cgar514

Target schools: Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, Cornell
Me: Asian, guy

Academics:

State: Minnesota

Unweighted GPA: 3.94 , ranked 6th in class of 465
Weighted: 4.32, ranked 1st in class
All A's except one A- and one B+

I've been in an accelerated math program since 7th grade at the university of minnesota, and I am currently taking junior college classes

PSAT: only 217 but I should be a semi-finalist based on the last 10 yr's cut-off mark
SAT: 2320
ACT: havent taken...practice tests scores are between 34-36.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, going to take chemistry and physics later, expecting mid-700s to 800.

Employment

I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries.

Activities

Varsity math team
Varsity science olympiad team
Minnesota Youth Symphony (played in both the 2nd and 3rd highest levels of 4 levels)
School's chamber orchestra (not a class, our conductor selects a few people to play with him)
National Honor Society
Volunteering
The U of Minnesota Math Program
JV Cross Country Running
JV Track and Field


Honors and Awards

Science Olympiad:
Three 1st place wins and two 2nd place wins in Invitational Competitions
1 Sliver medal at Regionals


Math Team:

27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school

Math League: 2nd Place in state this yr, 5rd place last yr, MVP

Passed AMC every yr since 9th grade and has taken the AIME every year. Highest score on the AIME was a 9

seanswim07

I think you have a pretty good chance at getting into Cornell.

The other schools are just too objectice.
and California rarely accepts out of state students.

u have a solid GPA, and good test scores, and wonderful extracurriculars, don't worry!

check out some other schools too!

maybe other ivies or Uchicago, washington U in St. Louis, or others

good luck!

nj_azn_premed

You've taken a lot out of your activities/awards since the last time you posted; you lying noob:

"Won Harvard Book club award

Employment

I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries.

Activities

Varsity math team
Varsity science olympiad team
Minnesota Youth Symphony (played in both the 2nd and 3rd highest levels of 4 levels)
School's chamber orchestra (not a class, our conductor selects a few people to play with him)
National Honor Society
Volunteering
The U of Minnesota Math Program
Speech Team
JV Cross Country Running
JV Track and Field


Honors and Awards

Science Olympiad:
Three 1st place wins and two 2nd place wins in Invitational Competitions
1 Sliver medal at Regionals
1 Silver medal at State
Junior captain...captainship next yr is pretty much fo sho

Math Team:

27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school

Math League: 2nd Place in state this yr, 3rd place last yr, MVP

State-wide Math Competition at a nearby university: 1st Place of about 2000 competitors this yr, 5th place last yr

Another state-wide competitions at a university: 4th place last yr, top 5% freshman yr

Passed AMC every yr since 9th grade and has taken the AIME every year. Highest score on the AIME was a 9

Captain nxt yr

Sports: A few medals here and there, but nothing too big.


Summer: freshman yr - organized and led a quartet which played for local retirement homes
sophmore yr - trip to china and studied in a school for 2 months (i'm chinese but born here)
junior summer - should be doing an internship at the U of MN for a month then heading of to the USA mathcamp."

cgar514

lol I did take a lot out because no one was ever replying to my previous posts. I was assuming that my post was too long...cause when I look at other people's i answer the short ones...so naturally my little noggin thought if I eliminated less important things, it'll look shorter and still accurately reflect me. (except for the SO state win... i've done this b/f cause I didn't win...it got 4th...but I was wondering if anyone would comment on that previously and mention it as an important factor...but no one did)

cgar514

and the captainship has suddenly become questionable