stl2cali2k1

the "chance me" is overwhelmed with the senior threads... so im gonna post it here lol.

I'm gonna be a junior but can you still chance me so i can know a general direction of where im heading?

Early's that i want to do: Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, or Stanford


Rank: 1/670
Ethnicity: asian male
GPA: W-4.79, UW-3.98
SAT: n/a but around 2200 right now from the practice tests
PSAT: n/a
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Bio-740, Korean-800, Chem-670(gonna retake); will take USH, Math II/c, World History, and Physics
AP's: Human geo-4, Bio-4, Euro-4 (yeah i know i slacked off)
Community college classes:
-Spanish 101 (equivalent of spanish 1&2)-"A"
-Spanish 102 (eq. spanish 3)-"A"
-Spanish 201 (eq. AP Spanish)-"A"
-Math 140 (Statistics)-"A"
EC:
-Cross Country (since 9th grade)
-Track and Field (since 9th grade)
-Concert Choir Accompanist (since 10th grade)
-Piano (since i was like 8)
-Circle of Friends (Treasurer)(since 10th grade)
-Science Olympiad (Secretary)(since 9th grade)
-Key Club (since this summer haha)
-National Honor Society(since 9th grade)
-California Scholarship Federation(since 9th grade)
-Pathfinders Christian Club(since 9th grade)
-Debate(since 9th grade)
Volunteer work:
-Hospital
-American Cancer Society's Camp Summer Sault
-Special Olympics
-Native American Mission Trip
-Mexico Mission Trip

Awards:
-Scholar Athlete
-Viking Valor Award
-Track and Field Highest GPA winner 07
-Cross Country Highest GPA winner 08
-Choir Scholarship for Accompanist
I know my awards are weak, but this coming year, i plan on winning awards from Sci. Oly, some math competitions, and piano competitions.



Junior Schedule:
-AP Lang
-AP Calc BC
-AP Psychology
-AP Physics B
-AP US History
-Cross Country/ Track
-Choir
-Self study world history?

Senior Schedule:
-Calculus III and Linear Algebra at community college
-AP Lit
-AP US Gov. & AP Comparative Gov. (both semester classes)
-AP Music Theory
-AP Art History
-Ap Env Sci
-X-Country/ Track
-Choir

Schools in interest: Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, UPenn, JHU, Stanford, Brown, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, WUSTL, Cornell, Columbia

Prospective major: Biomedical Technology or Neuroscience

Weasel8488

Just so you know, Princeton doesn't have a biomedical engineering major, so it might not be the best choice for you. Chances threads are really hard to predict, especially when you don't have a real SAT, but it looks like you're on the right track.

stl2cali2k1

^oh thanks for pointing that out.

im shooting for about 2300.

Cibbir H.

4 on the Human Geo??? What made you get a 4?? (I took a few years ago when I was a sophomore in hs, got a weird giant free response question about terms that I couldn't find on the internet, yet still wound up with a 5).

Other than that though, looks like you have met the application prerequisites. Your grades and class rank are fine provided that you keep them up. Princeton doesn't look at 9th grade so you don't have a whole lot of data to go off of. You should take 2-3 more APs and get 5s on them to even out your scores. 4s are solid though, and there's no shame in them especially since you took them when you're younger.

Look to develop a unique talent or interest that will make you stand apart. Your ECs are of a good "supporting cast" variety but I have yet to see one that will set you apart and thus gain you admission.

However, you shouldn't necessarily have one since you're only going to be in 11th grade! But you do need to make sure to develop one. Best of luck.

stl2cali2k1

^took human geo in 9th grade, and i crammed the night before so i was actually kinda happy lol

Yasmin

you need to trim down ur 'laundry list' EC's to 1-3 leadership positions. other than that, you're on the right track!

ceebee63

Wow yeah I had 2 volunteer positions and 2 extracurriculars... I think it's easier to dedicate yourself to the things you really love when you aren't distracted by a bunch of other duties. What are your favorite ECs?

vandit_daboss

hello,i m Vandit from Kolkata,India..Currently,I am in class XII or u could say,a high school senior..I am ranked 1st out of 245 students in my school and am the School President..i hav a lot of extra-curricular activities under my belt,m quiz,debate n athletics captain as wel as the guitarist of a professional band..scored 2320 in sat-1..cud u pls lemme know of my chances of gettin into Princeton for a Major in Econ.?