<p>Huah, finally done with all the applications and waiting for decisions to come. Hopefully I’ll get into any one of the schools I applied. </p>
<p>Korean Female
Private high school of <150 upper class students in Rochester, NY
Not applying for FA</p>
<p>9th Grade
Outside the US
~4% grades on courses except music, p.e., art
~4% on all of the five subjects on pre-national exams(it’s like psat, sorta)
10th Grade
98.1250uw/98.1250w
Public high school in Richmond, KY (Block Schedule)
3/460
11th Grade
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C: Mechanics
World History II
English III
Probability/Statistics (elective)
Astronomy (elective)
straight As
High Honors (average of A- or above without any grades below A-)
Bausch & Lomb Science Award
12th Grade
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C: E&M
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
English IV</p>
<p>PSAT - C510 M740 W710
SAT - C570 M760 W640 / C640 M750 W790
SAT II
MathIIC 800
Chemistry 790
Physics to be taken on Jan.
AP
Calculus AB 5
Physics C: Mechanics 5</p>
<p>Recommendations
College counselor: should be descent. quite well known for
Physics teacher: supposedly excellent, considering that he called me one of the 3 best students he’s ever had
Math teacher: should be excellent as well.
Essays - normal to good range? idk :p</p>
<p>ECs - my weak spot. Math club chair, service trips, chorus, yearbook, etc… but not so impressive.</p>
<p>List of colleges applied in alphabetical order
Carnegie Mellon University
Harvey Mudd College (ED II)
Occidental College
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Illionis, Urbana Champaign
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Physics major for all</p>
<p>Funny how my three and a half years of my high school life can be summarized into this.
Will be so glad if I get into HMC, but oh well, I don’t think I have that much of a good chance.
I’ve just read a thread by a Korean student who got in ED I and another thread by a Korean who has a better stats.
Considering HMC only has 1 or 2 students per country, I’m half given up and half dreaming for the impossible.</p>
<p>hmm I’m not that familiar with ur grading system, I can only give opinions on the UC cuz i’m applying there too :). according to ur SAT u should have a good chance at LA and B and i think 98.125/100 UW is wat ur talking about. If it is, u should be fine even with weaker EC.</p>
<p>It is 98.123/100 and I am sorry for the lack of information. On individual subjects except a few, I received grades that were within top four percent at the school and on the pre-SAT nationally as well. I do not know how my rank goes for the average grades though but I was well within top 5 students at school I believe.</p>
<p>Looks good, but I have noticed that unweighted and weighted gpa’s are same?
does this indicate that you are afraid of taking hard courses? if it is so this might hurt a bit.
Carnegie Mellon University - high match
Harvey Mudd College (ED II) - match
Occidental College - match
University of California, Berkeley - low reach
University of California, Los Angeles - low reach, high match
<p>On 10th grade, I was on “exchange program” and therefore was not quite allowed to take hard courses by the school
I transferred to a private school and took 2 AP classes on my junior year and got straight As on all of the courses. Would it hurt a lot even though it is only for the 10th grade?</p>
<p>Is it really match for Harvey Mudd? As much as I’d love to know that it is, I do realize how competitive it is.</p>
<p>Wow- you have an impressive course load. That makes up for what you claim as a slight lack in ECs. Good SATs and SAT IIs too.</p>
<ul>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University - high match</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College (ED II) - match</li>
<li>Occidental College - match</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley - low reach</li>
<li><p>University of California, Los Angeles - low reach, high match (but not as reachy as Berk)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Illionis, Urbana Champaign - match</p></li>
<li><p>University of Maryland, College Park - match</p></li>
<li><p>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - match</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for the confidence boosting chance. I really challenged myself this year and I feel like I’ll drop everything once I get into any college. lol.</p>
<p>Wow nice stats. Your EC’s are ok but I think your academic achievements make for that for sure. I believe you’ll get in the school of your choice.</p>
<p>nice course load, and your EC is okay, but if you can convey your enthusiam for them you should be ok. your AP and SAT II score are pretty good. I’d say match on all of them except two low reaches, which are UCB and UCLA. Good Luck! ^-^</p>
<ul>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University - high match</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College - match</li>
<li>Occidental College - match</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley - low reach</li>
<li>University of California, Los Angeles - low reach</li>
<li>University of Illionis, Urbana Champaign - match</li>
<li>University of Maryland, College Park - match</li>
<li>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - match</li>
</ul>
<p>Um…
UC Berkeley: low reach
Carnegie Mellen: match
Only really familiar with these two, so can’t say for the rest…</p>
<p>You have ok EC, though your grades, AP and SAT II scores make up for it. Only thing is it would’ve been nice to have a few leadership positions.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University - high match
Harvey Mudd College - match
Occidental College - match
University of California, Berkeley - low reach
University of California, Los Angeles - low reach
University of Illionis, Urbana Champaign - match
University of Maryland, College Park - match
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - match </p>
<p>Oh I didn’t see u were out of state >.<. I’ve heard rumors that the UC is letting more out of state students in since the UCs r poor but iono :P. So maybe u have a better chance on the UCs :D</p>
and i think 98.125/100 UW is wat ur talking about. If it is, u should be fine even with weaker EC.</p>
but I was well within top 5 students at school I believe.</p>