<p>Before, you chance me, please read this:</p>
<p>So I came from India in my junior year. Because of this, I wasn't allowed to take any Honors classes that year, and the AP classes (such as Psychology and USH) I could take (that were available, at least) were ones I felt I would surely do bad in, so I only took 1 AP class in my junior year (AP Statistics). I mentioned this in the application. Also, because of this, I don't have many volunteering hours and I didn't have any opportunities to volunteer anywhere during the summer of my junior year. I did not mention this.
Also, in my old school in India and in the Board Exams, an aggregate percentage of 75%+ is considered a Grade I with Distinction (which is like an A in the U.S.) Everyone had to take the same required courses, so there weren't any AP/Honors courses at my old school.</p>
<p>So please chance me for all UCs! (except Merced.) I'm mainly aiming for
UC Berkeley
and
UCLA
. My intended major is
EECS
.</p>
<p>I. **Grades, GPA and class rank:<a href="The%20first%20grade%20means%20the%20grade%20I%20got%20the%20first%20semester,%20the%20second%20grade%20is%20the%20grade%20I%20got%20second%20semester">/b</a></p>
<p>Freshman year:
I got a 78% in the final exam. I did kind of bad because I was in the U.S. for the entire first semester of school (I mentioned this on UC app), and the final exam was cumulative and so tested on the entire year's worth of material.</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
Got a 88% in the state Board Exams.</p>
<p>Junior Year/11th grade:
AP Statistics - B-/A
Physics - B+/A-
Digital Imaging - A/A
English 11 - A/A
U.S. History - A/A
Pre-calculus - A/A
UW GPA 1st semester: 3.667; UW GPA 2nd semester: 4.000</p>
<p>Senior Year/12th grade:<a href="Grades%20so%20far">/u</a>
AP Calculus AB - A
AP Physics B - A
AP Government/AP Economics - A (in Gov.)
Digital Imaging 2 - A
English 12 - A
Health/P.E. - A (in P.E.)
UW GPA: 4.000</p>
<p>Class rank: Top 5%</p>
<p>II. SAT Reasoning Test scores:
2070<a href="First%20try">/u</a> - Breakdown: 690 CR, 710 M, 670 W
2140<a href="Second%20try">/u</a> - Breakdown: 700 CR, 720 M, 700 W
2240<a href="Third%20try">/u</a> - Breakdown: 690 CR, 750 M, 800 W</p>
<p>III. SAT Subject Test scores:
Math Level 2 - 780
Physics - 720</p>
<p>IV. AP score(s):
AP Statistics - 5</p>
<p>V. ECs:
1] JV Badminton team (Junior year, will go in senior year as well)
2] Math club (Junior & senior year)
3] Math tutoring at school - 30 hours
4] Volunteered at my school's book room - 10 hours
5] Currently privately tutoring 2-3 students from my school in their respective math courses (started this senior year) for $10/hr (put this as a job.)</p>
<p>VI. Award(s):
Got a certificate from my former school for receiving the highest marks in the school in Science in the Board Exams.</p>
<p>VII. Essays:
First essay: I wrote about the time I moved back to India after the sixth grade and my challenges in overcoming the adjusting issues through the lens of an exam setting.
Second Essay: I wrote about my interest in electrical engineering from a young age, with my dad helping to stimulate this interest.</p>
<p>VIII. Residency:
I am a California resident, and I am a permanent resident of the U.S.</p>
<p>As a side note, I am currently self-studying for AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C: Mechanics & Electricity and Magnetism. I doubt this will be counted though, although I mentioned on the app that I intended to take the AP exams for these subjects.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading through all of this! I really appreciate it, and will chance you back if you so wish! :D</p>
