Indian male, competitive high school, high income
Intended Major (at all schools): Chemical Engineering
I can afford all of these schools.
Schools -
Purdue (in state)
Berkeley
UCLA
UMichigan (EA)
UPenn M&T (ED, but secondary choice SEAS is RD)
Cornell
Northwestern
Grades -
UW GPA: 3.86 with sharp rising trend
W GPA: 4.60
UC UW GPA - 3.96
UC capped weighted - 4.25
UC uncapped weighted - 4.75
top 3% class rank at school
Tests-
ACT: 36C; 36 E, R, S; 35M; 29 W
SAT (old): 800M, 800 CR, 780 W
Past AP’s (5 on all except Seminar):
Physics B
World History
Chemistry
Calculus BC
Computer Science A
Macro/Microeconomics
Biology
Environmental Science
Human Geography
Statistics
US History
Seminar
Extracurriculars-
Research at local university (11 and 12) - will include abstract and recommendation from professor/mentor wherever allowed
President and founder of Geography Club (11 and 12)
Peer math tutor (11 and 12)
Chemistry Club (10 - 12)
NHS
Robotics team (9 and 10) - dropped for time pressures
Awards/Honors (a bit paltry here)-
Qualified for US Geography Olympiad nationals (couldn’t go because of costs)
regional Chemistry Olympiad award
Rec letters -
Teacher #1 - was my APUSH teacher last year and sponsors the geography club. Adores me, easy 10/10
Teacher #2 - was my stats teacher last year whose permanent tutor I am now. One of his favorite students, also 10/10
counselor - she has a lot of students so I’m not sure how good, we’ll say 7-8/10
Essays -
Common App: pretty proud, 8-9/10
supplements/essays at UC’s - 8-10/10, some I feel really good on, some are a bit more meh