<p>Asian male from California
@ extremely competitive HS (~40 semifinalists a year)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.900 UW 9-12, 4.85 W 10-12, 4.72 W 9-12
RANK: school does not rank, but top 10%
SCORES: SAT I: 2110 (retook in november, waiting on scores)
SAT II: mathIIC-780, bioE-760
ACT: 33 (34E, 35M, 32R, 29S, 12writing)
APs: Bio-5, Chem-5, Gov-5, US History-4, Spanish-3</p>
<p>well, you don't stand out in any fashion except the GPA, so I hope the rest of your application mitigates the possible interpretation as a grind.</p>
<p>A 4.85 weighted GPA? that's kinda farcical, but I guess not unheard-of. Not your fault your school weights things funny, I guess.</p>