Hi all, I’ve looked at too many of these threads and I’m not sure where to even begin looking. I don’t like doing this type of stuff but I just need help.I am a junior. I live in upstate NY, am a white male, and am wanting to go to california for college. I want to major in environmental sciences, really want to do something with renewable energy resources in the future. Any thoughts.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1480
ACT (breakdown):33
SAT II:Not yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):NA
Weighted GPA: idk but I have a 96.5 with strong upwards trend (98 between sophmore junior years)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): APES (5) AP World (5) AP Chem (predicted 5) AP Physics (predicted 4) AP Lang (predicted 5), AP Calc AB (predicted 5) AP Psychology (Predicted 5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load: Idk but probably 5 APs- Macro, Micro, BC Calc, Bio, Lit, self harp study and APES T.A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (This scares me lol) I might be getting NMSF tho
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Trained on the folk harp for 12 years now- it is my job, community service, and my passion. Have played at notable art galleries and venues within my area.
NOTE: Because I’m a folk harpist, not a pedal harpist, I could never join big-scale youth orchestras or participate in big-level competitions, That stuff is all reserved for pedal harpists… Idk if that’ll hurt me
-Partnership with a Top 25 University with a community outreach program I started this year. We also recieved substantial grant money. Program is to inspire underpriveleged kids to love science by performing science experiments in the inner city. Have a solid group of 15 members, all top science students at school. We’ve done a couple of “shows” with a plan to do 5 more next year (11-12).
-Speech and Debate (9-12): Have qualified for states twice, as well as Qualifications to National Tourneys (NCFL and NSDA once each)… captain next year of group of 40 kids or so… Also won districts and league in my event.
-JETS team (10-12) National qualifier this year, captain next year.
-Habitat for humanity (9-12): I’m vice president, most likely president next year, have organized a 5k and again this summer and raised some money.
- Quizbowl 4 years
-Environmental Club (pres next year): 3 years
Other less relevant stuff
Job/Work Experience: harp has been my only form of employment, have made around 5,000 bucks looking like i’ll make more this summer. I’ve tutored a little too.
Volunteer/Community service: 500 hours… 300 harp (I play in a group with 7 other harps and we’ve played at like every nursing home lol… this also includes my own stuff), 100 church, 75 inner city program, 25 misc.
Summer Activities: Nm but harp so far, this summer working with Cornell on plant science.
Schools I am considering already:
Cornell
Berkeley
Northeastern
UC San Diego
Bowdoin (?)
Brown (?)
Duke…(hehe Ik it’s reachy af)
Stanford…(don’t roast me please lol)