Chance a rising senior for aerospace engineering!1!1
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- Basic profile
- Current grade: rising senior
State of residence: California
Citizenship: US Citizen
Gender: Male
Intended engineering major: aerospace / mechanical
- School rigor + GPA
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Class rank: school doesnt rank, but I know I’m at least top 40 in my class of 550, probably around top 20-25 if I had to guess
School competitiveness: ultra competitive (among the top public high schools in California )
Total AP/IB/Honors/Dual Enrollment courses by graduation: 13 APs
12th grade courseload: ap stats, ap physics 1&2 (self study physics c mech and e&m), ap U.S. gov, ap macroecon, ap comp sci a, English, honors French 4, DE multivariable calculus and linear algebra
- Test scores
SAT: 1540
Reading/Writing: 750
Math: 790
AP exam scores (predicting my scores for the exams I took this year):
5: Calc BC, Chem, APUSH, AP Precalc, AP Lang, AP Psych
4: AP CSP
- Extracurriculars- Listing them in no particular order (I’m scared this section will drag me down because I have absolutely no leadership positions 😭)
1.Space competition Club- first place in regional space competition, qualified for international space competition and placed well
UC COSMOS- Did cool astronomy research, won’t go into depth so i don’t get doxed
Orchestra- violinist in school orchestra, concertmaster in 9th and 11th grade
Astrophotography-photographed many night sky objects as well as DSOs. Photographed the moon, widescreen shots of the milky way, as well as DSOs like the Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, etc. I also made a social media account to share my astrophotography photos, accumulating 500 likes and fifty followers (ik it’s very little 😭)
Hobby Stargazing
Volunteering - Worked in a variety of workplaces, including working with the special needs population, setting up city-wide events, as well as cultural festivals.
Volunteer Tutor- Worked with a variety of school-ages, from elementary school to high school kids in subjects such as math and chemistry.
Research- doing research regarding astronomy, still don’t know full details of what the research will involve as I’m still doing it right now
- Awards/honors
First place in regional Space Competition
Top 3 in international Space Competition
National Merit Commended (1480 PSAT, 760 math 720 RW)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Le Grand Concours Bronze
Foreign Language Excellence Award
Magna Cum Laude (9-12th grade)
- Additional context:
My GPA was brought down significantly due to achieving 3 B’s in sophomore year because I frequently got sick during sophomore year and missed school a ton
My current list (I don’t think I’ll be applying to ALL of these, but this is just the list of colleges I’ve made that im at least somewhat interested in):
Cornell, Stanford, MIT, UIUC, UMich, Georgia Tech, USC, Boston University, UT Austin, CMU, Duke, Northwestern , Caltech, CU Boulder, Purdue, UW, Virginia tech, UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCI, Cal poly SLO, UCSB, UCD
