Chances - Worth applying with my stats?

Castel
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:51:32 +0000

Well I DID get a 5 on the AP Chem exam though that doesn’t say much. I self-studied physics all by myself, though, which explains the 740. The introductory course I took in Sophomore summer merely taught that F=ma, nothing else. The 4 in Calculus AB was the teacher. He spent 4 months on Chapter TWO because the rest of the class wasn’t motivated to do anything. I ended up being one of the only two A’s in his three periods. That was in sophomore year remember. My junior year I got a 5 on Calculus BC and 5 for the AB subscore as well (the teacher rocked).

My SATs I took blind. I didn’t study at all and I somehow broke 2000. I knew that my score sucked, so I spent the rest of that time studying SATs. Hopefully the SAT I took in November will show the fruits of it.

I say I have no passion because compared to mostly everyone on this forum, what I do seems like nothing. I took the AMC 10 and 12 but I didn’t score high enough for the AIME. However, I do exert some passion for computer science. Summer of sophomore and junior year I self-studied two programming languages, BASIC and Python. I should and will try to incorporate this into my essays.

@sonofsam: My school DID have limited options, but not even knowing about popular math competitions did stop me from going beyond.

I know that this post was just excuses after excuses, but instead of screaming at me for stating how I didn’t have any devotion (which I now regret), please chance me with your best ability. Thanks.