Time for Reality

<p>Before I begin, thanks for taking time to read this and evaluate me; I'm having anxiety about my high school career and what will come after and need some sort of reality check.</p>

<p>Right now, I'm a Junior so obviously I do not have all of the resources I need but still have a good part of them</p>

<p>Schools I'm Considering:</p>

<p>UCDavis
UCSB
UCSD
NorthEastern
Boston University
NYU
Loyola Marymount University
Emory (Maybe Early)
Amherst (Maybe Early)
UMich</p>

<p>Major: Psychology/English (I have an affinity and preference for humanities)</p>

<p>Background:</p>

<p>Race- Asian
Gender- Male
School- Private Catholic School
State: California
Parents- First Generation Immigration
Income Bracket- High</p>

<p>Breakdown:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2280- 780 CR, 770 Math, 730 Writing</p>

<p>SAT 2: 790-Chinese w/ listening, 790-Math 2, 760-Chemistry</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.12</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.45</p>

<p>AP:
APUSH-5
APMandarin-5
APAB Calc-5 </p>

<p>(I'm a Junior this year and I will be taking the AP test for: Biology, World History, APBC Calc, AP Lit. Although this is a bit cocky, I can say from personal experience that I do really well on Standardized tests, despite my GPA, so I would expect either a 4 or 5 from all of these but maybe a 3 for Biology due to the honestly tough time I have with the subject)</p>

<p>Rank: N/A </p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Wrestling </p>

<p>Advocacy Project (Involved with passing legislation in California where we actually talk to government officials and propose/argue for/against a certain topic such as anything from capital punishment to rehabilitation of criminals)</p>

<p>Piano- Passed the highest testing level possible with high honors </p>

<p>Hospital Volunteer of over 100 hours within about a year and half of time</p>

<p>Volunteering at Senior Homes by playing piano and just talking with the people there</p>

<p>Volunteering at a Daycare for Low Income Families on a regular basis</p>

<p>UNICEF - Writing articles for a school newspaper about Current and Trending Issues</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Placed second, third and third again in 3 Different events in the United States Open Music Competition in Piano Categories</p>

<p>AP Scholar</p>

<p>Principal's Honor Roll </p>

<p>Thanks for your time, it's good to finally make an account after lurking here on the forums before every AP/SAT i took :)</p>