<p>I am a first generation Asian-American.
I go to a high school in the close suburbs of Chicago.
I'm not going to make excuses for my grades/stats, it is what it is and I can't change it.</p>
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<p>Anyways here are my stats: (Will go: Semester 1, Semester 2)</p>
<p>Freshman Year:</p>
<p>-My school does not allow/provide freshmen AP courses for whatever reason...</p>
<ul>
<li>French I (Regular): A, A</li>
<li>English I (Regular): A, A</li>
<li>World Studies (Honors): A, A</li>
<li>Algebra I (Regular): A, A</li>
<li>Geophysics (Regular/Basically Physics): A, A</li>
<li>Art Foundations (Regular) A, A</li>
</ul>
<p>GPA Weighted For Year (5.0 scale): ~5.16</p>
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<p>Sophomore Year</p>
<p>-Only offers 4 possible AP courses for Sophomores in my school: Psych, Euro, Micro Econ, Macro Econ [Unless you've proven yourself capable of excelling at every course in the past, you weren't recommended/able to take Micro/Macro]</p>
<ul>
<li>Drivers Ed: - , B</li>
<li>Health (Regular): A, -</li>
<li>French II (Regular): B, B</li>
<li>AP Euro: B, B</li>
<li>Geometry (Honors): B, B</li>
<li>Chemistry (Honors): B, B</li>
<li>English II (Regular): A, A</li>
<li>Foods & Nutrition (Regular): -, A</li>
</ul>
<p>GPA Weighted For Year (5.0 scale): ~4.88</p>
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<p>Junior Year</p>
<p>French III (Regular): B, B
AP US History: A, A
Alg2/Trig (Honors): C, C
AP Eng Lang/Comp: B, B
AP Biology: A, A
AP Micro: B, -
AP Macro: -, B</p>
<p>GPA Weighted For Year (5.0 scale): 5.0 for both semesters</p>
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<p>Senior Year:</p>
<p>-AP French IV
-AP Government
-AP Environmental Sciences
-AP English Lit
-AP Chem
-Pre-Calculus Honors
-Sociology (Would of taken an honors/AP here too but they don't offer ANY other semester AP/Honors classes at my school)</p>
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<p>Overall cumulative unweighted GPA: Edit - can someone help me figure this out...
Composite ACT Score: 29 (This was the PSAE which is a mandatory state-provided ACT, and since Illinois is poor so there was no essay test to go with it...)</p>
<p>5 on AP US
4 on AP Micro
4 on AP Macro
4 on AP Bio</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars (Please realize a lot of these I'm not doing to "fluff" my app a lot of these are actually required by the courses i'm taking to fulfill some type of requirement at my school):
- French Club President
- Habitat for Humanity President
- SADD President (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
- Diversity Club President
- Key Club member
- Investment Club Charity Committee
- Eco Club
- Model UN
- Been working a job/summer job since Freshman year (Around 20-30 hours a week)
- No sports
- No musical talent</p>
<p>Essentially, I know my stats are not up to par as what they should be but I really want to know what you guys think. Please be honest!</p>
<p>Oh yes, and my first choice of major would be Biomedical/Bio Engineering, second would be Economics.</p>
<p>Schools i'm looking at:</p>
<p>-Boston College
-Boston University
-Cornell University
-Johns Hopkins University
-NYU
-Northeastern University
-Northwestern University
-Rice University
-UChicago
-UMichigan Ann Arbor
-UCLA
-UTexas Austin
-UIllinois Urbana Champaign
-Loyola University</p>