Hey there, I want to see what other people think of my application. I am a senior in the 2017-2018 school year.
UW GPA: 3.5
W GPA: 4.2
Class Rank: 96/373
SAT:
-March 2017: 1430 - 690 Reading, 740 Math
-August 2017: 1420 - 630 Reading, 790 Math
-Superscore: 1480 - 690 Reading, 790 Math
SAT Subject:
Math II - 740
Chemistry - 680
AP Classes: 11 in total
AP Government
AP Chemistry
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB
AP Computer Science A
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Computer Science Principles
ECs/Clubs:
-First chair violist in upper school orchestra for freshman, sophomore, and junior year (2015 - Present)
-Computer Science Club: Developing Amazon’s Alexa to have unique responses to a human user input (2014-Present)
-Personal Coding Initiatives:
-Created a personal website using HTML/CSS (2016)
-Took multiple online classes on programming, including Java & Javascript (2014 – Present)
-Physics Olympics Team: Work collaboratively on a challenge to create a real-life model - we won Fourth Place in the Entire State (2016-Present)
-Science Olympiad Club: Solve challenging problems in physics and chemistry and prepare for competition in 2017 (2016 - Present)
-Math Team: Solve math challenges in timed competitions (2014 - 2015)
-It’s Academic Club : Prepare for general knowledge and current events challenges (2014 - 2015)
-Community Service - 400+ hours of community service, performing violin and Indian Percussion in local temples and performing arts centers. Have performed all over the world including Canada, United States, and India with professional artists. (2011 - Present)
-National Honor Society: Tutoring Students in Spanish/Algebra Courses
-Orchestra - Selected to play with the Local G/T Orchestra (2014-Present)
- Selected to play annually with professional members of the Symphony Orchestra (based on local city) (2014-Present)
- Selected for the 2015 Junior All-State Orchestra (March 2015)
-UNICEF Club- Vice President (2014-2015) - Organized Fundraising Events – Raised the most money of all other schools in the County
- Personally raised the most money in the entire club as donations
-Cross Country (2015, 2017), Track and Field (2014-2015, 2017)
Other info: I’m 17 of South Indian origin, but I was born in USA. Planning to major in either Computer Engineering or Computer Science. Maryland resident
Colleges I’m Applying To:
-University of Maryland College Park (have a sister who did her bs/ms there)
-University of Maryland Baltimore County
-Georgia Institute of Technology
-University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
-Purdue University
-Pennsylvania State University
-University of Washington - Seattle
-North Carolina State University
-University of North Carolina
-Virginia Tech
So, what do you guys think? Thanks in advance, everyone!