<p>I really want to apply as an EE but I no it's really competitive..
so after you look at this, would you tell me what kind of major I should apply uner? (some science major)</p>
<p>Schools I'm applying to are:
Princeton ED, Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, CAL, UCLA and UCSD
I live in California (for 4 years) but still don't have permanent residency nor citizenship, therefore I'm an international student.,,i guess..</p>
<p>I'm hoping that Cornell, UC berkeley (CAL) and UCLA are my matchs and UCSD is just very safety (if I only get in UCSD, I'm prrobably going to community college to transfer to CAL) and I'm hoping I have at least a little chances for Princeton ED, Harvard and Stanford</p>
<p>Here are my stats...
GPA: W:4.5 UW:3.91
SAT I: V:660 M:800 W:680 e:10
SAT II: MATH IIC:800, KOREAN:800, PHYSICS:700 (take again), and Spanish
TOEFL: Just took it today......expecting perfect score or somewhere around
AP tests: AP CALC BC-5 (AB sub: 5), APUSH -4, AP chem -3
Took all the possible AP& honors in our school except AP French
EC:
President & founder - Asian club for 3 years
Chinese Club - VP 1 yr
Treasurer- math club 2 years
Mock Trial- pretrial attorney- 2 years (got an award for tremendous improvement)
Varsity tennis for 4 years
Junior varsity basketball 1 year (Our school won the California championship last year)
Internship - UCSC with Ph.d students (with Dean of engineering department hosting them)
Leadership camp - 2005 Stanford
California Association of Student Councils - Delegate and Student Advisory Board on Education - 1 year
Community services - ~600hours
Hospital - information desk - ~400 hours
Library - ~200hours
Tutor - Math - 11th grade
- Spanish - 11th grade
And I've been helping the family business(everyday afterschool) for last 4 years that I've stayed in America
Took a lot of classes @ community college
Toastmaster - 1 year (best table topic award - 2 times)</p>
<p>Reach:
Princeton ED, Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, CAL, UCLA
Match:
UCSD
You're an international student, so it's very competitive to apply to US schools. Also, UC's like UCB and UCLA get so many applicants that they hardly choose any out of state applicants, let alone international.</p>
<p>What if I am on the process of applying for Green card (a.k.a permanent residence)? Also, I've lived in California for last 4 years and plan to graduate from American high school so I'm eligible for resident fees under AB540 a.k.a Dream Act. Therefore, i don't have to worry about financial issues. Does this make any difference?(the fact that I applied for Green card and the fact that I don't need fin aid from all the other schools except HARVARD, PRINCETON(who are need blinds))</p>
<p>I don't see P, H or S as realistic. Too many highly qualified Asians with stronger stats. Maybe Cornell. I would add some schools below the top 20 aqnd some with low Asian interest (schools in South and MW).</p>
<p>I am Korean....Oh, I also watn to add that I am an AP Scholar with 1 of each 5,4,3 in calculus bc (ab-5 subscore), apush and chemistry, respectively. Also, (i dunno if this helps at all) I got a "tremendous improvment" award from Mock Trial as well as two time table topic winner for Toastmaster.
I'm currently taking: AP ENG, AP STAT, SPAN 4, AP SPAN, PHYSIOLOGY-H, AMER GOV/ECONOMICS</p>
<p>Ok, I don't really want to knock on the hometown school, but WashU isn't exactly the best when it comes to engineering IMO. There is better programs out there, when considering how hard it is to get in.</p>