<p>Hey guys. First off, I just want to thank you for your time and I'm very grateful for the wonderful and helpful community here. </p>
<p>Background: U.S. and CA-Resident, Caucasian male. I attend a competitive private Catholic School in SoCal. Since 8th grade, I knew my passion was for chemistry, and taking Chem soph. and AP Chem junior year reaffirmed it. Not much of a sports guy, I enjoy building computers, keeping up with tech news, indulging in video games on the weekends. A nasty anxiety disorder has previously kept me out of some sports so I opt for running on my own after school.</p>
<p>Please chance for the following schools! I would love to attend a smaller community, with a ton of support and opportunities, but I'll go for the UCs if "necessary".</p>
<p>Astronomical:
1. Stanford (the dream, man. Legacy on father's side)
2. Caltech
3. MIT (not even that interested, mostly pressure from parents)
4. Yale</p>
<p>Reach:
5. Harvey Mudd (Would love to go here)
6. UCBerk and UCLA
7. Rice</p>
<p>Matches:
8. Cal Poly SLO (would have to major in Materials S.)
9. URochester
10. Colorado School of Mines</p>
<p>Safety:
11. U Portland</p>
<p>Yeaaahp, we got the whole spectrum up there.</p>
<p>GPA:
9-12: UW: 3.95 W: 4.25
10-12 (for Stanford/UCs): UW: 3.96 W: 4.42
Rank: (23/412) will hopefully pull up
SAT: 2080 *retaking (not sure if sending)
ACT: 34 Cumulative, 36 science
SAT II
Math 2: 770 (signed up to retake, it's personal)
Chem: 800</p>
<p>Fresh
After School Band: A/A
Bio: A+/B+ (teacher screwed up on test, took it to principal, no avail)
Catholic Faith: A/A
English 1(Adv.): A/A
Geometry 1(Adv.): A/A
Spanish 1: A/A
Speech: A/A</p>
<p>Soph: Let's make this simpler..
Notable Classes: AP Euro (got a 3, cute), Alg. 2 Trig/H, English 2(H).
B's: 1st semester English 2H. I'm a math guy.</p>
<p>Junior:
Notable: AP Chem (5), AP Enviro (5), PreCalc (H)
No Bs</p>
<p>Senior: not yet completed
AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Macro Econ, AP Statistics, Advanced Brit Lit.</p>
<p>Awards:
Baush and Lomb Science Award (11)
AP Scholar Award (11)
Academic Letter (for GPA, 11)
All 3 of them, yep</p>
<p>Activities:
1) Patent Drawing Draftsman Intern at a local firm last summer. Great experience, paid, I plan to eventually become a lawyer so career oriented. 40hrs/week from mid June to mid August. Great work experience, plan on doing the CommonApp's ex-curric. essay on this one.
2) JV Tennis Junior Year. Look, I played a sport, kinda
3) 2011 Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) Participant
4) 2011 ACS Chemistry Competition, connected with the Olympiad, will have to do some more research on it. We just were given materials and a question to answer.
5) Member of Science and Engineering Club, 10th-12th grade. Currently Treasurer.
6) 25~hrs/summer for supporting my local parish in Vacation Bible School, 9th and 10th grade summers. Didn't last summer b/c of 1)
7) Co-founder of a start-up company. We buy parts cheap, make computers, sell them per-customer spec. I'm looking at you, Stanford.</p>
<p>Teacher reccs should be great, not so sure about counselor.
I'm sure I can churn out some decent essays, not the best writer, however. I've already completed my 1 of 6 topics essay on the CommonApp about my anxiety disorder. Very hopeful, received positive feedback from English teachers.</p>
<p>If you've went through all this, thank you very much for your time, it means the world to me. Can't wait till this whole process is over and things get a might simpler. </p>
<p>Please suggest other great Engineering Schools too! Preferably small ones.</p>