<p>Hi world! I'm at the end of my junior year, but I have not seriously thought about college and it's scaring me sh-tless. </p>
<p>Grade: Junior
Basics: Asian, Female (First generation)
Location: suburbs of Los Angeles Torrance</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted/ 4.71 weighted
Rank: 2/550, noncompetitive (supposedly, we're the ghettoest part of town)</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors Spanish 2
Honors Geometry
PE
Honors English 1
Health/tech
Art</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP/Honors Chem (it was 2 periods a day)
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Spanish 3
PE
AP World History
Honors English 2</p>
<p>Junior Year:
Academic Decathlon
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Honors Precalc
Journalism
AP US History
Honors English</p>
<p>Senior Year (Hopefully):
AP Gov/econ
AP English
AP Calc BC
AP Enviro
Academic Decathlon
Journalism
Creative Writing</p>
<p>AP Exams: World 5, Chem 4. took Bio, USAP, Psych--> did fairly well, but let's just say I get a 3 on all. Next year: englit, calc bc, us gov, comparative gov, macro, micro, enviro</p>
<p>SAT:
630 R
680 M
690 W
2000 total (1310) I took the may SATs, so I'll update that in ~8 hours
PSAT was 216, commended (not a semifinalist)</p>
<p>SATII:
680 chem will not retake
Will take Mathiic and US history</p>
<p>EC:
-Chinese Club (Treasurer, VP, P next year) we put on dances for the local community
-Photography Club (P for 2 years) host a photo gallery at the school, take pictures for the dances
-Journalism (health editor, editor-in-chief next year)
-NHS (P next year)
-Academic Decathlon (highest scorer 2007-2008 at 5th in very competitive county, hopefully we'll get top 3 next year) very labor intensive, interpersonal skills. I spent over 300 hours preparing for the 2007-2008 competition.</p>
<p>Volunteer:
-Library volunteer every summer. Over 260 hours helping kids read and discuss books. Shelving books as well.
-Will organize a schoolwide fundraiser for a local hospital at the school. </p>
<p>Work:
Planning on getting a job in retail this summer.</p>
<p>Awards:
-School awards for art, history (2 years), spanish, journalism, biology
- congressional recognition for art competitions
-a crapload of recognition certificates from California, Torrance, and LA for being in Academic Decathlon
- 2nd place (twice) in an poster/art contest</p>
<p>I will have a stellar rec from my academic decathlon coach and a good rec from my journalism advisor. </p>
<p>I'm planning on majoring in humanities, most likely liberal arts or history. Hopefully, I can appeal to colleges by showing that I am creative through art. </p>
<p>In regards to college, I'd like to go to the east coast to study in a semi-urban location with around 5k students. Income is around 40k, so I'll need financial aid, but it's not a deciding factor, I will have enough to get by if tuition is below 30k (savings).</p>
<p>Thank you, ubernerds!!!!</p>