Demographics: Asian (Korean), SoCal, Competitive School, Upper-middle class
GPA unweighted: 3.8 UW, 4.2 W (my biggest worry)
ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 M, 35 R, 35 S)
SAT subject tests: 800 on Chem + Math 2
Awards: USACO Platinum, Google Code Jam Qualifying Rd, several hackathon/science fair awards
Main ECs:
Research in AI/ML. Published in mid impact factor journal and presenting at conference (abstract will be published in other journal). No mentor/external help.
Founder of nonprofit teaching kids how to code in local impoverished areas. Taught over 500 kids and raised 10,000$ in funding. Initially ran all operations myself, before hiring some of my friends who were interested.
Data Science Internship @ local state university
ML Internship (paid) @ local startup
Internship @ NASA JPL (LA)
Varsity Volleyball + Club Volleyball (low d1 recruit, but not good enough for stanford) 3 years
I have other ECs like the generic volunteering, but those are my main ones.
Thanks