<p>welp, i got rejected from stanford REA (sadness), but i guess it's for the best.. i'd really appreciate it to get some chances for my RD schools though! thanks :)</p>
<p>for my RD apps, i'm applying to the following as an environmental engineering major:</p>
<p>Penn (M&T) -- lol long shot
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Caltech
MIT
Cornell
Columbia
UVA (instate, Jefferson Scholars)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300; M: 800, CR: 760, W: 740, E: 9
ACT: 36; M: 36, S: 36, E: 36, R: 34, E: 9
SAT II: Bio E: January test date, Math II: 800, Chemistry: 730 (submitting to Cornell, Princeton, Caltech, since they don't take January scores)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.970
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.700
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/648
AP (place score in parenthesis): </p>
<p>ap computer science a (4)
ap world history (4)
ap statistics (5)
ap environmental science (5)
ap chemistry (3) (not submitting)
ap calculus BC (5)
ap calculus BC-- AB subscore (5)
ap physics C (3) (not submitting)
ap english 11 (5)
ap us history (4)
ap spanish (3) (not submitting)
ap psych (5)
ap microeconomics (4)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:</p>
<p>advanced band
advanced database
programming
ap biology
challenges of engineering ii/robotics
marching band
ap government
ap macroeconomics
ap english 12
ap european history
ap human geography</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Gold Presidential Award for Service, Gold Congressional Award (pending), BSA Silver Hornaday Medal (pending), BSA Supernova Award (pending), Engineer Girl Essay Competition (national finalist), CIA Award for Science Fair Winners</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>
<p>Marching band, percussion, section leader (undefeated season)
Robotics team (FRC); won engineering inspiration/chairman's at two regional competitions, best website, website excellence award at regionals, semifinals at worlds (business team lead)
Robotics team (FTC); world championship winner last year!!! (engineering notebook team lead) inspire award/winning alliance @ regional this year! :)
Robotics team (FLL); state research award winner (team mentor)
Youth Orchestra, Wind Symphony (first chair oboe, performing at Carnegie Hall this year)
Youth Orchestra, Concert Orchestra (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, church (first chair oboe)
Piano (privately studied, 12+ years, did NOT submit art supplement)
Oboe (privately studied, 5+ years, did NOT submit art supplement)
Boy Scout, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Webmaster, Leave No Trace Trainer; 30+ merit badges
Biology Olympiad (president)
Zero Robotics team (founder/team captain, national finalist at MIT woohoo)
Envirothon (president/team captain)
YUGA (community service) (president, founder)
SPACE (Students Pursuing Academics and Careers in Engineering) Club (secretary, president)
KidWind Challenge (2nd place in state, team captain)
Key Club (treasurer, 2x)
Environmental Club (secretary, vice president)
Church youth group (small group leader)
NASA INSPIRE OLC
Nonprofit teaching STEM to approx. 30 elementary school students, since my county does not focus heavily on this aspect of education <a href="founder/president/ceo">501(c)(3) pending</a>
Nonprofit teaching STEM (advisory board)
Nonprofit focusing on Social Responsibility (city director, regional director, international director)
Church youth group (group leader)
Church youth orchestra (principal oboe)
Church missions (Baltimore, OH; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Honors/Programs (place leadership in parenthesis):
Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology (webmaster)
All County/All District Band (first chair oboe)
2nd place in Behavioral Science, regional science fair
1st place in Biochem, regional science fair
Piano Guild of America Sonatina Award
Piano Guild of America Honor Award
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade VI-- highest level); superior rating (2x)
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade V); superior rating
HOBY Ambassador, Junior Counselor
Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (received an A), Summer Academy
NSO Young Associates' Program
VA Boys State</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Academic Tutoring (8 hrs/week), Intern @ env eng firm (2 hrs/week), Piano Teacher (1 hr/week)
Volunteer/Community service: ~500 hours from various clubs, initiatives, etc.
Summer Activities: pretty busy, with governor's school, etc., but I left some time in there for family and friends hahah
Essays: overall, pretty decent, I think. no bombs in there, and I spent awhile on them
Teacher Recommendation: got to see them, all "top 1%" except one category (grr LOL)
Counselor Rec: didn't see it, but she said it was practically glowing
Additional Rec: didn't get to see it, but it's from my robotics coach, and she said it was pretty phenomenal
Interview: none yet..</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: we are the 1% (loljk not really, but money's never been a big issue)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope wahhhh</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: act, class rank/gpa, ECs (?)
Weaknesses: ap scores, sat ii scores, essay</p>
<p>leave a link if you want me to chance you back-- i'd be happy to do so! good luck to everyone else too! :)</p>