HELLO CC CITIZENS 
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Types of schools I’m looking for: Left/moderate-leaning, politically; relatively large but not overwhelmingly so; in an urban area; CA resident so CSUs/UCs an option; finances not a huge issue
Also, I go to a relatively small/medium public school that is fairly, but not overly, competitive (>1000 people in all); I’m NOT in the Bay Area, however. I didn’t get to take APs until sophomore year and have only taken…9 over the course of HS, I think?
Anyway, here are my stats!
GPA: 4.31 W on a 4.0 scale, 4.0 UW GPA
SAT: 2360 (1 sitting - 800M, 800W/10 essay, 760CR)
SAT Subjects: World History: 800, Math II: 780, Chemistry: 770
AP Scores: Chemistry (4), US History (5), English Language (5), World History (5)
Senior Courses: AP Spanish Language, AP Literature, AP US Government, Leadership (student government! gotta have the class to be in it though), AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB
College Courses: Took Fundamentals of Computer Science & Introduction to Human Development over the summer (A+s in both)
Ranking: 2/390
Ethnicity: Filipino, Chinese
Legacy: Nope! (Dad went to MIT!..in the Philippines lol. Mapua Institute of Technology, what whaaat!)
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended, Science Olympiad medals Regionals, NHS (?), couple of school academic/community service awards, Best Freshman Girl in cross country, couple of awards for stories in school-wide writing contests, Congressional Merit Award (award for seniors in 10th Congressional District in CA)
Specifics
Extracurriculars:
- Science Olympiad (11-12): placed in regionals, part of first team. I learned Jmol and protein modeling for protein modeling and it is HANDS DOWN my favorite event! I’m so sad that it’s not a regional event for us this year.
- Performed (Ensemble) in school performance of Aladdin (10). I wish I was in another musical lol - music is life!
- Performing in talent show (11) + general music - Music Club member (10), write own songs + have active Soundcloud/Youtube channel, sang national anthem twice, performed at local festival, self-taught guitar, ukulele (9-12)
- Cross Country/Track (9), continual recreational running, awards in local race (9-12) (I WAS LW VARSITY XC DURING FRESHMAN YEAR BUT I STOPPED RUNNING HAHAHA RIP)
- Key Club - served as Secretary (12)/Treasurer (11) (10-12). First experience working in an officer team!
- Help tutor students in HYPE (tutoring club); tutor (10-12) & VP (12); made a website, various advertising materials for club (10-12). I love this ahh! It’s helped me a lot with public speaking skills.
- Served as freshman mentor (like a Link Crew leader) (11-12)
- Commissioner in KHS Leadership, helped with rallies (esp backdrops, PLANNING - e.g. writing scripts, creating games, assigning jobs, etc.), posters, and promotion for the school; designed senior shirt (11-12). I love Leadership more than I can express, it’s probably the thing I’m most glad I joined in HS because it’s both brought me out of my shell and helped me learn organizational/leadership/time-management/socialization skills.
- Babysitting sister (throughout HS, lol - I’ve helped teach her how to read/walk! Having a sister WAY younger is in turns insane and awesome and annoying)
Summer activities:
- Interned last summer (11-12 summer) at my local newspaper! Super rad because I got to understand the workings of journalism, publish articles, interview people, and learn how to call adult coworkers who are decades older by their first names, lol. Also, I was exposed to the journalistic style of writing, which was pretty interesting, and it changed my entire view on my city.
Recommendations:
- English teacher: Had him for Lang. Apparently he calls me “great” and talks about me a lot BUT HE’S TOTALLY OVERHYPING ME :’) He was super pumped to write me a letter, plus he serves as a sort of mentor to me.
- Calc teacher: Had him for 2 years (Algebra 2 Pre-AP, AP Calc AB). He speaks really highly of me at parent-teacher conferences, according to my mom. Idk how personal it’ll be though?
- Editor of local newspaper I interned at: Extra rec! He seemed excited to write me a letter, but he was very impartial and not too close to me while we worked together.
-Counselor: I think it’d be okay, he’s talked to me a fair bit while I straightened out my schedule for this year.
Essays:
- Yikes. Haven’t started UC/Common App, but am done w/MIT supplements/essays. I really liked them, though! Even if I don’t get in, they showcased my personality fairly well (talked about how much I love music/role it’s played in my life; sig. challenge - learning how to adapt to having a sister after being an only child for ~12 years; talked about how much reading and writing have been in my life and tied that into me wanting to study genes/tell the story of genetics (IT SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT IS SO MUCH BETTER I HOPE); wrote about puns and how they’ve helped connect me to people/organizations/broken me out of my shell)
Prospective major:
I’m applying to communications/journalism (or linguistics/English majors, barring either of the aforementioned) and molecular biology/genetics/biotechnology/bioengineering majors. (LOL THAT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I’d appreciate suggestions for clearing up my major choice/s too!)
Thank you so much to everyone who reverse chances me! I’d love to hear all of your thoughts