I’m an Asian Vietnamese male, parents make around 90k, from Dallas, Texas.
Major: Chemical Engineering (pre-med major)
Colleges I’m applying to:
Texas A&M
UT Austin (Reach)
Baylor University
Penn State
NYU
Boston University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Colorado Boulder
GPA: 93.61 (school shows only weighted GPA, doesn’t show us unweighted; also had a weak Freshman GPA of 89)
2nd Quintile; highly competitive class (i.e. a 96 will place you only into the 1st Quintile) - around 250 in my grade
SAT: 1350/1600 (650 Reading, 700 Math), no essay; second attempt: 1330 (660 Reading, 670 Math), 5/2/6
Took 3 years of German, stopped after Junior year
(Most likely will not be sending in any AP scores)
Past AP Courses: AP Physics I (3), APUSH (2), AP English III (3), WHAP (3), AP Macroeconomics (Didn’t take)
(Current) Senior AP Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics II, AP English IV, AP Government, AP Calculus BC
Essays: Mediocre to good; I’d rate them a 6/10
Extracurriculars:
Chess Club (Freshman to Current)
Mu Alpha Theta (Sophomore to Current)
Varsity Wrestling (Sophomore to Junior)
Varsity Tennis (Freshman to Junior)
Asian American Club (started in the current year)
Over 80 Service Hours/Volunteer Work (School requires us to do 5 hours per quarter, thus 20 hours per year)
TAPPS Calculator (didn’t place last year, will be doing again this year)
TAPPS Science (competition hasn’t started this year)
TAPPS Spelling (placed 7th last year)
Thank ya’ll so much for reading through this and chancing me; I highly appreciate it!