Hey everyone! I’m applying to Stanford, Pomona (ED), Harvey Mudd, Princeton, Cornell, UCLA, UCB, USC, and UCSD. As of now, how are my qualifications from a statistical and extracurricular standpoint? I’d appreciate any advice you guys have (i.e. which schools would be reaches/matches) Thanks and good luck to all!
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander (Filipino-American)
Intended major: Computer Science and Math
GPA: 3.94(UW), 4.64(W)
Class Percentile: top 10% (competitive Jesuit school in Silicon Valley)
SAT: 2260 (800 M, 770 W, 690 CR)
AP’s: Calc AB(5), English Lit(5), US History (4), Physics 1 (4), Spanish (5), Computer Science (4), Chemistry (3)
Senior Year Courseload: Multivariable Calculus Honors, AP Physics C: E&M, Spanish 4 AP, English Language AP, Psychology AP, Photography
Extra-Curricular’s: ~1000 volunteer hours logged
-Training director for summer immersion program, basically prepared high school students for trips to Latin America countries
-After school math teacher of about 20 low-income seventh and eighth grade students
-DECA president and founder
-1-on-1 math tutor to low-income high school students
-Online news journalist (10,11,12)
-Robotics (9,10)
Work Experience/Summer Activities
-During my junior year, I worked at a Mathnasium (Math Learning Center) for about 10 hours a week.
-Teaching internship summer (11) - I taught classes ranging from math and science to basketball and photography to low-income, high-potential middle-schoolers for 5 days a week for 8 weeks.
-Immersion program to Latin America (10) - I spent 6 weeks in Nicaragua living and working with a company to promote Public Health.