Hi guys, I am entering my senior year and it is time that I start to stress about colleges. I want to see my chances for these following schools: UW - Seattle (I want to get direct admission into their engineering program), UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Seattle University and UC- San Diego.
Rank: 13/227 Rank 1/227 if freshmen year didn’t count. STEM-Based school, however it is only competitive among top 20 students.
GPA: UC GPA:4.17 Regular: 3.875 unweighted 4.1 weighted (really GOOD upward bound, 3.6-3.7 freshmen year then 4.0 soph and junior yr)
Courses:Not many ap classes offered at my school, but I am definite that I have an extremely rigorous course load compared to my peers. AP Comp Sci(4), Ap Calc AB(5) and AP enviro sci(4). Dual enrollment senior year: english 101, calculus based physics 1-2, calc 3 and linear algebra. Basically 90% of the pre reqs for engineering at Univ of Washington.
SAT:1690 (1st) (640 m 510 w 530 cr) 1960(2nd) (730 m 530 w 700 cr) Retaking it October hoping for 2000+
ACT: Not taking
Planning to take SAT II’s (Math 2, physics and chinese(native speaker))in October
ECs:
National Honors Society
National Math Honor Society
200+ hours of community service
Worked a job for 2+ year to support my family(I heard this was huge from my counselor) I have been working since the moment I turned 16.
Computer science club
University of Washington Mathematics Academy(competitive summer program for aspiring engineering students)
University of Washington math and science upward bound
Key club
Jv and Varsity tennis
Varsity golf
Robotics team
University of Washington Math euler’s award
Start up weekend 2nd place (HackTheCD)
Internship at a local software company for 2 week
Family:30k income
For my essays I can talk about how my dad was reported with cancer during my 8th grade year which affected my whole life and particularly my transition into high school. With the addition of my childhood as a underprivileged kid with big aspirations and responsibilties such ad fiancially supporting my family an such.
Hook:first generation college student
Thanks everyone!