<p>So my previous post at the end of March has disappeared... So I guess I'll just make it more concise + updated. I'll start by saying I'm not the typical Asian applicant. I'm a rising senior.</p>
<p>Objective:
UW GPA: 3.421
W GPA: 3.842
UC GPA: 4.083
Class Rank: School doesn't rank
Highest one-sitting SAT: 2220/1480 (700 M, 780 CR, 740 Writing)
Superscore SAT: 2280/1480 (700 M, 780 CR, 800 Writing)
SAT II: They're terrible, and I plan on retaking but for now: 670 Math II, 610 Chem
APs: [ul][<em>]Junior year - AP Physics C, AP Biology, AP Japanese, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB
[</em>]Senior year - AP Econ, AP Chemistry, APCS (?), AP English (?)[/ul]
AP Scores: [ul][<em>]AP Physics C: Mechanics - 2 [</em>]AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism - 2 [<em>]AP Biology - 3 [</em>]AP Statistics - 3 [<em>]AP Calculus AB - 4[/ul]
Senior year schedule:[ul][li]AP Econ [</em>]AP Chemistry [<em>]AP English</em> [<em>]AP Comp Sci</em> [<em>]Differential Equations/Linear Algebra [</em>]Japanese TA[/ul][/li]* I may be able to petition when the school year starts to get into AP English; for now I'm in Honors - I want to do AP though. For APCS, I may not take the class anymore. I may retake the equivalent of AP Physics C at the local community college instead to get credit for physics. </p>
<p>Income bracket: 150k before taxes. My sister is in college at Stanford; we pay ~$30,000.</p>
<p>Demographical Info: [ul][<em>]Ethnicity: Japanese [</em>]Residence: California [li]Gender: Female[/ul][/li]I think that's it for Objective? </p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Reason for Low GPA/why I'm a strange Asian: For freshman/sophomore years, I had depression. For junior year, I found out I had slightly autistic tendencies and a learning disorder - not otherwise specified. I had always found socializing and approaching teachers to be a huge challenge. I now have an IEP; however due to my taking lots of APs, it took a really long time to find times I could meet with staff, so it took the whole year and I haven't used it yet. There are a few pass/fails on my transcript - (Precalc H, AP Physics C - 2nd Semester, AP Calculus AB). I've two Cs - Intro to Programming, AP Physics C - 1st semester. Other than that, I've gotten As and Bs.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:[ul][<em>]Research: 2012 Siemens Semifinalist, science fairs since 6th grade. My research has no category it belongs to in science fairs[</em>]Creative Writing - 3 time NaNoWriMo finisher, participation in writing contests (no awards yet) [<em>]Science Olympiad - 2 time participant, VP this coming year[</em>]Trivia Club - lead bibliographer [<em>]Illustration Club - treasurer, co-founder [</em>]Track - Participated partway in junior year, injured partway through. Have D3 times [<em>]Cello - Had private lessons + youth orchestra 9th grade, then quit b/c of depression, restarted practicing this year. Will make a recording for musical supplement (I've been playing since I was 6).[</em>]Volunteering: Volunteered quite a lot for freshman/sophomore years, focused at two organizations. Didn't do any junior year, plan to do some senior year. 144 hours total.[/ul]</p>
<p>Questions I have:
[ul][<em>]For the AP Scores, what happens if I hide the AP Physics C scores? I mean 2s are pretty bad. [</em>]Is it bad that I have no trend in my GPA? [li]Are there really schools that are truly safe for me? I mean, my GPA is extremely rocky and my junior year will probably raise a TON of red flags.[/ul][/li]That's it for now. </p>
<p>Schools:
MIT
Brown
University of Rochester
Carleton College
Boston University
Smith College
Wellesley College
UC Berkeley
GA Tech
University of Pittsburgh
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>Already submitted an application for UC Riverside via GAP. </p>
<p>Yes, this looks really long... But please chance me?</p>
