<p>Please match me for the following (and perhaps recommend some California universities?):
USC *TOP CHOICE
UCLA *2nd Top Choice
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UC Davis
UC San Diego
Loyola Marymount University</p>
<p>Degree Applying For: Leaning a lot towards Mechanical Engineering but also looking at Chemical, Environmental, Electrical, and Aerospace. Looking to minor/ double major in Business</p>
<p>First Generation to Attend 4 Year College</p>
<p>Second Language: Spanish</p>
<p>General Info:
California US Citizen (Los Angeles) </p>
<p>Student of a small private Catholic school. AP classes are very limited. There was no AP Chemistry until this year, for example, but I had to take AP Physics for engineering, and AP Chem didnt fit into my schedule. </p>
<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)</p>
<p>Class Rank so far: 22/138 </p>
<p>GPA:
10th and 11th Grade Weighted: 4.11
10th and 11th Grade Unweighted: 3.81
9th to 11th Grade Weighted: 3.82
9th to 11th Grade Unweighted: 3.56
Current 12th Grade Fall Semester: 4.54</p>
<p>12th Grade Courses:
AP Physics B
AP Government + Honors Economics (No AP offered)
English 12 (Tried to get into AP English but my school is very small and English class was already large so I wasnt accepted)
French IV Honors + AP French Language
Pre-Calculus Honors (I wouldve been in AP Calculus but I was accidentally placed into Algebra I Honors the first year of high school. I had to be in Geometry Honors in order to take Calculus by senior year. I tried to find opportunities so that I could advance during the summer but my school did not offer any opportunities, I even asked the Math Dept Chair).</p>
<p>Have been in full Honors Sciences classes and Honors Mathematics. Only APs are Senior Year APs as only nonsenior APs offered were in History and English (both which are insignificant to engineering + did not qualify for them due to my sad 9th year grades)</p>
<p>SAT I:
Critical Reading: 580, Math: 690, Writing: 690
TOTAL: 1960</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math II: 710
French Listening: 680</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
President and Founder of an Environmental Group within the school (12th Grade).
Member of California Scholarship Federation (11th and 12th Grades).
Member of Support Our Troops Club within the school (11th and 12th Grade).
Member of Key Club, an international club within the school (11th and 12th Grade).
Helped at a local elderly care program for a year.
Helped at a homeless shelter for a few months now.
Helped at a parish children daycare center for a year.
Participate in a program in which I tutor high school students in mathematics, Spanish, French, chemistry, and physics.
2 year kickboxing student at Academy of Martial Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Awards:
First Honors Award at my school for 3 years.
Elected to represent the school in LA Science Fair 2009 and 2010, though didnt win there. This year hopefully I will. </p>
<p>Letters of Recommendation:
My AP French teacher who knew me for my entire high school lifetime and has watched me mature and grow creatively and intellectually.
My AP Physics teacher/Science Dept Chair (PhD in Physics from Carnegie) who was amazed at my science fair last year and sees my creativity and quick understanding in physics.</p>
<p>Essays:
I am a really good writer and I plan to write about how I have matured over the past 4 years and my interests (i will not go into that just in case of idea stealers )</p>