to youth interfaith outreach; Spoke in front of hundreds of people every two weeks about the importance of dialogue and interfaith)
-Founded the Film and Media Production Club at my school (President, 5 years) (it was the first student led club, and ended up inspiring many more students to found their own clubs)
-I have been making movies for about seven years now, and have been acting for five. I regularly attended the Youth Acting Repertory at South Coast Repertory up until this year and have been in several plays.
-Academic Decathlon (Team Captain)
Additional Info:
-I live in Southern California and attend a charter school with 11 kids in my grade.
-I have had a founding and integral role in almost every club that has been successful at our school. I’ve also represented my school in front of state legislation several times, speaking to our local representatives to convince them to vote in favor of bills that would benefit our school.
-Gender: Male
-Race: White (Middle Eastern)
-As I said, I’ve taken every AP class available at my school, in addition to community college, dual-enrollment courses.
-My GPA puts me at the top of my class and will earn me the valedictorian spot.
-I have the highest SAT score of any student that has ever gone to my school. I know it’s not the highest in regards to everyone in the country, but in its local context.
Other:
I’m applying eary action everywhere I can, and early decision at Stanford.