<p>Looking for opinions for some privates as well. </p>
<p>Korean male attending competitive public high school in CA that sends 50+ to UCLA/Berkeley each year and around 30 to ivy-caliber schools. Income = 30,000. 4 people in household.</p>
<p>Grades</p>
<p>ELC student.
UC GPA (8 semesters capped one) = 4.18
UC weighted = 4.64 (3rd highest in school out of ~600 students)
UC unweighted = 3.82
upward trend in grades. (4.2 wGPA sophomore year to 5.0 wGPA in junior year)
College gpa: 4.0 (6 courses taken concurrently with my high school classes so far)
Class rank: Top 8% - Due to horrible PE grades and ranking emphasized mostly on unweighted gpa.</p>
<p>Course rigor</p>
<p>11 APs (2 self studied), 10 community college classes, and 4 UC approved honors courses by graduation. I will have junior status in terms of college units as a freshman in all the UCs and maybe some privates. </p>
<p>Senior schedule:</p>
<p>AP computer sci
AP stats
AP euro
AP english lit
AP Calc BC (independent study)
Honors us gov/economics
Astronomy 1 (intro to astronomy) - CC class
Astronomy 5 (lab requisite of astronomy 1) - CC class
Physics 11 (introductory physics with lab) - CC class
Philosophy 1 (introductory philosophy) - CC class</p>
<p>Standardized Tests</p>
<p>ACT composite: 34 (retaking December)
E: 31
M: 36
S: 35
R: 32
Essay: 7
Also taking SAT Reasoning in December</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Math II 760
World 760
Korean 780</p>
<p>AP Scores: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3 so far. 3 in English lang was self-studied. Taking 5 more tests this year.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars</p>
<ul>
<li>Popping/Hip hop dance for 4 years. Performed at Kollaboration 2007. (pretty good at this, I dedicate a lot of my time to dancing)</li>
<li>Work at my dad's computer shop. (My dad operates the shop by himself so I have to help out. ~20 hours a week since 9th grade)</li>
<li>Peer tutor in school (I use my lunch time to tutor kids in math/science)</li>
<li>Paid tutor in my neighborhood</li>
<li>Mu Alpha Theta president (national math club organization, will hold my position)</li>
<li>Korean Club VP junior year. President this year.</li>
<li>Teaching and helping "mentally" disabled kids at a local elementary school during summer and winter breaks</li>
<li>Tennis (private lessons but not competitive)- 3 years</li>
<li>Active member of PAVA - I am involved in various other environmental activities (like beach clean ups, planting tress, etc.) during the weekends.</li>
</ul>
<p>Misc:</p>
<p>First generation student + low income
Applied for EOP (for UCs)
Very tough course load
Essays: Superb. My counselors and my current AP Lit teacher both thought so.
Recommendations: I havent read them, but I expect them to be good as well.</p>
<p>Schools I am applying to in no specific order</p>
<p>Stanford
Dartmouth
Cornell
Middlebury
Johns Hopkins
University of Chicago
Wash U. St Louis
USC
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego</p>