Change of heart

HonorsCentaur
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:17:34 +0000

so, i’m still changing around my college list, removing and adding almost mercurially
i’d also appreciate suggestions

chance me?

AP/IB Taken/Will have taken (Class): AP World History, AP US History, AP English Literature, AP Calculus
IB English HL, IB Economcs SL, IB Physics HL (yuck), IB French SL, IB Math Studies SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL
Full IB Diploma Candidate

Asian Male from NY from a public magnet.
Major: I plan to double major, one in business (not sure exactly what area) and French.

GPA Roughly: UW: 3.92 (estimated, we only give out Weighted) W: 4.04

Note: Though my W and UW are similar, my school decided to deflate GPA this year and last for reasons beyond me. I have taken the most challenging load available.

School doesn’t rank, but roughly the second half of the top 10%.

SAT: Highest Single Sitting CR-680 M-750 W-760, 1430/2190
Superscore: CR-710 M-750 WR-760 1460/2220

SAT II’s: 740 Math II, 640 USH I will retake the US because I got a 5 on the AP

AP: Psych 5 (Self-Study), USH 5, Micro 3 (Technically self-study), English Lit 3, World History 3.

EC’s Sports:
Varsity Soccer 4 yrs, Varsity Swimming 3 yrs (Scholar-Athlete), Varsity Track and Field 4 yrs (Captain 12)
EC Activities: NYS Math League 2 yrs (Captain 12), Guitar playing 5 yrs, Multi-Cultural Club 2 yrs (did various things to raise money for endangered animals and stuff)

Jobs: Did math tutoring in and out of school, taught English abroad in a formal setting.
Volunteer: 50 hours at an historic landmark, 90 hours abroad doing translation services for the olympics, roughly 30 hours at various school functions

Programs: Economics for Leaders
Leadership Development institute

Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
A College Book Award
Congressional Award Bronze/Silver Certificates
Sherman F Fyler award for Scholarhip and Citizenship
Praxair Science Award
NYS math league certificate of merit

other things: featured in a newspaper abroad for volunteer work, wrote an article for my local paper

Essay: pretty good

Recs: Counselor thinks i’m overly ambitious and have no fun (not true i swear) , but the other two should be great.

Oh I plan on taking up to 6 more AP tests senior year (up to five self studied) anyway to include this on my app?

Colleges i’m looking at:
Harvard
Yale
Penn
Chicago
SUNY Buffalo
Syracuse
Cornell

i know my list is too extreme (lots of reaches) but i need some more suggestions for matches lol