Hey All,
I’m a rising senior from the WNY area that is looking to attend a few colleges in California. My field of interest doesn’t have many jobs within my area, and I am hoping that a move out west will help me launch a career. I’m only applying to private schools in California due to the high out-of-state tuition rate in the UC/Cal State systems. If you guys could chance me for my colleges of choice, that’d be fantastic.
My Stats:
GPA UW: 3.3
GPA W: 3.6
CSU GPA: 3.7
SAT: 1930
CR: 640
W: 630
M: 660
*My GPA during Freshman year was decent. Sophomore year was ok. This year I worked hard to get a 3.8/4.3. This means that I have a solid upward trend, if that counts.
Courseload:
Freshman:
-Global 9 Honors
-English 9 Honors
-Biology Honors
-Geometry
-German
-Orchestra
-Media Art (Graphic Design)
Sophomore:
-English 10 Honors
-Global 10 Honors
-Chemistry Honors ** Did rather poorly. (78)
-Trigonometry ** Did awful. Voluntarily retook course. (66)
-German
-Orchestra
Junior:
-AP US History (91/100.3)
-AP English 11 (89/99)
-Trigonometry (89)
-Physics (94)
-IB German (94/104) (Student of the year in this class, even though I’m technically not in IB.)
-Networking (95)
Senior (Upcoming):
-AP Gov
-AP Econ
-Pre Calc Honors (Finally doing great in math again)
-AP Physics
-AP Lit
-IB German
-Orchestra
-Computer Science Course (Teacher Assistant)
EC’s:
-Track & Field Athlete for 4 years. (1 JV / 3 Varsity) (Indoor & Outdoor Seasons)
-Cross Country Athlete for 3 Years. (Team Captain)
-German Club
-German Exchange Program during next year.
*Self taught programmer and Web Developer… I’ve coded several popular online games, which had 680,000+ monthly pageviews during peak popularity. Made ~$7,000 in the process. I know the principals of Object Oriented Programming, database access, good practices, ect.
-Coteaching a Computer Science course next year.
-President of the Computer Science Club.
Awards:
-Beacon Award (Physics, Junior Year)
-IB German Student of the Year (Junior Year)
Volunteer Work:
-Coded the website and content management system for a local political candidate from scratch. Volunteer for the campaign on a weekly basis.
Other:
Major of Choice: Computer Science
Income: Low… EFC is 0.
Ethnicity: White