cgar514

Please give me an honest chance at Stanford SCEA, and if you think I have very little chance, please tell me whether I can get MIT EA or CalTech EA.

Academics:
Asian Junior at a strong school in minnesota
Unweighted GPA: 3.88, ranked 4th in class of 445
Weighted: 4.34, 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 calculus 3 classes.
PSAT: only 217 but I should be a semi-finalist based on the last 5 yr's cut-off mark
SAT: 2240 CR 700 M 800 W 740
ACT taking in 2 months
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, going to take chemistry expecting mid-700s
I've taken every AP class my school offers and I've scored 5s on 4 AP tests, and 4s on 3 AP test, and I plan to take 2 more AP classes next yr
On that note...I've taken the hardest curriculum possible at my school

Employment: None
Volunteering:I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries.

Research: Summer internship at the University of Minnesota doing individual research under a post-doctoral.

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 2 yrs (not a class, our conductor selects a few people to play with him)
National Honor Society
JV Cross Country Running
JV Track and Field

Honors and Awards

Science Olympiad:

2nd Place in Ecology at 2008 National Science Olympiad competition
9th place in Food Science at 2008 National Science Olympiad competitions
3 Sliver medal at Regionals
Three 1st place wins and seven 2nd place wins in Invitational Competitions


Math Team:
Sophmore yr:
27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school

Junior yr:
not ranked
6th in division
3rd at my school

Math League: 5nd Place in state this yr, 3rd place last yr, MVP both yrs

State-wide Math Competition at a nearby university: 1st Place of about 1000 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 JV medal, personally i dont think they are that impressive, maybe just shows I have diverse interest? one 2nd place medal, three 1st place team ribbons, 1 23rd place JV meet.



So plz let me know what you think! thanks so much.

coolweather

Were you qualified for USAMO? It's a plus if you did.

sak09

You have a great chance at all, especially Stanford. Of course no one can really say with those schools, but your stats are pretty impressive.

cgar514

no didn't get to usamo. Missed it barely (index score was 210 outa 220ish, so if i answered 1 or 2 more aime questions or like 4 or 5 more AMC questions i woulda qualified)

stockguru92

You are a strong applicant - give it a shot. We all are reaches for this school.