Chance some wandering and homeless Asian male! :D

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Just, kidding, I'm not homeless, but I would appreciate a chancing. XD</p>

<p>I will probably be doing Comp Eng./EE/CS.</p>

<p>Asian American (Chinese) Male, single parent, low income (15~25K), CA Resident</p>

<p>Goes to semi-competetive public school, API is like 810? (I think there were two people who went to Ivies last year, some Berkeley and LA people too)</p>

<p>10-11th weighted GPA: 4.0 (Includes summer classes at CC)
10th-11th unweighted: 3.68
9th-11th unweighted:3.56
Class rank: Around 112 / 600 (our district doesn't weigh GPA's for class rank)</p>

<p>Grades:
9th Grade:
Algebra 1: A+/A+
Spanish 1: A/A-
Integrated Science(Forced to take this class due to the stupid school)A/B+
P.E(Just for reference): A/A
English 1 Honors: C+/B
Intro to Computer Science: B/C+</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Geometry: A/A-
Biology: A-/A-
AP World History: B/A
English 2 Honors: B+/A-
Spanish 2: A-/B+
P.E: A/A-</p>

<p>11th Grade:
Chemistry: A+/A
Algebra 2: A+/A
U.S History: A/A
A.P Computer Science A: B+/A-
A.P English Lang / Comp: B-/B
Spanish 3: B+/A-</p>

<p>Summer classes at CC:
Introduction to Business: B (missed one week of class)
Trigonometry: A
Pre-Calculus Algebra: A</p>

<p>Courses this year:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Government/Regular Econ (One semester of each)
English 4
Choir 1
Planning on taking Calculus 2 at CC during spring</p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP World History: 5
AP Computer Science: 4
AP English: 4</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
Chinese: 800
Math II: 780
Chemistry: 740
World History: 700
Biology M: 620</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite: 33
English: 33
Math: 35
Reading: 33
Science: 30
Essay: 11</p>

<p>PSAT: 63 R/ 73 M/ 64 W 200 Total(96 percentile)</p>

<p>Award(s):
National Merit Commendation
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Spent 5 years in Taiwan at a regular public school. I wrote about this in my essay, and I truly believe that this has changed me a lot due to the exposure to an ultra-competitive Asian school culture(again, wrote about in essay).</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
Chinese Club (one of the founders): 9th/10th grades
CSF: 11th and 12th grades
Key Club: 11th and 12th grades
Church tutoring helper: 10th grade
Church GK (youth leader): 12th grade
NYLF Tech Forum: Summer after 10th grade
Piano (5 years, never had time to take CM examinations though). Despite the fact that I have never won any awards or sorts, I believe that I do have a pretty big passion for piano (write about in 2nd essay and explained why I didn't play piano for a longer time due to many circumstances)
Game Development Club - officer: 12th grade</p>

<p>Works for uncle's company unofficially (computer accesories compnay), does translation and grammatical checking (his company is based in Taiwan)</p>

<p>I already applied to UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UCSD and UCI. Thanks!</p>

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<p>BUMP(10 char)</p>

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<p>don't kid about stuff like that</p>

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<p>Fine, but in the "what are my chances thread", there are even more bizzare thread names...</p>

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<p>How do you afford to live in the Bay Area on such a low income?</p>

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<p>Well, basically, my mom's family used to be SUPER rich back in Taiwan (they owned a massive company), so I guess my mom probably has some family fortunes (not a lot though). My mom didn't really do well in college, and she pursued a major that she had no interest in (Fashion design), so that's probably the reason why my family is low income, yet scraping by in the Bay Area. My mom is probably going to move away after I graduate. :D</p>