<p>Hi!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Up until 2nd sem of jr year</p>
<p>demo
*Caucasian (middle eastern)
*Female
*$45k<x<$58k
*widowed mother
*First generation college</p>
<p>academics
top 2% of class
*ELC
*Golden State Merit Diploma when I graduate
*3.87 UW*
**4.40 W*
4.19 UC GPA (I don't think Berkeley uses this?)
*All A's first quarter of sr. year
*5 APs this year*, one CTE class
*Currently in AP: Calc AB, Physics, US Gov/pol, Span Lang, Eng Lit
*A in Psych 001 in summer session of CC</p>
<p>tests
1st SAT: 1940
*2nd SAT: **2040*
taking ACT in Dec, **shooting for 31+*
Subject Tests:
-Math II 770*
-Chem 750
-USH 760
**AP Scholar w/ Honor*
-Chem (3)
-WH (3)
-USH (5)
-Eng Lang (4)
-might take more this year</p>
<p>leadership & activities
Dir of PR, Treasurer for Interact Club (founding member) 11,12
*Events Coordinator* for Junior State of America (founding member) 12
*Graphic Design 9, 10, 11, 12
-designed t-shirts, logos, graphics, etc. for individuals, schools, organizations, businesses (sometimes paid) since I was 11 years old, art selected for district gallery
*Freshman Mentor 12 (18 hrs/wk, only 3 weeks a year)
*Print Shop (a class) - we design, market, and screen apparel. I was the first project team captain</p>
<p>comm service
*Misc work for Athletic Booster Club and PTSA (~50 hrs in total, might volunteer over thanksgiving break or something to make it 100 by app deadline)
*Misc tutoring here and there, nothing significant, though
*not really hours in this case, but I've designed things for non-profits (including the social networking page for our town's Rotary Club, which I update)
*Misc work for different causes through clubs (~30 hrs)</p>
<p>work experience
*Assistant at Kumon 3/4 of a year
*Freelance Graphic Design (competed in an international, paid contest, and won)</p>
<p>&Major=undeclared as of now, thinking of CS (L&S), some type of economics, Political Science, International Relations, etc; open to options</p>
<p>Thanks! :) </p>
<p>-Any ideas for the personal statement? Should I attend a workshop?
-Any thing that stands out?
-Chances for UCB (#1), Stan, UCD, UCLA, UCSD, USC, Cal Poly SLO, Claremont colleges; I'd like to stay in Northern Cali if possible</p>
just make sure you write compelling essays! UCSD doesn’t read them, but others do.</p>