Chances for this Normal Asian

1232cricket
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:42:54 +0000

Domestic, Chinese, Male
Magnet School
SAT: 2290
PSAT: 227
ACT: N/A
SAT II: finding scores in 2 days (took June 2009 SAT IIs) from the answers posted on here, expecting somewhere betwene 750-800 on all of them, probably 800 Math II
AP: July 1st, Ill find out, but I think atleast 8 total 4-5s, so good enough for Ntl. AP Scholar.

GPA:
UW: 4.00 with 11 APs taken so far
Rank: We dont rank but should be top 0.5%
W: 4.5

ECs:
Science Olympiad-President, with multiple state awards (4 years)
Newspaper-Chief Programmer on the webteam for a nationally ranked newspaper (3 years, not allwed freshman year)
Orchestra-Symphony Orchestra, chance for 1st chair next year
Math Club-made AIME 2 years, nothing good on AIME (4 years)
Key Club-over 75 hours
Hospital Volunteering-St. Vincent’s Hospital

Research-this summer, will serve as Group Leader for Siemens

Awards:
American Chemical Society Awards
AIME 2 years (my AIME score actually deproved from 10th to 11th and MIT asks for it, so that will look really bad)
Science Olympiad State Awards
Violin State/National Award in a ensemble (not individual)
National Merit Semifinalist unless the cutoff drastically changes
Should be National AP Scholar unless something goes wrong

Hopeful Siemens Award in Research (Consider no award and Reg. Finalist Award). I am doing a group research project in Biophysics, maybe just biology (kinda hard to explain), with my friend at a local university this summer. My friend and I are in a group for Siemens and I plan on submitting the project to Siemens.

I also will submit a violin solo if it is allowed.

Self-Analysis:
I have leadership positions in a pretty large school, and I have some varied science/math awards. However, I have NOTHING that stands out unless I get Siemens Regional Finalist, which is doubtful

Schools:
MIT (early), CalTech (early)
HYPS (if I do not get accepted early)
Any safety schools

Can you give me a percentage with Siemens and without Siemens. I would, so far, say that I am like 10% for each of my schools, which is about the normal average for a normal applicant.