I was thinking about applying for either Yale or Dartmouth ED–I’m a junior right now, but my concern is my UW GPA. I got 1 B Sophomore Year and 3 Junior Year (fuck spanish).
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II : 800 Chem, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.89 W 4.6 W (Is this too low?)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
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Freshman: AP Calc BC, AP Government, AP Macro, AP Micro
Sophomore: AP World History, AP Chinese, AP English Lang, AP Stats, AP Comp Sci
Junior: AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish, AP Chem, AP Physics Mech, AP US History
all 5s except stats and Spanish, which I got 4s on
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[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Lit, Mechanics E&M, Psych, Bio, Spanish Lit (all APs)[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]- National AP scholar
- states in SciOly as a sophomore
- nationals in TSA as a junior
- qualified to Tournament of Champions (top 85 or so in nation) as junior in debate
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I’m writing most of my essays on debate: quarterfinalist at CPS, quarterfinalist at UPS, winner of Stanford, I’m going to a lot of tournaments next year that I’ll probably be able to go to quarterfinalist/beyond
- qualified to national history/geography olympiad
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Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
Volunteer/Community service:
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Tutored people in math at school like 4 hours/week Sophomore, Junior, Senior years
Volunteer after school tutoring (100+ hours)
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[li] Summer Activities:[/li]
[li] Essays: good[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: good[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: eh[/li]
[/list]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): CA[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant): US[/li]
[li] School Type: public, competitive[/li]
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[li] Income Bracket: no financial aid[/li]
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope