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Old 06-29-2008, 12:13 PM   #1
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What are my chances?

I am a junior at a competitive high school in NJ. We don't rank but I know that I'm in about the top 10 students.

AP courses:

AP Physics B - 5
AP Physics C - 5/5
AP Calculus AB (studied independently) - 5
AP Calculus BC - *
AP Computer Science AB (was in Comp. Sci. A, but studied independently for AB) - *
AP Statistics (studied independently) - *
AP French (as a junior) - *

will be taking AP Chemistry next year

* indicates exams that I took this year.

Honors Courses:

Honors English I, II, III
Honors Social Studies for three years
Honors Algebra II
Honors Pre-AP Calculus
Honors Chemistry
Honors Biology
Honors French III, IV

Other:

Electronics and Robotics
Photoshop I, II (for next year)

Was nominated for NJ Gov. School and Princeton Program for math and French (got into French but couldn't get into math because I took AP Stat independently and not in the school)

Extracurriculars:

American Red Cross
Chess Club
Physics/Chemistry Club
Odyssey of the Mind
Math/Science Olympiad Club - President
Technology Students Association - Vice-President
Computer Programming Club - Vice-President

Honors Societies:

Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society)
National Honors Society
French Honors Society
Nominated for Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Society)

Competitions:

New Jersey Science League (three years on state team, won plaque this year)
New Jersey Math League
Central Jersey Math League
American Mathematics Competition
Princeton Univeristy Mathematics Competition
Harvard/MIT Mathematics Competition
Science Olympiad
Odyssey of the Mind

Volunteer:

~200 hours total
Art Museum
Summer Camp Counselor
Various work with Red Cross

I want to major in Computer Science and Mathematics and I reallyyyy want to go CMU (sorry for the super long post).
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