<p>Here's a bit of background:
I just started my senior year in high school so most of these statistics are from junior year and prior, keep in mind that I'm now enrolled in 6 AP classes and will have an estimated GPA of 5.0 for my Senior year (weighted of course). Additionally, my high school is one of the top rated high schools in my state. I'm looking into a political science major. And lastly, I'm white.</p>
<p>Academics:
Academic GPA (unweighted): 4.0
Academic GPA (weighted): 4.5
Enrolled in Honors or AP classes: yes (straight A's)
In the top 10% of my class. (13 of 733)</p>
<p>SAT: 2250
-Math: 750
-CR: 710
-Writing: 790</p>
<p>SAT II:
-Chemistry: 760
-US History: 750
-Lit:700
-Math 2c: 670 need to retake in December, but even if i don't will this kill me?</p>
<p>ACT: 33 composite
-English: 34
-Math: 34
-Reading: 34
-Science: 29 (XD)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
-World History: 3
-Chemistry: 3
-US History: 5
-English Lang.: 5</p>
<p>Awards (The few that there are XD):
AP scholar with honors
Outstanding French Student, 2 years in a row
Top scholar athlete (top gps in a sport) 4 times (twice for water polo and twice for swim)
2nd place in parliamentary procedures at FBLA section
CSF lifetime member</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Played on the JV water polo team and swim team for 2 years, captain in the second year.
Vice President of my high school's NHS. (member since 11th, VP 12th)
Founder and President of the school's Skiing and Snowboarding Club. (founded 11th, prez both years)
PR of E.P.I.C. (End poverty in California)- try and guess what we do (12th)
Co-captain of my school's academic decathlon team
and I'm on the FBLA competition team.
CSF member all four years</p>
<p>Outside of school, I'm a volunteer for RFB&D, or reading for the blind and dyslexic, which records text books for, well, the blind and dyslexic.</p>
<p>My major passion and hobby is hiking, and over the course of my 4 high school years I've done a majority of the famous American hikes (I.E. Mount Whitney, Half Dome, Grand Canyon, working on McKinley)</p>
<p>Lastly, one thing that has been following me all of high school has been the fact that, due to class sizes, I was unable to take an honors math class freshmen and sophomore year. If I would have taken those classes I would have had a 4.6 GPA and would have been ranked number 1. To make up for the fact that I had a lower GPA those two years, I dropped some unimportant credits from my junior year, bringing my GPA up to a 4.5 from a 4.4 (accumulative). Anyway, do you think that the fact that I couldn't take those classes will make a difference, especially since I made up a bit for it junior year?</p>
<p>Anyway, here are the schools I'm applying to:
UCI
UCSD
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Occidental
Boston College
Georgetown
Cornell
Dartmouth</p>