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Old 08-25-2008, 06:07 PM   #1
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Yale/Stanford Chances?

Still havn't decided which 1 i want to apply early to but heres my app. so far

Male - Asian/Pacific Islander

Very Competitive Suburban Public High school that does well in college admissions (10+ Ivies)

Class rank: no rankings at our school but not valed or salud
GPA weighted: 98 weighted : 3.9.../4 - alittle low compared to some other ppl but i do hav a noticable upward trend since 9th grade
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
National Merit (prob semi-finalist 2230/2400)
10-11 AP Classes, 6-7 senior year (havnt cleared up sceduling conflicts), scores: (5,5,5,4)

SAT Reasoning: 2310 (retaking november; trying to bring the math and critical up)
-Reading 730
-Math 780
Writing 800 (essay:9)

Subject Tests:
-Math I – 760
-Bio – 730
-Math II – 790
-Chem – 770
-Physics - 770

No ACTS

EC's
-Tri-M Music Honor Society (9-12) - NYSSMA lvl 6 but not all-state
-Varsity Swimming (9-12) – not fast enough for sport scholarship
-Mathletes (10-12) – Captain
-Metropolitian Youth Orchestra (9-11) – performamces at Lincoln Center/ Alice Tully Hall - don't no if that means anything
-Cello - long long time idk like 7-8 years
-Mixed Martial Arts (9-12) - Boxing, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jui Jit-Su, Wrestling - i spar alot at my gym, attended junior fighting competition 2nd place (prob doesnt mean **** tho)

Work:
-Kumon Tutoring (9-10) 10 hours/week
-Marshalls - Cashier (10-11) 20 hours/week
-Lifeguard - (11-12) 40 hours/week

Volunteering:
-Community Computer Connections (9-12) fixed ****ty donated comps for low income families
-Island Harvest (10-12) attended some events to donate food
-St. Albans Gospel Church (10-12) volunteered at food pantry (st. albans is in Jamaica, Queens and is ****ign GHETTO as hell)

Summers:
10th – went to one of the top universities in China to study Chinese Language

Recs
Don't no my cousoler that well but w.e
teacher recs should b pretty good idk

Essays - boxing, race at st. albans church (thats the plan so far)

Other stuff-
research (9-12) havnt won anything : topics on democracy in China and the environment
designed t-shirts through photoshop and sold them off a website me and a friend created (not hugely sucessful but keeping that on the DL)
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Old 08-25-2008, 06:47 PM   #2
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captain for mathletes is a misstype
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