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<li>Calculus III (Fall Semester), Calculus IV (Spring Semester) at a local college after school</li>
<li>Catholic Theology courses, Adult Education at local parish (2.5 hours/week)</li>
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<p>Extracurriculars:
Nursing Home Volunteer (9th-12th), Facility and State Volunteer of the Year
Science Olympiad (9th-12th), Captain
Karate (9th-12th), 1st Degree Black Belt, Student of the Month (Twice)
Math Honor Society (10th-12th), President
Math Team (10th-12th)
French Honor Society (11th-12th), Webmaster
Ecology Club (9th-12th), Secretary</p>
<p>Academic Awards:
Math Fair Bronze and Gold Medalist
Awarded Medal from a technology institute in Computer Technology
AP Scholar with Distinction
Research Fellow, given stipend from local university
<p>Everything looks great. The one thing I noticed was that you need at least one more SAT II Subject Test. Princeton requires 3. I’m not sure about the other Ivies (MIT only requires 2).</p>
<p>strong applicant in many ways, grades, courseload, EC’s, community service. your SAT’s are okay, but many applicants will have better. The only real negative you have is that there will probably be another thousand Asian-American applicants who are passionate about math. Nonetheless, I think you have an excellent shot. Good luck!</p>
<p>Your grades / scores are competitive, and i can clearly see that you are very passionate/dedicated about your interests… However, colleges want uniqueness too, and though they can clearly see you’re dedicated, and what your interests are, they’d also want you to be special. You’re almost the standard asian applicant right now…but can you write a very good essay about your personality?.. or have good recs that reveal other sides of you? You have to make your application come to life that reveals your other non-Asian characteristics. However, either way, you’re in good shape for cornell, but for Harvard/yale, you’re statistically competant, but they also care about your essays / recs as well.</p>
<p>I’m starting to doubt how many Asian-Americans actually ardently pursue math, as most I know are skewing towards the humanities…that’s just my school, maybe, although I hear that for Americans it’s pretty balanced between math/science and humanities for the Asians. It’s just those huge influx of those asian immigrants that all choose math/science…</p>
<p>either way, good shot. Btw, Science olympiad is like, um, one test in a month, right? I don’t see the need for a captain and all 4 years of anything like an “Extracurricular activity”, but I may be mistaken about what it actually is.</p>
<p>Science Olympiad is a bit more complicated than that - most kids in our school compete in 3 or 4 events and some events require making things like trebuchets, or robots, or cantilever beams to hold heavy weights. The projects that require testing engineered objects made out of balsa wood are extremely time consuming. There are local, invitational, state and national competitions. The captain could be arranging bus transport, organizing who does what events, keeping track of monies outlaid for projects, and organizing team t-shirt designs and orders.</p>
<p>But to the OP, yes your stats appear to be good enough for the top schools, but with acceptance rates under 15% you could easily be rejected by all of them. Be sure to put your list together from the bottom up - you should have some safeties and matches where you could be happy too.</p>
<p>Interesting, because from what I heard (damn you piccolo lol), I thought the Science Olympiads were those tests in march/april(?) –> bigger test –> biggest test –> camp –> international team kinda thing.</p>
<p>What you’ve described, mathmom, is identical to what my school has called a “Science Club” where things like that happened. Guess it’s different per school. ;)</p>
<p>Siemens semi-finalist is a BIG deal. Obviously nobody is guaranteed admission, but this helps you a lot. Are you submitting to Intel (I assume you can submit to both)? If not, you should look into that. Don’t hide this/your research at the bottom of your EC list! It should be one of your top activities because this is what makes you really stand out.</p>
<p>Your 750 on Math II is surprising, considering that you have 800 on the SAT. Nonetheless, this probably won’t hurt you much. Do you have anything to show for your research? Published papers, or maybe supervisor recs?</p>