<p>Interested in Computer Science/Engineering, Economics/Finance. Applied usually as CS, although switched it up at some schools due to selectivity of a particular major (cough Berkeley engineering cough). </p>
<p>Asian Male, CA
Relatively competitive public school in CA, ranked approx 100 in state, ~550ish nationally.
UW GPA: 3.5, W: 3.90
UCGPA: 3.75ish
(Senior Mid-Year GPA: 3.2 UW, 4.0 W - taking nearly all AP courses however)
Rank: top 25%
Pretty rigorous schedule, took most APs offered except for a few. Suffered from depression in soph/junior year stemming from death of greatgrandfather, a civil engineer in San Francisco who inspired me to pursue a STEM major. All As and Bs, except for 1 semester C in Honors Pre-Calc, mainly due to depression. Slight upward trend from sophomore year, in which my grades plummeted (from all As 1 B frosh to 1 C and mostly Bs.) </p>
<p>ACT: 32 Composite (32 E, 27 M, 34 R, 36 S)
33 Superscored (w/ 28 M and 35 R)</p>
<p>Course Rigor/Notable APs/Honors:
AP European Hist: - 5
Honors Pre-Calculus (UC approved)
Honors Chemistry (UC approved)
AP Computer Science - 4
AP English (Lang) - 4
AP Calc AB - 2 (was really set back by depression in math :C)
AP Environmental Science - (Self studied :D) 5
AP English (Lit) - Pending
AP Statistics - Pending
AP Biology - Pending
AP Government/Economics - Pending (These classes are combined at my school, taking both tests)
Expecting National AP Scholar by end of senior year.</p>
<p>ECs (just the main ones):
- Member of a programming team that competes at local area competitions such as Stanford ProCo and the Harker Programming Invitational, among others. 6th place at Stanford ProCo, etc.
- Android developer, founded a small app development studio, Exponential Studios, in order to "learn by doing".
- Founder and president of a profitable student run, non school affiliated investing club founded to gain real world experience. 15% gain YTD.
- Volunteer at local Food Bank, distributed food to local needy, placed in charge of distribution and stocking of donated produce.
- Member of school's National Science Bowl team as part of Science Club. NSB is a national math and science "quiz bowl" style competition sponsored by the US DoE.
- Varsity Swimmer and Water Polo player for high school, as well as doing off-season club competition. JV Water Polo captain, lead JV to undefeated season.
- Red Cross Certified Lifeguard, Certified in CPR/AED, First Aid for the Professional Rescuer, Shallow + Deep Water Lifeguarding.
- Overall 100+ community service hours.</p>
<p>Other Misc. Awards:
AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Commended Scholar
Principle's Honor Roll
Attendance Award (hehehe)
Placed highly at comp. sci. competitions (6th at Stanford ProCo, etc)</p>
<p>Essays: Just assume decent essays.
Recs: Pretty good, probably not spectacular but not bad either.</p>
<p>Chance me?
UC Berkeley (applied to CS in L&S, not in CoE. Also recieved a supplement from UCB about my depression.)
UC Davis
UC Santa Cruz
UC Irvine<br>
UCLA (applied to Pre-Econ in L&S)
UCSD
UC Santa Barbara
USC (applied Econ, iirc)
Carnegie-Mellon University (applied CS, secondary Econ.)
Santa Clara University
University of Washington Seattle (applied to CS)
Columbia University (applied to Eng, CS)
NYU/NYU-Poly (applied CS, plus checked box to apply to NYU-Poly also.)</p>
<p>Already accepted to:
San Diego State (Accepted w/ Honors)
San Jose State (Accepted to CS)
UC Merced
Drexel University (Accepted w/ 15.5k AJ Drexel scholarship)
UC Riverside (Accepted to 5 year CS masters program w/ Honors + Chancellor's Scholarship)
Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo (Accepted to CS)
UIUC (Accepted to alternate major, Computer Science and Statistics)
University of the Pacific (Accepted to CS w/ Regents Scholarship + Honors)</p>
<p>Denied to:
Cornell University (Can't say I was surprised :D)</p>