Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~13/475
SAT I (breakdown): ok, its sucks, 2040 (680 all) retaking Nov
SAT II: – Not taking
ACT: Took Oct. Superscore on redbook practices was 34
AP (place score in parenthesis): Will have taken 11 APs by end of senior year. Freshman: Biology (3, def not sending) Sophomore: World (4) Physics B (2 oops) Junior: US History (5), Eng. Lang (4), Chinese (5), Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Com Sci, AP Gov, AP Comparative, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Chamber Orchestra, PE.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Violin 10+ years, 4 years of Chamber Orchestra (principal player), Orchestra leadership team, District honor orchestra 3x, Solo & Ensemble (1st violin), Tennis 2 years, Piano 7 years, aced 2 classes in local cc, played violin for retirement homes, summer swim, HOSA, Key Club 2 years, Red Cross 2 years
Fluent in Chinese and English. Came over half way through 5th grade with barely just the ABCs. Though I guess many people are the same.
Job/Work Experience: Interned at a high-tech chemical wafer manufacturing company this spring, committed over 90 hours. Learned a variety of work management techniques and ethics. Babysitting count?
Volunteer/Community service: 100+hrs. from Key Club. Red Cross. NHS. Chinese Mandarin Camp. I have been put on hold for hospital volunteering until my schedule opens up in late Oct.
Also starting volunteering at hospital (my application was put on hold due to tennis)
Teacher Recommendation: From AP US and Lang teachers. All had really good things to say (top student in US, and lang teacher exaggerated a lot)
Counselor Rec: Talked to her a few times, not super close, but should be decent.
Additional Rec: From intern mentor. A bit generic. Not sending
Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes! This is very important. Low income
Intended Major: Biology related, depending on school.
State (if domestic applicant): WA
I am sorta counting on UW to give me lots of aid because out income is quite low. I know a friend who last year got full-tuition with the same GPA as me but with like a 1500 SAT (along with 1500 hours of volunteer hours, but…). I know full-tuition scholarships aren’t given out like candy, but am I close?