I am a fourteen year old Asian/Pacific Islander female at a public high school that specializes in agricultural programs. My intended major is Computer Science.
GPA Weighted: 5.44
GPA Unweighted: 3.96
4 AP classes: Biology, Government, World History, and Environmental Science
Biology: 4 Government: 4
I have taken most of my courses required for high school graduation at the Community College of Baltimore County as a Dual-Enrollment student
Letters of Recommendation: I am hoping my letters are strong, as one is from my Communications professor at the Community College of Baltimore County who is also the head of the Communications Department at Notre Dame University, and the others are from my AP Biology teacher, my guidance counselor, and one of my middle school teachers who was a club sponsor for me.
I am not sure if this makes a difference, but I have only been in high school for two years, last year and this year, as I entered high school one year early by skipping eighth grade and advancing to ninth grade, and then moving up to twelfth grade this year. My highest math course at the moment is Calculus, which I will be taking at UMBC in the Spring as a non-degree seeking student. In addition, my father passed away last March in the middle of my school year very suddenly, and my essay touches on this topic.
Extracurricular Activities (during high school only- I face a bit of a disadvantage in stating these because I was only in high school for one year): I am a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society at CCBC, I started two speech and debate clubs, the Thomas Jefferson Speech and Debate Council, at my middle school and elementary school to help younger children learn debate techniques, I am a member of the Capitol Debate regional team, and I have come in first place with my partner at a regional, nationally ranked debate tournament at Georgetown University. I have received letters and certificates of recognition for starting debate clubs from President Barack Obama, Governor Larry Hogan, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Delegate Chris West, and Senator Ben Cardin. I also received the international LiFT scholarship from the Linux Foundation, and I completed a training course in Systems Administration. I have received multiple certificates for the completion of data science courses from Johns Hopkins University, and I competed in the International Data Science Bowl this past year, but did not place. I play softball and tennis, and I played on a travel team for softball. I co-founded a global innovations platform, and received funding from national health organizations to continue development. I am also certified in Tableau. I have lots of volunteer hours from working at a health campus and developing applications for them, and helping at a nonprofit health clinic at a local organization. I also run a free tutoring service for students at CCBC and my high school.
My SAT scores are not great, I received a 1390 (Reading and Writing: 720, Math: 670), but I retook the test and am hoping to get an improved score.
I am really hoping for a substantial scholarship to UMBC, as I do not qualify for any sort of financial aid.
Thank you!