<p>I’m concerned about my chances of getting into top schools; my academics over high school has been a mixed bag often as a result of stupid mistakes. Here’s a summary of things that could work in or against my favor.</p>
<p>Favorable:
- 2400 SAT, 800 Math II, 800 Physics
- A’s in most classes except for those B’s listed in unfavorable
- Trend of improvement in those classes in which I got a B first semester (A second) - Involvement with Robotics club and Math team; Math team VP
- Long history (since 4th grade, 1st place in state) of being involved with mathematics competition; took AIME twice to date
- Science competitions in high school such as Physics Bowl (school was region winner one year, second place the year after and Physics Olympiad (semifinalist)
- ~500 hours community service hours
- Took every math and every AP science course available
- Took 8 AP classes to date; will have 12 after senior year
- Will do summer research starting Monday at NIST, internship where I’ll be programming</p>
<p>and the Unfavorable:
- B’s in math classes because of my own foolishness
- Algebra 2 (8th Grade)
- Semester 1 BC calculus (Sophomore year)
- Semester 1 Multivariable Calculus (Junior Year) - B’s in some ‘soft’ classes
- Gym semester one (Full ■■■■■■, Freshman year)
- Spanish 3 semester one (Sophomore year)
- AP Lang B semester one (Junior Year) - My math competitions dawdled significantly after middle school(state championships etc.); only managed to qualify for AIME and score 4-6 on it
EDIT: I’m an asian male and US citizen</p>
<p>So I have an unweighted GPA of 3.85 and weighted GPA 4.7</p>
<p>That was a huge read; if you went through it, you have my deepest gratitude. Any thoughts on my chances for schools like Cal Tech/MIT?</p>