hello!! oKAY SO I KNOW RD IS A MOONSHOT. NOT SAYING THAT EA ISN'T, BUT WOW I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LOW THE RD ACCEPTANCE RATE WAS >.<
(i would've applied ea!! i love uchi!! but i DIDN'T RESEARCH IT EARLY ENOUGH AND NOW I LOVE IT BUT IT IS ALSO TOO LATE FOR EA :( i might apply ed2 though?)
anyway - here are my stats :)
GPA: 4.31 W on a 4.0 scale, 4.0 UW GPA
SAT: 2360 (1 sitting - 800M, 800W/10 essay, 760CR)
SAT Subjects: World History: 800, Math II: 780, Chemistry: 770
AP Scores: Chemistry (4), US History (5), English Language (5), World History (5)
Senior Courses: AP Spanish Language, AP Literature, AP US Government, Leadership (student government! gotta have the class to be in it though), AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB
College Courses: Took Fundamentals of Computer Science & Introduction to Human Development over the summer (A+s in both)
Ranking: 2/390
Ethnicity: Filipino, Chinese
Legacy: Nope! (parents both went to school in the PHP)
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended, Science Olympiad medals [Regionals] (1st, 5th - first time last year), NHS (?), couple of school academic/community service awards, Best Freshman Girl in cross country, couple of awards for stories in school-wide writing contests, Congressional Merit Award (award for seniors in 10th Congressional District in CA)
Specifics
Extracurriculars:
- Science Olympiad (11-12): placed in regionals, part of first team. I learned Jmol and protein modeling for protein modeling and it is HANDS DOWN my favorite event! I'm so sad that it's not a regional event for us this year.
- Performed (Ensemble) in school performance of Aladdin (10). I wish I was in another musical lol - music is life!
- Performing in talent show (11) + general music - Music Club member (10), write own songs + have active Soundcloud/Youtube channel, sang national anthem twice, performed at local festival, self-taught guitar, ukulele (9-12)
- Cross Country/Track (9), continual recreational running, awards in local race (9-12) (I WAS LW VARSITY XC DURING FRESHMAN YEAR BUT I STOPPED RUNNING HAHAHA RIP)
- Key Club - served as Secretary (12)/Treasurer (11) (10-12). First experience working in an officer team!
- Help tutor students in HYPE (tutoring club); tutor (10-12) & VP (12); made a website, various advertising materials for club (10-12). I love this ahh! It's helped me a lot with public speaking skills.
- Served as freshman mentor (like a Link Crew leader) (11-12)
- Commissioner in KHS Leadership, helped with rallies (esp backdrops, PLANNING - e.g. writing scripts, creating games, assigning jobs, etc.), posters, and promotion for the school; designed senior shirt (11-12). I love Leadership more than I can express, it's probably the thing I'm most glad I joined in HS because it's both brought me out of my shell and helped me learn organizational/leadership/time-management/socialization skills.
- Babysitting sister (throughout HS, lol - I've helped teach her how to read/walk! Having a sister WAY younger is in turns insane and awesome and annoying)
Summer activities:
- Interned last summer (11-12 summer) at my local newspaper! Super rad because I got to understand the workings of journalism, publish articles, interview people, and learn how to call adult coworkers who are decades older by their first names, lol. Also, I was exposed to the journalistic style of writing, which was pretty interesting, and it changed my entire view on my city.
Recommendations:
- English teacher: Had him for Lang. Apparently he calls me "great" and talks about me a lot BUT HE'S TOTALLY OVERHYPING ME :') He was super pumped to write me a letter, plus he serves as a sort of mentor to me.
- Calc teacher: Had him for 2 years (Algebra 2 Pre-AP, AP Calc AB). He speaks really highly of me at parent-teacher conferences, according to my mom. Idk how personal it'll be though?
- Editor of local newspaper I interned at: Extra rec! 7-8/10? He said some pretty nice things about my traits but didn't necessarily touch on my writing.
-Counselor: I think it'd be okay, he's talked to me a fair bit while I straightened out my schedule for this year.
Essays:
- Common App: I FEEL LIKE IT'S BORING BUT WHATEVER IT'S HONESTLY THE MOST CANDID I COULD BE ABOUT MY INTERESTS?? wrote about my early love of reading & how that catalyzed my love for writing, then branched out about how I began to write on different subjects - from myself, to other people, and finally to science. I tie it into wanting to study genes/genetic engineering.
- Extended: HAHHAHAHAH. Still figuring out what to do for this one, but I've written an initial draft using the square one prompt. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE I'M VERY MUNDANE AND BORING OOPS. I talked about choices, and beginnings, and choosing a peppermint mocha instead of a caramel macchiato at Starbucks.
-Why UChi? OH BOY AHH. Haven't written it yet, but will probably talk about the candid community at UChi that encourages discussion and how I feel that the school fosters individual thought in a way that other colleges I've looked at haven't (wellll hopefully this sounds better in actual essay format than I've described it)
-Favorite books/art/inspirational stuff: Talking about Fresh Off The Boat (the book), Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, The Godfather, Crime & Punishment, and Hamilton :)
Prospective major:
I'm applying as molecular engineering (1st choice), polisci (2nd choice), & creative writing (3rd choice).
thanks for reading through this :)
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