Chance me: Asian Low-Income - Current Junior
I want to apply to:
UW Madison
UMich Ann Arbor
UIUC
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UW Seattle
UCLA
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Purdue University
UT Austin
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (DUAL MAJOR)
GPA: 3.919 UW,
B AP Lang
B AP World
B+ APUSH
B+ Algebra I
10 APs or 11 APS (idk how many ap economics count), 15 AP Tests (so far)
AP CSP: 3 (self-study)
AP CSA: 5
AP Spanish: 2
AP Calc AB: 5 (self-study)
AP Physics 1: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP World: 5
AP Calc BC: -
AP Physics C Mechanics: 5 (self-study)
AP Physics C E&M : - (self-study)
AP Physics 2: -
AP English Language: -
APUSH: -
AP Macroeconomics: -
AP Microeconomics: -
SAT:
800 Math, 570 English (No Superscore)
ECs:
- worked on non profit to help teach people chem in my school
- worked on nonprofit to help people with disabilities (discalculia) math
- worked on my own video game
- did summer program with local University where I did chemistry and experimented with chemicals
- 3 years Cross Country -> 2 varsity letters & 1 JV letter
- 3 years Track and Field -> 3 JV letters
- Clubs: Member of MHS, CSHS, PHS, TSA, DECA, Astronomy club in school, and Spanish Linguistics Club
- volunteered at local church for about 50 hours
- volunteered by teaching Math to kids in local neighborhood, 2 hours / week, 100 hours
- Active caretaker and housekeeper of my family, as both my parents suffer from Diabetes type 2
- Started trust fund to help patients with Dementia and Alzheimers at local hospital
- Started critiquing movies through app sites like letterboxd and rotten tomatoes
Any advice to improve stats, ECs, or academics?
Not applying to private and ivy-leagues because I will not apply to colleges my family cannot afford.
Posted Mar 1, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC