<p>I am a rising senior in the Bay Area here in Cali, and my region is known for its uber competitive schools. I plan on majoring in an engineering specialty, specifically mechanical engineering or comp sci.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW
4.6 UC GPA (my weighted is about the same)</p>
<p>-I've taken 4 APs and 4 honors so far, with 4 more coming up next year (taken all possible)</p>
<p>-N/A out of 400 (my school had the ingenious idea of not ranking us)</p>
<p>-SAT/ACT scores -- 2250 (710 math 740 reading 800 writing) I don't know what happened in math on that one. I got 800s on my other two (2180 2200) so super score is 2340.</p>
<p>-SAT II scores: 800 Math 2, 800 Bio E, 800 USH</p>
<p>-AP scores not here yet, but I'm confident for 5s on everything minus french</p>
<p>-ECs -- Robotics: 9-12 co-president in junior year. Won Sacramento regional with team as freshman (heavily involved) team lead soph year and junior year we made it to the semis in Silicon Valley Regional
VP of French Honor Society
Volunteer at Children's Discovery Museum
co-EIC of yearbook
Varsity Football Team
Member of National Honor Society
Member of California Scholarship Federation
Played Club soccer since I was 7</p>
<p>-employment -- Currently working as an Earth Science Research Consultant (official title) at NASA Ames Research Center. Use GIS and numerous satellites (GRACE, MODIS) to track groundwater levels in Central Valley. Use Python computer language. Only high schooler on a team comprised of graduate and undergraduate students. Will publish two papers with team, both to be submitted to prestigious research conventions (so far we have heavy interest)</p>
<p>-honors/awards -- Won BLADE Networks Entrepreneurship Award for innovative task card training system that myself and another member of robotics developed
2010 yearbook won prestigious Gold Crown and Pacemaker award.</p>
<p>-solid recs from robotics mentor, AP Bio teacher, and AP Calc teacher</p>
<p>-White male.</p>
<p>my essays will focus a lot on robotics and how it has opened up a lot of opportunities in STEM as well as in my life at large. Still tentative though.</p>
<p>I understand chancing is negligible, but there are some alumni on this thread and i was interested on hearing their opinions/experiences. thanks!</p>