Chance someone sweating the applications process?

CratorexKwong
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:35:02 +0000

Hey guys! Thanks for reading, i’ve been hanging around cc for a while but i haven’t really spent much time on it…until now. Sorry in advance if this is a lot to read, it’s really my first time with this kinda thing.

I’m an asian (owned XD) male from a low income family attending an average public school near San Francisco, California.

Test Scores:
ACT Composites: 33, 33
Superscore: 34…
English: 31 (Essay 9 Combined 30), 34 (Essay 11, Combined 34)
Math: 30, 31
Reading: 34, 33
Science: 36, 32

I took it again yesterday but I didn’t study again because I was sick and I’m not expecting it to be any better than my past two. Should I take a 4th one or would it hurt my chances?

SATIIs - Biology: 730 (retook after 680 in freshman year)
Math II: 770 (should I retake it?)
US History: 790
I hate that i retook so many tests XD.

Transcript:
Freshman (4.0 uw/w)
Algebra II/Trig: A,A
Biology: A,A
Concert Band: A,A
English Pre-H: A,A
PE: A,A
Spanish II: A,A

Sophomore (4.0 uw/ 4.5 w)
WHAP: A,A
Chem H: A,A
English II Pre-h: A,A
Pre-calc H: A,A
Spanish III: A,A
Weights(required PE): A,A

Junior (3.91667 uw/ 4.91667)
AP Bio: A,A
AP Calc AB: B,A
AP Psych: A,A
APUSH: A,A
English III H: A,A
Spanish IV AP: A,A

Senior
AP English lit
Spanish V H
AP Gov/Econ
Biomed (my schedule conflicted with physics)
AP Stat
APES

AP Scores: WHAP - 5, Bio - 5, Calc - 5, Psych: 5, English Comp - 4, Spanish Lang - 4

Rank: 1/459 For now XD.

EC: (The WEAK link!)
-President/Founder of The American Cancer Society Club 3 years. I’ve done a terrible job with this club though and it’s almost defunct 'cause I haven’t been able to get in contact with the ACS rep in my area.
-Varsity Golf since Sophomore Year.
-VP of Quiz Bowl
-VP of Model UN
-Volunteer at the library since junior year for 3 hours a week.
-Hospital volunteer since…this year for 3 hours a week.
-Paid/Free tutor since this year as well for 2-5 hours a week.

Awards: (The OTHER weak link!)
-National Merit Commended
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction (I never got a letter saying this, though.)

Summer Activities: Volunteer at some negligible places, and classes at the local CC every year.

Other stuff:
-My letters of rec should be okay to good across the board. I’m not expecting anything amazing though hehe.
-Essays: should be fairly good. I’ve outlined them in my head but haven’t written them out - no doubt they’ll be worse on paper :P.
-I took all the honors/ap classes offered at my school so course rigor is the best that i could make it.

Looking at:
UPenn
Cornell
Dartmouth
UChic
Most of the UC’s
CalPoly
Stanford maybe
NYU
Columbia
I’ll probably apply undecided for the cas types schools.

Thanks for reading! Post a link and i’ll chance back as best as i can. :D