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Old 10-03-2009, 08:33 PM   #1
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What are my chances? (RD)

Ethnicity: Korean American
Rank: My school doesnt rank... but i am definitely in top 5%
Location: Southern California
Intended Major: Mathematics
GPA: 4.33 (weighted), 3.94 (Unweighted) ------> just 2 Bs in my sophomore yr

SAT: CR-630 Math-790 Writing-760 Total: 2180
SAT II: Korean w/ Listening-800
Math IIC-800
US History-730
Chemistry-750

AP Scores: US History-5, Physics Mech-4, Stats-4, Calc AB-5, Calc BC-5, Euro History-4

Extracurriculars
Founder/President of Math Tutoring Club (2 yrs)
VP, President of SAVY (4 yrs)
A member of NHS (2 yrs)
Science Olympiad (3 yrs)
Flutist in San Diego Youth Symphony (3 yrs)
JV Tennis (2 yrs)
Volunteer at the Pomerado Hospital over 100 hours (3 yrs)
Research on Advanced Materials with UCSD CEAM team (14 hours/week for 8 weeks)


Awards/Honors
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commendation
2009 KSEA-SD National Math Competition (2nd place)
2009 San Diego Flute Guild Duet/Trio Competition (1st place)
Youth Tennis San Diego Spring Classic (2nd place)
Honor Roll/Silver Star Award for 4 yrs (for those who have GPA higher than 4.0)


College Class
Calculus III/Geometric Analysis at the local community college (9/2009-12/2009)


Work Experience
Tutored Neighbor (2 hour/week for 4 months. 6/2008-9/2008)

Thanks!!
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Old 10-03-2009, 08:58 PM   #2
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excellent chance, all of your math scores definitely support your interest.
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Old 10-05-2009, 08:31 PM   #3
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thanks man. Anybody else??
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Old 10-07-2009, 04:34 AM   #4
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Honestly, you clearly put time into everything building yourself up, but at the same time, you are applying for Mathematics and got a 4 on AP stats. That class is, in all seriousness, a complete joke for anyone serious about math. Significantly easier than calc, which you got 5s on. But math isnt just calc, and stats will reflect this. Also, physics is kinda heavy math based

Sure, Im pretty sure everyone can say 'hey, you look awesome', so Ill play the devils advocate. You clearly have pushed yourself alot for this, but you seem to have only taken AP tests in your strong areas (ie math and history). There is no econ, chem, bio, cs, english there, which leads to a narrow picture of you.

Additionally, there are many open math based competitions for high school students, such as the USAMTS and AMC. The USAMTS is something you would have had to find, but the AMC was given at my highschool every year, and we were a rather small suburbanish place. I see something that refers to a korean san diego national math competition (which confuses me because it says both a small region and national), and a single year listed, which at least shows some math outside of school, but still little.

Essentially, you are saying math, but there is a lack of truly diving into it, while at the same time you have shown a rather narrow focus in terms of the AP tests listed, which when put that way significantly weakens the time you put towards everything else (and it really is just time, you dont even list any accomplishments linked to them, such as placing in states in science olympaid in your event)
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