pre-ed-panic initiated chance me (you dont have to be nice, i just need to gauge my expectations)

i knowwww this is a bad way to handle my nerves but i have to :( the alternative was to stress eat and i have done enough of that already

probably cooked for my 1st 2 decisions (MIT & UPenn) and i have accepted my fate - so zen, so calm, so peaceful

demographics

east asian female

bay area

small private school

parents refuse to file financial aid so very fun very fun - upper middle class

intended majors > electrical engineering + business if possible (aka M&T or MET)

stats

sat > 1580 (780 RW 800 Math)

gpa (hopefully getting this up 1st sem sr) > 3.85 (UW but not on transcript), 4.32/4.80 (W - school avg = 4.19), no class rank

2 Bs freshman year (1 class for 1st and 2nd semester), otherwise As (albeit a decent chunk of A-)

coursework

APs > csa, world, phys 2, bc, bio, apush, chinese (all 5s)

currently taking > ap lit, ap micro, ap stats, ap phys c mech, study of art (i have to)

2nd sem > ap lit, ap macro, ap stats, ap phys c e&m, engineering, study of art

other notable: multivariable calc, lin alg, astronomy

awards

1. national + intl champion in synchronized swimming
2. state science fair 3rd
3. regional science fair 1st + hon mention
4. national merit semifinalist
5. chinese national honor society
6. ap award

extracurriculars (my synchro club didnt let us join any school clubs in freshman year so thats why im not very involved in my school's stuff, wish i could and i do regret that)

1. 2 independent research projects submitted to science fairs (3 years): 1 astronomy, 1 software. software project published to app store and recognized by city mayor
2. synchronized swimming (4 years): competitive + private coaching (stopped competing after freshman year): T30 nationally, T20 west zone. made it to the final phase of national team trials but didnt make the actual national team
3. swim instructor (3 years): manage athlete placement + train new hires
4. founder of indep. social media channel advocating for women in motorsport + teaching motorsport tech (3 years): 140k views, 7k likes, blog posts & merch
5. internship: did technical marketing / finding leads / strategizing product distribution at AI+ESL startup (< 1 year)
6. a buttload of summer programs: Wharton Global Youth, Harvard Venture Tech, ESAP
7. duolingo (4 years): 1000+ day streak, 5 languages
8. google maps reviews (2 years): level 6 local guide, 700k views

most of my ecs are self initiated because of the freshman year thing mentioned above so there arent any like traditional leadership positions - rip

applying/applied to (ik there's a bunch of far reaches here but yk, only apply to college once! so might as well try - my wallet hurts tho)

penn ed > m&t + legacy

(earlies) UT Austin, MIT, Purdue, UIUC, UMich, USC, UW Madison, GIT, RPI

(csus) SLO, Pomona, SDSU

(ucs - all 9) UC Merced, UCR, UCSC, UCSD, UCLA, UCB, UCSB, UCI, UCD

(other applied stuff) UPitt, TAMU

(regular) the other 7 ives (yolo :D), jhu, northwestern, rice, cmu, duke, UMD

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i feel like my stats r kinda sub-par and i will not be getting in anywhere 😭 anyways any advice appreciated :)