chances for an 08er // doing 4 EAs

proud08er
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:20:18 +0000

stats , Asian male
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.67 W
Class rank: 3/61 (small competitive private school)
SAT: 720 CR 780 M 800 W
Most rigorous courseload taken
SAT II: 800 korean 760 USH 760 Math IIC 730 Bio
5s on AP Bio and USH (the only two we’re allowed to take junior year)

ECs
AMC 2nd place (in school)
PSAT commended probably (219)
Math League (3 years so far)
Varsity Soccer 3 years so far
2 time school scholarship award recipient for character and academic excellence
AP USH Student of the year
Community Service Club (3 years so far; on the board, organized all of this year’s club activities such as habitat for humanity, locks for love, knitting hats for afghani kids etc; also the monthly newsletter editor/publisher) time commitment varies but at least 5-7 hrs/ wk and with big projects, a LOT more time is dedicated
Co-started this year’s big service project, raised ~$7000, published in a nationwide christian conference newsletter
although hours don’t show a lot, i’ve dedicated more than 400 hrs to comm service
Regularly tutor 2 kids in math, chemistry (3 hrs a week maybe?)
Tutored 3 kids sophomore year summer in english/math
Tutoring 2 kids junior year summer in english/math (grammar and alg II)
Student leader in church since freshman year (mentoring kids, tutoring kids)
Church’s YG Newspaper founder and editor in chief (monthly production) (3-5 hrs/wk)
Local newspaper internship since beginning of april 07 (5 hrs/ wk during the school year; 24 hrs/ wk during the summer)
Month long theology camp
NHS president next year, with lots of comm service projects coming up
Attendee of a 10,000 member plus christian leadership conference
Band (4 years)
i am also planning on creating an interfaith community service project this coming year

so basically im really into reading philosophy/theology and writing and volunteering… these three aspects all connect and basically run my life and i absolutely love doing it. my understanding of ethics moves me to volunteer and my love for reading these somewhat dry books lead me to read more and write more!

I will get excellent recommendations from both my teachers and my guidance counselor
I’m a good essay writer so I don’t think I’ll have problems with my essay

i live in NJ so I don’t want to go to school too far from my house…
(Chicago, Michigan, Virginia is probably the limit)
Strong english and philosophy department would be very appealing.

my list so far is this:

Amherst C

Boston C EA

Colby C

Columbia U

Cornell U

Dartmouth C

Emory U

Georgetown U EA

Harvard C

Middlebury C

Northwestern U IL

U Chicago EA

U Michigan

U Virginia

Wheaton C (IL) EA

Williams C
i’ve started by only looking at lacs but i realized that i sorta like the big univ feeling too… so i’m planning on using BC’s EA or Wheaton’s EA as a safety and then the rest are up for grabs… i know i am kind of reach-heavy but how does this look? how will i fare? thanks