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Hi everyone, I would like to preface this by saying that I don't think my scores are simply mediocre. In comparison to the majority of posts that I see on here, they are very mediocre (if not low). I hope that this is helpful to anyone who's looking into applying to top schools but don't think their stats are high enough.Demographics:Gender: FemaleRace/Ethnicity: Asian-American (Filipino)Residence: California (SoCal, west of LA)High School: rural public school, 2000 kids, class of 450Hooks: first-gen, living in low-income area (although not low-income myself), military dependent (idk if that's a hook)Intended Major(s):Biochemistry/Molecular Biology (pre-med)AcademicsGPA: 4.00 UW & 4.56 W & 4.30 UC Weighted (capped)Rank: 6/457I would like to add that these stats were as of applying. In my midyear report, my GPA rose to 4.57 and I became rank 3/455.Honors/AP/IB: 5 Honors, 5 IB, 4 AP, 5 dual enrollment courses at local CCSenior Year: IB English HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB French SL, AP Calc AB, DE human biology, DE psychology, DE biopsychology, DE philosophyTestingSAT: 1420 (700 RW, 720 M)I took this during the school day in March 2019. I did retake it, but my score decreased, so we don't talk about that. My superscore was nonexistent.ACT: 32 (31E/32M/28R/36S)SAT II: Math II (650), Chemistry (670) Terrible, I know.AP: Human Geo (4), Biology (3), European History (3)IB: IB Economics SL (6)ExtracurricularsNothing extraordinary or standout, just things I was actually into doing. I'm just going to put what I wrote into the Common App.Captain, Color Guard (9-12): 2 year captain, choreographed and taught routine, raised money for fundraisersPresident, Asian Club (9-12): 2 year President, secretary in 10th, increased club attendance, raised money for activities, implemented new planning systemVolunteer, Local Hospital (10-12): Assisted nurses with general hospital duties, provided communication between hospital departmentsSecretary, Science Olympiad (11-12): Led group to 3rd place in regionals, collaborated with members to created 5 winning projects, fundraised for expensesLeader + Ambassador, Link Crew (11-12): 1 of 40 students chosen, led and mentored 20 freshmen, planned icebreakers for 800 studentsSocial Chair, Filipino Club (10,12): Communicate with other schools to create a unifying district event [side note: rip that event due to quarantine], organize activities promoting Filipino culture(also my #10 activity) California Scholarship Federation/Key Club (9-12): regularly participate in monthly volunteer eventsVolunteer, Local Boys & Girls Club (10): Assisted activity directors in overseeing activities for 150 PreK-8 childrenTutor, Zeroes Aren't Permitted (10): Tutored 10 9-10th graders in math and science with a team of 5, proctored tests for 20 students weeklyAwards/HonorsPrincipal's Honor Roll (LOL)Scholarship Award from local organizationAP Scholar2nd place at Science FairTop 5 Finalist to be school's Girls' State DelegateEssaysI'm in no way a phenomenal writer, and I am well aware of this. I was lucky to have my mom there to help me edit my essays and show more my values through these essays. My UC essays weren't outstanding, and my common app essay was alright. Nothing was standout amazing, but they portrayed who I was.LORSChemistry Teacher (6/10): last year, she had two students that went to MIT and she always would compare us to them, so that didn't set a good precedent for me. That said, I tend to spend a lot of time in her classroom, and she was our science olympiad advisor. With that, I don't think it was a terrible letter.Calculus Teacher (6/10): I do well in his class, but I don't have much of a "relationship" with him. He seems to enjoy me in class, so maybe?Counselor (7/10): I think my counselor really likes me and she finished my LOR really fast. I always went to her office to talk to her about stuff, so that may have built my relationship with her.InterviewsI only had one with Penn, and I think it went pretty well. She was very relaxed, and we talked for 40 minutes. I did a 2 minute video for Brown and UChicago.DecisionsI do regret applying to so many, especially with the amount of safeties I applied to. I also applied to some reaches that I didn't really want to go to, so that wasn't great.Rejections:WashU: I applied on a whim. I got a fee waiver from them, so I decided why the hell not. I'm not super into going to the mid west for school.UPenn: Also applied on a whim, and I got a fee waiver from them as well. I was originally going to have UPenn as my only Ivy because I initially wanted to go into nursing (then changed my mind). I wouldn't have minded going to UPenn.Cornell: I decided to apply, primarily because it was the more STEM-based out of all of the Ivies. I wasn't really looking to get in here, since I didn't wanna be in a rural setting (I go to school in a rural high school, and it's not my vibe)Northeastern: I heard that they really take into consideration whether you show demonstrated interest, and I did not. Wasn't expecting much.USC: USC was my second-choice, but surprisingly didn't hurt bc I opened it after a specific school...NYU: I originally wanted to apply because they had a nursing program. After deciding not to pursue nursing, I applied as Public Health. I was hoping to finish off college apps with an acceptance here, but I was okay with this rejection.Waitlists:Johns Hopkins: I expected to get full-on rejected here, so I was actually happy about this. I'm opting in, but most likely wouldn't attend if I get off of it.UChicago: Same as Johns.UCLA: For the longest time, UCLA was my dream school, so this one was something that I was really rooting for. When I opened it, this one hurt the most, even though it wasn't a full-on rejection. Everyone was rooting for me to get off of the waitlist, and I definitely opted it. However, I think I might put this school away for a little bit...Acceptances:Azusa Pacific University President's Scholarship (Rolling): applied because I got a fee waiver, but I didn't really care too much about it. I got 32k in scholarships, but it still left almost 50k left to pay.California Lutheran University President's Scholarship (EA): I applied because I got a fee waiver and it was 20 minutes from home. I didn't care too too much about it, but I got half tuition and I would be staying home if I went here. I wasWhittier College Greenleaf Scholarship (EA): To be honest, I have no idea where Whittier is. I only applied because it was in California, and they gave me a fee waiver.CSUCI: It was my local school, and I absolutely would not have gone here if I had other options. It would be almost free for me to attend, however.CSU Fullerton: Originally applied as nursing (for career security). They didn't consider me for it because my chemistry teacher didn't fill out the letter of recomendation in time, but I got in undeclared.SDSU Honors: I was really excited about this school because it was the only school that I got into that had a color guard, and I was really excited about the prospect of continuing it in the future.CSULB: I was also really happy to get in here, but I realize I probably wouldn't have wanted to go. I haven't really been to the Long Beach area.Fordham (EA): I got in with the UPS scholarship (which is for underrepresented groups, which I didn't think of myself as one? oh well). Likely not going.University of San Francisco University Scholar Award (EA): I got in for nursing, which I didn't think I'd get into given that they have a 15% acceptance rate into the program. I really liked the people that I met, and I'm really sad that I won't get to meet them.UC Irvine Honors + Regents: This one was huge for me. It was my third choice school, and I love the campus. The main issue is that all of the people seem to fall under the same Asian stereotypes, and it's a very homogeneous social scene there. I got 8k in scholarships, which was rare for a UC. In addition, I have guaranteed housing and priority registration, so the benefits are really good here.UC Riverside Chancellors': my parents regarded this as my "safety UC" so I was kind of expecting to get in. I wasn't expecting the scholarship however, and they gave me 5k per year. Likely not going.UC San Diego: I love the campus, and I hope to live in San Diego when I'm older. The main issue is that I received exactly $0 in financial aid, which was a huge turn off. I would've loved to attend though!UC Berkeley: I was actually very shocked about this one. I expected to not get in, even before the whole UCLA meltdown. I'm not super into Northern California, and I'm not super into the vibe of Cal. The main reason why it's still on my list is because it's really rare for people in my school to end up going into one of the higher UCs (tl;dr I'm only considering Berkeley because of clout)Brown University (!!!!): Man, if I wasn't gonna get into UCLA, there was no way in hell I was going to get into Brown. At least, that's what I thought before I opened this one. I fully expected a rejection and upon seeing the "Welcome to Brown!" graphic, I thought that it was a dream. I still think that it's a dream that I even got in. I'm really into Brown's open curriculum, since I have a lot of different interests that I wanna pursue (different languages, classics, psychology, even math, and I wanna explore more of what Brown has to offer). I was worried that I wouldn't be able to go because of the cost, but that school covered 93% of my tuition AND covered my books and course material. I would only have $20k left to pay and I've been applying to scholarships, so HOPEFULLY I can get that covered. Otherwise, I'm really happy, and I'm (unofficially) saying that I'm going to #Brown2024 !**UPDATE:** Hi, it’s me again! Like I said before, I decided to opt into all of my waitlists, and I got into UCLA and Johns Hopkins off of their waitlists. However, I’m set on going to Brown :)