Hey!
I’m resubmitting this since most of my scores have been updated.
Right now I’m a rising senior that wants to major in MechE, and currently my list has all of the typical engineering schools that people would apply to, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO, MIT, Stanford, and Cornell. Other schools I am considering include: Olin, UMich, and Harvey-Mudd.
Demographics:
Asian-American Male
Upper Middle Class
Southern California
GPA:
4.0 UW 4.73 W
AP & IB Classes
AP Computer Science A (5)
AP European History (4)
IB English Language & Literature HL
IB History of the Americas (Took APUSH test, received 5)
IB Math HL (SL - 7, Calc AB - 5, HL - TBD)
IB Spanish SL (7)
IB Chem HL
Due to the nature of IB, I’m not going to receive a lot of my scores until the summer after my Senior year, which is unfortunate. I did test APUSH, Calc AB, Math SL, and Spanish SL this year, and the scores for those tests are reflected above.
SAT Scores
SAT: 1550 (750 R+W, 800M), 20 (7/6/7) on essay
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 800
Extracurriculars
FIRST Robotics - I’m the captain of my school’s robotics team, where under my leadership, we’ve expanded our STEM outreach to middle schools in the area, as well as developing a comprehensive training program for new students that enter our program, allowing us to be fairly competitive within the Southern California area, placing as quarterfinalists and semifinalists in our local events. I was nominated to be on the Dean’s List by my team, which is an award that seeks to recognize those who have made outstanding achievements in their own team to further the goals of FIRST. In that pursuit, I, in collaboration with the team captain of another team in our area, have started a cross-county robotics alliance encompassing 11 teams so that we can collaborate and share ideas to improve the overall competitiveness of our area.
Teaching Middle Schoolers Programming - I’m the co-president of a club at my high school that helps middle school kids how to program in both Java and HTML, which occurs once a week at the high school. We have around 8 tutors, all of which contribute to the teaching of basic programming ideas to middle schoolers.
Band - I am in the highest level ensemble at my school, playing the baritone saxophone. As a band, we’ve been very competitive in local festivals. At our banquet last year, I received the “Outstanding Sophomore Musician” award.
Science Olympiad - Currently, I am VP of our Science Olympiad team, and historically, I have generally placed in the single digits for my competitions, and I earned first place in Materials Science at our regional sophomore year. Coincidentally, that year we made it to the state competition for the first time!
Summer Internship at a Local Startup - I undertook the administrative task of compiling information of high profile tech companies with the goal of increasing exposure for the company, which has developed an innovative solution for world hunger. We are working with the PM of Cameroon to implement this project on a large scale.