<p>UC Berkeley is currently my top pick and that was further reinforced after visiting this month, I loved it. UCLA is sort of my backup. I think I basically fit into the middle 50% of their admits. I am a caucasian male from GA, so I am OOS. Applying as a Pre-Haas Business Major.</p>
<p>Academics:
- School- Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (3rd ranked PS in the nation according to US News)
- Weighted GPA- 4.00 (Our school system does not go above 4.0)
- Unweighted GPA- 4.00 (all A's all 4 years)
- Class rank- First quintile (I'm actually pretty sure I'm top 10%) out out of class of approx . 190
- Courses- All Gifted/Honors or higher, will have taken 11 APs by the end of Senior Year. Mostly 5s so far, a few 4s.
- AP scores: Biology- 4 World History-5 US Gov't-5 US History-5 BC Calculus- 4 (AB sub of 5) Environmental Sci- 5
Psychology- Pend, English Language- Pend, Physics C- Pend, Macro and Micro Econ- Pend
- SAT- Math - 660, Critical Reading - 730, Writing - 690 Essay- 9/12 (I'm planning on retaking in December, that will be my last chance to bring it up)
- SAT Subject Tests- Taking US History and Math 2 next week
- ACT- Took it once, hated it, opted to focus on SAT
- Senior Schedule
Multivariable Calculus
AP Psych
AP Lang
AP Physics
AP Macro and Micro
Health (school required)
Senior Capstone Experience (Year long internship for a grade)</p>
<p>Sports:
- Our school has none, intramurals is about it here.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
- Intern (Junior and Senior Year) at small local LLC focused on 2D and 3D design (CNC design, lamination printing, web development, etc.)</p>
<p>Clubs:
- Founding officer of and current president of our school's Technology Student Association chapter
- Presiding Officer on school integrity panel (picked winners among teacher nominated students for awards based on integrity at school, monthly)
- National Honors Society member
- Engineering Honors Society Member (A specific honors society created at my school for students who have excelled in their STEM related classes)
- Freshmen Summer Mentor for 2 years (mentored and provided guidance for incoming freshmen)
- Participant in Gwinnett Campus Launchpad to Entrepreneurship program (Entrepreneurship competition where a business idea/model is created, presented in competition for startup money)- Second place, 12,500 dollar grant
- Robotics club (1 year)- Regional Finalist for BEST robotics competition.</p>
<p>Other achievements:
- Approx. 200 hours community service
- Finalist and Attended the Georgia Governor's Honors Program for Technology, Summer 2013 (4 week Summer Program for Georgia's best in brightest in their respective subjects at Valdosta State University)
- Academic Letter (95 GPA or above)
- Second Place-school science and engineering fair
- Academic Excellence awards in Physics and Robotics
- AP scholar with Distinction
- 4 years of foreign language</p>
<p>Other important info:
- No financial/personal hardships, life is peachy
- Both parents attended college, were born in US</p>