Chance Me! UC's, USAFA, and others...

<p>Hey, I'm new to these forums.</p>

<p>College List:
UCSD, UCLA, UB (Cal), Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, USAFA, Cal Tech, MIT, Georgia Tech.</p>

<p>Wanted Major:
Aeronautical Engineering</p>

<p>White Male, CA, Competitive Public High School, Low Income < $18,000, Junior
Cousin is very prominent lieutenant colonel at March AFB, soon to be a colonel</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>SAT: 1890 (CR: 560, M: 630, W: 700) (Just was retaken today, predicting 2050ish)
SATII: Not yet taken. (Plan on taking Math II, Physics, and US History)
APs: Predictions from this year (Calc B/C - 3, US History - 5, Chem - 4, Eng Language - 3)
ACT: haven't taken yet
GPA: 3.9ish unweighted, 4.33ish weighted (get final report card in a couple weeks), could be up to 4.5 after next year
Class Rank: 20/782 (for junior class - big high school)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Sports:
- soccer - 2 year JV (1 year captain), 1 year Varsity, (will play varsity again next year) highly rated program, club soccer (8 years) many different teams, captain many times, indoor soccer (1 year), southwest soccer club player of the year (met David Beckham), Olympic Development Camp
- palomar junior college soccer summer class (2 years - A in both)
- recreational baseball</p>

<ul>
<li>volunteer tutor at the city public library (4 hrs/week)</li>
<li><p>peer leader at high school (tutoring, social help, etc.)</p></li>
<li><p>air force academy summer seminar (coming up in a few weeks)</p></li>
<li><p>internship at March Field Air Force Base this summer</p></li>
<li><p>juggling club</p></li>
<li><p>robot club</p></li>
<li><p>environmental science club</p></li>
<li><p>CSF (2 years i think)</p></li>
<li><p>will be NHS next year</p></li>
<li><p>orchestra (3 years, been playing violin for 6 years)</p></li>
<li><p>development many websites (for fun and a little money)</p></li>
<li><p>make/edit films for fun very often</p></li>
<li><p>ranked in the top 20 yu-gi-oh players in the country (ranked 3rd after 400 person tournament)</p></li>
<li><p>guitar for fun</p></li>
<li><p>semi-professional card magician</p></li>
</ul>

<p>classes next year:
ap eng lit
ap physics c
calc d/linear algebra/matrices
ap bio
ap government
soccer
economics
c++ programming (this summer at junior college)</p>

<p>work:
referee (summers/spring - 8 years)</p>

<p>awards:
elks student of the year award for my middle school (runner-up)
random science awards
student of the months</p>

<p>Need another 100+ points to have a shot.</p>

<p>Seriously though: "ranked in the top 20 yu-gi-oh players in the country (ranked 3rd after 400 person tournament)"</p>

<p>Are you effing serious? Please for the love of god dont put that on your app...</p>

<p>UCSD~in
UCLA~reach
UB (Cal)~major reach
Cal Poly Pomona~in
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo~in
USAFA~reach
Cal Tech~major reach
MIT~major reach
Georgia Tech.~in</p>

<p>Instead of "ranked in the top 20 yu-gi-oh players in the country (ranked 3rd after 400 person tournament)"
Put "ranked in the top 20 trading card game yu-gi-oh players in the country (ranked 3rd after 400 person tournament)"</p>