<p>As the title explains, this is my first time doing one of these; purely for fun. Being a senior, nothing here is really gonna change, so I’m just seeing what the general consensus on these forums is.</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Chinese
College Class Year: 2018
High School: Public (~1200, many grads to top schools)
Will apply for financial aid: Yes (income <100,000)
GPA - Unweighted: 4.000
Class Rank: N/A
Class Size: 320</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 730
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
APs: Calc, both Physics C, World, Chem, Stat, Bio, Enviro (5) and Lang (4). Taking Comp Sci, Micro, and Lit senior year. Really happy, only maybe the problem is my senior year I don’t have a science/math rly, and I want to go into engineering. (crazy?!?)
Recs: Know both teachers and counselor well, should be good. Won’t read.
Essays: I think they’re pretty good; CA is solid. I don’t like narratives, but I am a good writer. Should be slightly under excellent (on and off, especially with like 3-4 essays per school)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Research Assistant: 2 summers, coauthored a paper.
-Captain of Science Olympiad: 3-time Nationals Medalist
-Captain of Math Club: USAMO qualifier, AMC 10 State winner.
-Captain of Swimming: State swimmer individual and relays
-Captain of Water polo: 5th in State
-Volunteer at Chinese School (some like, 400+ hrs total)
-Work as lifeguard
-President of Mu Alpha Theta
-Quizbowl: Two national championships tournaments (placing 11th and 21st)
-Member of National Honor Society</p>
<p>Others:
-National Merit Semis (in the state of Misery)
-NACLO Semifinalist
-President’s Volunteer Service Award Silver Level
-Finalist, and lobbying hard, for homecoming king. ^.^</p>
<p>Schools: Stanford (SCEA) with GT and UIUC, and then MIT, Columbia, Rice, Duke, WUSTL, Case for RD.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for taking the time to read through this and making any comments.</p>