Hi all!
I need some help with searching colleges. I prefer colleges in the city, but am fine with taking transportation to go to the cities, as long as there is a city nearby. I also plan to double major in enginnering (probably comp sci) and business (not sure which specific major). Engineering is going to be the big one, but the business aspect of the college should be relatively fine.
Here are some things and stats about me:
Interested College major:
I plan to major in Computer science or Physics. I also plan to obtain a major or minor in business.
Grade: 12
GPA: 91/100 uweighted
AP classes: My school only offers history AP classes in 9th and 10th grade, so I didn’t take any APs until junior year. I have taken AP physics 1 (4 on the AP test), and I have taken a pilot AP class in computer science which doesn’t have an AP test yet. I’m currently taking AP JAVA, AP CALC AB, AP ECON, and AP CHINESE.
SAT: 1500/1600 (I’m going to take it 2 more times in Nov and Decemeber)
SAT IIs:
Math 2: 800
Physics: 770
Chem: 660
Extra curricular:
-Semi-finalist in Siemens research competition (300/1700 projects are selected nationally) I’m waiting on the result of another research competition sponsored by Columbia. ( I am planning to continue researching for more competitions such as MIT INSPIRE and NYCSEF, I plan to eventually publish the paper)
-Participated in the International Young Physics’ tournament at Russia this year (2016). There wasn’t an award but I was a team member in the US team. We didn’t get a really high ranking in the tournament because the other participating European and Asia countries are very good.
-Girls Varsity badminton team Co-Captain. We won city champion for 2 years.
-200 volunteer hours for researching
-I participated in a variety of programs such as business, theater, and architecture just to try out my interests.
-Club Representative for Physics club
-I also create architecture models on my free time for fun. I plan to use them as an art portfolio
Extra notes:
My parents moved to America during my sophomore year so I had to spend a lot of time to help them. I didn’t have much time to do extra curricular activities and it was hard for me to keep really high grades. Also, I’m in a specialized high school so it’s a lot harder to obtain a high average.
Thank you so much for your help!