Hey everyone! I decided to use CC because the counselors at my school don't really cater to upper 10% of the class and my school hasn't really had a good track record with elite colleges (maybe like 1-2 Ivies and 1 Stanford, around 20 for top UC's per year). But what chance do I have to get into the schools I'm applying to?
My school is relatively unknown to people not within the Bay Area but here's the basic info:
Type: Private
Location: San Jose, California
Demographics:
Asian 244 (11%)
Black 138 (6.27%)
Hispanic 160 (7.27%)
White 1658 (75.36%)
My Graduating Class Size: 356
*Does not rank students
MY INFO:
Female/Asian
Household Income: anywhere from $100,000-$250,000 annually
SAT: 2240 (Took it only once when I was sick actually)
PSAT: 233
ACT: never taken
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.73 cumulative all 4 years weighted
Rank: Around top 6/356 of my class (school doesn't rank so it's hard to determine)
SAT IIs: 800 - Math II, 780 - Mandarin, 750 - Biology (E)
Classes:
*Note that we are required to take Bible all 4 years of high school and that freshmen are barred from AP classes.
Freshman year classes: Algebra II (H), Biology (H), Bible, English 9 (H), Girls P.E., Global Studies I (H), Theatre I
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.57 weighted
Sophomore year classes: AP Biology, AP Chinese Language, AP European History, Bible, Chemistry (H), English 10 (H), Hip Hop I, Intro Type/Comp, Trig/Pre-Calc (H)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.75 weighted
AP Testing: AP Biology (4), AP Chinese Language (5), AP European History (4)
Junior year classes: AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP English Lang Comp, AP Physics C, AP US History, Bible, Hip Hop II/III (first semester Hip Hop II, second semester Hip Hop III)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.7143 weighted
AP Testing: AP Calculus BC (5, AB subscore 5), AP Chemistry (4), AP English Lang Comp (5), AP Physics C (Mech-4, E&M-not available, didn't take because our teacher sucked), AP US History (5)
Senior year classes: AP English Lit Comp, AP Economics (Micro 1st semester, Macro 2nd semester), AP Statistics, AP Government (US Gov 1st semester, Comparative Gov 2nd semester), Community Outreach (Bible), Multi-Variable Calculus, Musical Theatre II
GPA: will hopefully maintain 4.0 unweighted, 4.7143
(Future) AP Testing: AP English Lit Comp, AP Micro-Economics, AP Macro-Econ, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Comparative Gov
Average grade in classes: 96-97% (too lazy to calculate exact haha, I'm just estimating)
Extra Curriculars:
- Speech and Debate President, ranked #63 nationally for parliamentary debate
- Mock Trial Vice President
- Law Club President (disbanded after 1 year though)
- Chinese National Honors Society
- English National Honors Society
- Dance Performances (Fall, Spring Shows, hip hop choreographer for student-directed show)
- Theater Brown Bag Performances (student-directed lunch theater shows)
Awards:
- Top 16, top 8, undefeated 4-0/5-0 wins during prelim for several for various speech and debate invitations, nothing super major like winning 1st at an invitational or winning states
- President's award for academic achievement (5 subjects/classes)
- AP Scholar, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction (idk if that counts bc too many people have this haha)
- not really an awards person, didn't really compete a lot in high school
Service:
- 25+ hours at RAFT (Resource Area for Teachers)
- 35+ hours teacher's aid at Chinese school
- 110+ hours teacher's aid at Nanjing International School
- 50+ hours community outreach at local impoverished elementary schools
Work:
- private one-on-one tutor (overseen by school) since junior year twice a week, charged $15/hour, made around $1000 last year
Focused area of study: Economics
Applying to 14 schools: Harvard (Single Choice Early Action), Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Northwestern, U Chicago, Dartmouth, Amherst, Wellesley, MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, UC Davis.
On a side note, should I retake my SAT to get a higher score? I took the PSAT after my SAT and scored a 233 after my 2240 SAT and I was sick for the SAT, but I took it right after an extensive summer prep program and I won't have that if I take it again...
Thank you for all the advice!!!
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