How strong of an essay will I need for my PIQs considering my profile?
CA Resident, Male Filipino, coming from a low-income family.
Looking to Major in WFCB, alternate in Ecology
STATS
Unweighted: 3.9211
Weighted for UC: 4.0417
I took AP Bio and 1 Honors class Junior Year (but the UC doesn’t count my honors class)
Taking AP MacroEcon, AP Environmental Science, Honors PreCalc, and taking AP Gov in the Spring.
I took a language for 2 years rather than 3 to take business classes (I wanted to learn so that I could start a reptile breeding business in the future).
SAT: 1200
Evidence-Based Reading & Writing: 570
Math: 630
Reading: 6
Analysis: 4
Writing: 5
Taken it only once
SAT Subject (Bio): 620
Also taken it once
(Do I have to report my SAT subject test? And if I don’t need to, should I? I’m thinking that my score is low and will negatively affect my application)
ACTIVITIES
71.5 hours of Community Service
4 Years of School Volleyball (2 in JV, was co-captain for one year + 2 in Var)
2 Years of playing Club Volleyball
Freshman and Sophomore year I’d take care of my nephews and niece after school.
The summer transitioning to my Junior Year, I was working part-time.
The summer transitioning to my Senior Year, I was working full-time at the zoo as a busser and currently working part-time.
I also take care of my pets after school (dog, 4 lizards, bird, bunny, and spider)
I’ve also started getting into reptile breeding.
EXTRA NOTES
During my sophomore year, my sister and her husband lived with my family and they would argue so much to the point cops would come. They eventually leaned towards drugs and got addicted. This was stressful for my whole family. It was bad to the point that we had to move my nephews and niece with my mom who lives in the Philippines.