<p>USA Top 10 Public School</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.15
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.23</p>
<p>Class Rank: Between the top 15% and 20%. 9th grade screwed me over.</p>
<p>California Resident</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: (2140) 760CR/710M/670W 12 essay</p>
<p>ACT scores: 33 Composite - 31Eng/35Math/33Science/33Reading 12 essay
.Superscored ACT is a 36</p>
<p>SAT II Scores: 800Math II/ 790 US History/ 740 Molecular Biology</p>
<p>AP tests: European History (3), Statistics (4), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP US History (5), AP Eng Lang (5), AP Art History (4), AP Biology (5)</p>
<p>Applying to the college of Engineering: Undecided</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed): My extracurriculars are pretty sub-par (but I don't really have the opportunity to dedicate my time)</p>
<p>.Community Service Club (9th,10th,11th,12th grade)
.Robotics Club (11th, 12th grade)
.Tutoring (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade)
.Child care [younger brother]
.Science Fair: (9th, 10th, 11th grade - didn't really put effort into these because they were school mandatory)
.Violin Practice (it has become secondary because of my work load)</p>
<p>Sports: School doesn't offer any compelling sports. I'm physically active outside of class though.</p>
<p>College preparation:
.4 Years of college prep classes
.Summer camp with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
.Summer language immersion camp with Middlebury</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:</p>
<p>.Intern at AMGEN: Researching the correlation of cellular apoptosis pathways on cancer. Also researching the creation of drugs to inhibit such pathways</p>
<p>.Intern at UCSD Cancer Laboratory: Researching inflammation and its affect on diabetes.</p>
<p>Self-study: Multivariable calculus, DiffEQ, Lin. Algebra</p>
<p>Hook: Great essay, recommendations, first generation student, living with great-grandparents etc.</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read through this :).</p>