Alright, white male, high income, from Los Angeles CA, Harvard-Westlake high school (so kinda prestigious).
GPA:
9th 3.54
10th 3.50
11th 3.95
12th 4.6
Cumulative 3.82
SAT: 2280: Math 800 Reading 740 Writing 740
SAT II: Math 740 Chem 770 USH 720
AP:
Phys 1: 5
Span Lang: 4
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
APES
Phys C: Mech
English Lang
Calc BC
Extracurriculars:
NSLC engineering conference, with college credit class from American University
Cello since 5th grade, was in school orchestra but left after grade 10
Robotics team in 11th grade
Shadowed engineer at local firm
Some volunteer work but not a huge amount, probably some 50 or 60 hours throughout high school
Study Icelandic, Norwegian, and Russian independently
National Spanish honor society
National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence
Chemical engineering research project in senior year (synthetic fuels)
Coastal Marine Biolabs research program
Recommendation letters: Physics teacher and history teacher, both probably very good.
Essay: Common app probably pretty good, supplement very good, very focused on prospective major (civil eng.)
I know my cumulative GPA is not perfect, but 11th and 12th grade are substantially better than the previous two.
What would you say my chances are with regular decision? I regret not doing early, but I didn’t have a definite first choice at the time.
), in that I also screwed up the first two years of HS and I’m working to compensate for that now. Placing an emphasis on improvement in essays and rec letters would certainly help. Assuming you submitted everything, your outstanding SAT score might get you wait-listed, so you could write them a very con vicing letter at that point that would push you over the top into acceptance. Good luck!