<p>(note: I had to retype this 3 friggen times due to not being logged in/ laptop running out of battery, so I better get some damn responses :)</p>
<p>As the title says, I am an unusual student (and certainly unusual among CCers!) and would like to be chanced for top tier schools and others. I’m not bent on attending a top tier school, though I would just like some perspective on how likely it is that I will be admitted when I apply. I would also like suggestions for schools that would fit me well. </p>
<p>In short, I’m 16, a Junior, I don’t have a spectacular GPA, loads of ECs etc…, though I do have an unusual facility for mathematics as well as other subjects. </p>
<p>I have always attended public or private day schools though I have always felt a large gap between my abilities and the curriculum as well as the abilities of the other students. I have always had a desire to accelerate grades, though my parents and teachers wouldn’t allow me and would repeat the typical cliches. However, I finally convinced my parents to allow me to homeschool and it is my first year doing so. I’m enrolled in a homeschooling program through a private school in another state. I also convinced my parents to allow me to take courses at a very good university that is about 1 hour away from the house and will commute by van through a commuting program at the university. I will start classes in the Spring semester and continue through the Summer semester and throughout my senior year as well. I am very happy with this as I am finally getting the acceleration that I had desired since I had started school.</p>
<p>I attended a public school during my freshman and sophomore years of high school and as usual, I underachieved. My GPA was in the ‘high 2s’ (I’m sure this will make most CCers cringe!). However, I am working to get my GPA up. I maintained all A’s last semester in the equivalent of 7 courses (I say ‘the equivalent’ because the school allows advanced students to complete year long courses in a semester if capable and I had completed 3 year long courses and 1 regular course). This semester I am completing 5 year long courses and one semester long course, the equivalent of 11 courses. I have every intention to maintain straight As for the rest of high school. </p>
<p>Here are some facts about me that highlight my strengths and may be impressive/useful to colleges.
- I taught myself calculus in the sixth grade.
- I participated in Johns Hopkins Talent Search/ CTY in middle school.
- I will be taking a graduate level mathematics course in the spring at the university and hopefully two graduate level independent study courses in the summer and continuing graduate level coursework in senior year.
- I will soon be participating in a study at a major university that studies exceptional and profoundly gifted children and adolescents (IQs 145+).
- Although I have already taken/ scored highly on the SAT in middle school, I will be taking it again in May. I almost always score perfectly or near perfectly on the practice SAT tests that I have been occupying myself with lately. It is reasonable to expect a score within the 2300-2400 range, though I’m aiming for a perfect score.
- I plan to start mathematics research while I’m still in high school though I first need to build up a large and specialised knowledge base through self study and advanced coursework. I hope to start research this summer. </p>
<p>Chance for:
MIT
Caltech
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Berkeley
Harvey Mudd
Rensslaer Polytechnic
Cornell
Yale
Dartmouth
UCSB
University of Washington</p>
<p>And please suggest schools too! Thanks!</p>