Sesquipedalian

I'm Indian and I go to a SMALL private competitive catholic high school (I’m not catholic) in NJ; the class size is about 65.

• Statistics

Grades: 94/100 3.9 UW/4.X W
Rank: 4/65
ACT: Will take in June (ZOMG 6 days)
PSAT: 149/218 (CR 69, M 80, W 69)
SAT: March- 700CR, 790M, 770W (1490/2260). May- 700 CR, 750M, 670W (1450/2120)
SAT IIs: Chem: 800, Math IC: 680, 800 Bio E, 800 Bio M; Math IIc: 800
AMC: 102
AIME: 9
USAMO: Epic Fail!!1!!

Classes: I've taken the most rigorous course load offered so far (I plan to keep it that way.
By the end of senior year, I would have taken these APs:

AP Chem, AP USH, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP, Macro and Micro, AP Lang, AP French.

Freshman and Sophomore year were all honors classes, except for AP USH in sophomore (its a two part course at my school)

Junior Year:
AP Calc AB
AP USH
AP Lit
AP Chem
French Hon (No AP offered)
Religion

• EC's/Activities (I'm assuming I'll still be in them in 12th grade):

Newspaper- Writer 10, Managing Editor 11, Editor-In-Chief 12
French Club- 9-12
JSA- President and Founder 11-12
Yearbook- Pictures and Writing Editor, 11-12
Bridges (we go to different areas in the nearest cities to hand out provisions to the homeless)- 9-12
Math Team- 10-12 #1 in the grade, #3 in the STATE Outstanding Achievement Award (10)
Chem II Team- 250th in the state lolz
Cross Country and Track- Varsity 10,12
Habitat for Humanity- I've worked at the main office and built houses over a few summers. 500 hrs
Boy Scouts- I'm heavily involved, have been doing it for 10 years, getting close to my Eagle.
Local Soup Kitchen- I've cooked meals and volunteered there before. 75 hrs
Fed Challenge Team- 11,12
National Honor Society- 11,12


• Summer Programs/Work

o CTY Crytography JHU
o Summer@Brown- Genetics
o EnVisionSys- Work: 100 hrs
o ****** County Garden center: 20hrs/week Summer 2008

I want to major in Applied Mathematics and Economics at possibly one these schools:


Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Caltech, Harvey Mudd, Northwestern, UChicago, Rice, UPenn, Swarthmore, Carleton, Williams, Pomona, Amherst(LACs ftw), Brown, UMich, Rutgers, MIT, Cornell, Darthmouth, WUSTL, UVA.

eating food

looks good!

in at all

smart.cookie

^ "in at all"
Nobody can say with certainty that you will be admitted to Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Brown, MIT, and the likes, but you have a decent shot. As for the state schools, you will almost definitely make it in.
And your username (sesquipedalian) certainly makes up for your lack of attention grabbing phrase

Sesquipedalian

Haha. Your knowledge of the english vocabulary compliments your username.

newyorka

I hate to be the negative one, but I'll tell you there are kids with your stats and similar profile all over NY and NJ who did not get into any of those schools other than Rutgers and Michigan.

To break it down neither your rank or SATs are particularly strong for top schools nor are your ECs a strengh. Then add in being Asian and strongest in math/science from NJ, well, all this makes you a very common profile at these schools.

With amazing recs and positioning anything is possible but I'd sure work on whatever you can-SATs for one.

TheIndividual

Seeing as I only applied to four of the schools you listed, I only feel qualified to give an educated guess on those:

UChicago - Write a very good essay and unique essay (seeing your username leads me to believe you are capable of doing so.) MATCH

Northwestern - MATCH

WUSTL- Show some form of demonstrated interest if you're seriously considering it, MATCH

Rutgers- Safety


Keep in mind, these are just guesses. I was accepted to Northwestern, WUSTL, and Rutgers -- but am on the 'shortlist' for UChicago. I also think you will get into the majority of the schools on your list.

Best of Luck,

the Individual

Sesquipedalian

NewYorka: Originality? I'm the e-in-c of my newspaper biotch. "strongest in math/science". I'm not too shabby at the humanities either, I just prefer math.

altindiegirl

Hey Sesquinedalian...you shouldn't get so defensive when someone is trying to give you constructive criticism. Nobody is going to give you a good chance response if you hop down their throats like that.

altindiegirl

Ummm...that exactly illustrates the kind of behavior that will get you a bad response...

Sesquipedalian

altindiegirl: Spelling counts.

But, I guess you're right.

rdh1991

how did your SATs go down from March to May?

Sesquipedalian

It befuddles me.

altindiegirl

Epic fail...no jk...that still is a good score...

eating food

i think that honestly you have a good shot at all the top schools - just write good essays and you will be happy

Elanorci

A lot of people I know have gotten into Rice with much less impressive stats. I'd say your chances are great there, but that's really all I can speak to.
Good luck!