Demographics: female asian, public school in SoCal (Irvine, California). Planning to major in business or go undeclared.
Academics:
- GPA: 3.5 UW / 4.1 W
- Old SAT: 1930 (640,640,650), 1940 superscore
- New SAT: will be taking in October
- Didn’t/Will not be taking the ACT
- Coursework: AP Biology (did poorly, bad teacher), AP U.S. History (4); currently taking AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP American Government and Politics, and AP Microeconomics; other than that, most other classes are honors
Extracurriculars:
- 2-year member of the school’s chapter of the California Scholarship Federation (GPA requirement to be admitted as a member)
- 1-year member of the Female Empowerment Movement Club
- Varsity swimmer since freshman year, made CIF Division I both sophomore and junior year
- Junior Varsity water polo freshman year w/ no prior experience
Circumstances:
- divorced parents, live with mom
- mom makes $65,000
Colleges:
University of Arizona
Boston University
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
UCI
UCR
UCSD
UCSB
Chapman
Loyola Marymount University
Northeastern University
University of Oregon
Texas A&M University
University of Washington
Also, any advice on college application essays would be greatly appreciated.