<p>I am a senior this year
Moved to U.S. two years ago (Now I live in Oklahoma)
Unweighted GPA: 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.2
In the top %5 of my class
Class of 434
Took the ACT got a 28 but going to take it again in December
Will graduate with 31 high school credits</p>
<p>AP Classes:
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Government</p>
<p>Work Experience
06/2011-09/2011 Customer Service Representative at Target 40hrs/week</p>
<p>08/2012-still working Sales Person at HollisterCo. 20hrs/week</p>
<p>Activities
DECA Member (12th)
Yearbook Photographer (12th)
German Club Member (11th-12th)
Environmental Club Member (10th-12th)
Students Against Destructive Decisions Club Secretary (10th-12th)
Interact Club Member (11th-12th)
ACE Freshman Mentor (12th)
Pink Ribbon Club Historian (11th-12th)
Edmond Youth Leadership Member (12th)
Oklahoma Humane Society Volunteer (12th)</p>
<p>Honors and Awards
National Honors Society
Oklahomas Honors Society</p>
<p>Skills, Talents, and Achievements
Languages Fluent in Farsi and English and learning German
Musical Instruments Played piano for 10 years before moving to U.S.</p>
<p>Going to bump this thread for you! By the way I am persian too, and I want to say congrats on becoming so incredibly focused and intelligent after moving here I’m super envious of how much you have accomplished!</p>
<p>Just some comments on your app… I may seem rude, but it is honest</p>
<p>-GPA is fine
-ACT score hurts you. 32 is the lucky number for foot in at any school.
-Colleges don’t care about how many high school credits you have…
-I have never seen so many resume fillers as an upperclassman. Did nobody tell you that you don’t impress colleges by joining random clubs? Holy ****.
-I hope you have more honors/awards than that. Every person applying to these schools will have been in NHS…</p>
<p>No actually I really appreciate it! I don’t need people to be lying to me to make me feel better! At least now I can work on my application!
And about the Clubs, I actually take part in all of them and participate in all the activities.</p>
<p>Here is a paragraph I give people who need focus with their clubs. Just remember there is a way to make one; you may just need to reorganize things and look at them through a difference lens.</p>
<p>"You need focus. What do I mean by focus? Focus is something that much of your ECs revolved around, and something that you were successful at. Most importantly however, focus is what college admissions think you will bring to the college. Now your focus doesn’t have to be unique; mine is mathematics research and engineering. Of course I backed this up (Siemens comp participant, submitted paper to journal, presentation at a conference at a college, tutor in engineering teams at elementary schools (engineering tutor of the state 2x), and competing at an international college engineering competition.</p>
<p>Of course yours doesn’t need to be this extensive, but you need to tell colleges why they want you to come to the school. Once you find your focus, write your R</p>
<p>But the problem is that I have already sent most of my applications and resumes; do you think that this is going to hurt me?
I really appreciate your help by the way :)</p>
<p>ACT will hurt you, definitely 28 is on the low end for a UC. And another note, just joining clubs won’t help your app at all. As I like to put it, a president of 10 various clubs is at a disadvantage to a president of 1 or 2 clubs. Why? For the same reason as wallrus said. A president of 10 various random clubs is showing that he has no focus, and way too many interests. Colleges want to see commitment to a certain topic. In my example, Biology. That is why I took part in lots of biology clubs in school in freshman year and narrowed down to 3 clubs I really enjoyed. Also, the EC’s will be strong, but only if they relate to the intended major. For example, you can’t rely on all EC’s in the art field if you expect to major in bio. It has to correlate, otherwise it is pretty much trivial. Back to clubs, just joining them won’t help. If you want them to count, you have to be active, take up leadership in them.</p>
I’m super envious of how much you have accomplished!</p>