<p>Schools + Major:
UC Berkeley - Molecular Environmental Biology
UC Davis - Biological Sciences
UCLA - (Pre-)Human Biology and Society
UCSD - Biochemistry and Cell Biology
UCSC - Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
SJSU - Biological Sciences
Cal Poly SLO - Microbiology
Claremont McKenna - Biology</p>
<p>Objective
ACT: 34 (English: 36, Math: 29, Reading: 36, Science: 35, Writing: 10 [34 for combined English])
SAT I: 2060 (R: 710, M: 680, W: 670)
SAT II: Biology E (800)</p>
<p>GPA (out of 4.0):
Unweighted: 3.8
Weighted: 4.42
UC GPA: 4.22 (not counting any senior year grades)
Rank: top 9% - ELC applicable</p>
<p>AP Courses Taken (Scores in Parentheses):
AP World History (4)
AP Environmental Science (5)
AP English Literature (5)
AP US History (5) </p>
<p>Senior AP Courseload:
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP Psychology</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars:
- (9th-12th grade) cross country team: moved up to varsity junior year and became captain senior year; varsity team qualified for state both years I was on it; team won league and section title senior year
- (9th-12th grade) track team: moved up to varsity sophomore year; becoming team captain this spring
- (7th-12th grade) youth group leader at my church; helped coordinate events and fundraisers for my organization and for the church as well
- (10th-12th grade) member of the church choir
- (12th grade) co-founder and media coordinator of my school's Vietnamese Student Association</p>
<p>Volunteering:
- (9th grade) worked at a homeless shelter and at a resource center for low-income teachers
- (10th-12th grade) worked at a non-profit organization that taught marginalized families how to manage time and money and how to incorporate technology into their lives; chose to work mainly with the children, teaching them how to do art projects and read as well as tutoring them
- (12th) volunteered as a teacher's assistant for a youth catechism class and also for a class in my native language; taught elementary school kids the fundamentals during these two classes as well as observing the head teachers</p>
<p>Work:
- (summer after junior year) teacher's assistant at a summer art program at my school</p>
<p>Awards + Honors:
- AP Scholar with Honor
- Principal's Honor Roll for all semesters thus far
- visual arts award from the school (only awarded to two individuals in each grade)
- 2 awards from the school/coaches during junior and senior year of cross country
- selected to all-league team junior and senior year of cross country
- member of the NHS and CSF</p>
<p>Personal Statements: Both were solid and showed my passion for helping others, especially through teaching (I would like to become a science teacher one day). Peer-edited.
Teacher recommendations for CMC should be fine as well.</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: competitive, private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$190,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>