Hi everyone! Just like all you guys, I am on the college admissions grind, and I would really appreciate it if you guys would take some time to help me out. I promise that I will chance you back and give you the best advice that I can. Good luck to everyone!
Intended major: Economics (Unsure of whether to go into business of law in the future)
Demographics:
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
Geography: Northern California public school
Hooks: Don’t really have any
GPA (Per rogerhub.com):
Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Weighted Uncapped GPA: 4.58
UC Capped GPA: 4.25
Class rank: N/A
SAT (New): 1530 with 8/8/8 Essay
SAT Subject Tests: Biology (800), Math II (800), US History (790)
AP Tests: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5)
7 Total AP classes by graduation: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Computer Science, AP Government
Extracurriculars:
JV Basketball (1 year, team captain)
Varsity Basketball (3 years, team captain in junior and senior year)
Track and Field (1 year)
School Newspaper- Staff Writer (1 year)
FBLA (2 years)
LINK Crew (3 years)
Class Council (1 year)
Awarded the Players’ Award for displaying exemplary leadership and work ethic in both 9th grade and 11th grade while playing for the JV and Varsity basketball teams
Won 5th place at Regionals and 9th place at States for FBLA in Sports and Entertainment Management
Assistant Coach for local CYO basketball team
Have been running my own independent basketball training business since 9th grade. Expanded my initial client-class from 1 student to over 20 students. Managed classes and individually trained clients, enhanced skills in communication with adults and children, created and enforced payment plan.
Co-founder and officer of the new CAL (Community for Affordable Living) Club at my high school. Works to improve the living conditions of the underprivileged through affordable housing in the Bay Area by working with non-profit organizations, service events, and raising awareness.
Volunteered at the TCV food bank providing relief to the homeless and impoverished, also volunteered at the city library
Took a Microeconomics course and an Intro to Physics course at the local community college during the summer of my junior year to explore my interests in the field of economics and strengthen my physics background
What are my chances for these schools and schools at or around their level?
UC’s-UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD…
USC
University of Chicago
NYU
Arizona State University
University of Washington
Also, I know other top colleges like the Ivys, Stanford, CMU, MIT, UPenn, are definitely reaches for me, but it would be great to know where I’m at compared to those schools, so I can better understand which schools are matches for me. Please be as blunt and as honest as possible, and again, I promise I will get back to you and chance you to the best of my ability. Thanks and good luck to everyone!