Applying to caltech, opinions..

huangm
Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:12:27 +0000

Just wondering what my chances are, or what areas of my application are weak and how I can make up for them.

Asian Male
Moderately sized suburban public school (1400 students)

3.80 gpa (upward trend: freshman 3.6, sophomore 3.8, junior 4.0)
SAT I - 790 Math, 690 Verbal, 740 Writing (retaking in October)
800 Math IIC
800 Physics
780 Chem

AP US history 3 (only AP allowed in my school before senior year)

Senior year schedule:
AP Macroecon
AP Physics
AP Chem
AP English

College courses:
10th grade spring Linear Algebra
11th grade summer Calc I & II
12th grade fall Multivariable

Awards:
Westchester Science & Engineering Fair
-Finalist (qualify for ISEF)
-Best in Category
-Mu Alpha Theta Award

ISEF
-1st Place IBM Mathematics Award
-2nd Place AVASC Foundation Award

JSHS Regional level finalist
JSHS State level 2nd place

(research awards are for project in discrete math)

USAMTS silver medal
AMC school winner 10th grade, 11th grade
AIME 10th & 11th, scores are low… 2 or 3
Local Math League high scorer

Extracurriculars:
Music - Guitar, Piano
Ultimate Frisbee - Captain, 9th place eastern championships
Independant Research in discrete math
Webdesign - html/css/javascript, php/mysql
Free the Children local chapter
YOCA (youth organiz. of chinese americans) local president
Math Team captain

Summers:
7-10th johns hopkins cty
9-11th independant research project