Do not chance me

mufasa104
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:50:25 +0000

I guess the reverse psychology worked pretty well!

Alright, so I’m thinking about how I’ll do against these schools: Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown, Northwestern, Northeastern, Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, NYU, Yale. Not so sure about Princeton or Stanford. Please chance me and tell me my weaknesses/strengths. Be truthful. I know my GPA isn’t the highest, and I have B’s and B- on my transcript for final grades. Latin class I never got the hang of and didn’t care for. For math for two years, I had a crazy female Chinese teacher who treated every math test as if it were a math contest.

Consider this also:
I attend a prestigious high school in Massachusetts. Each year it sends around 30 students to Ivy League schools. Around 25 of these go to Harvard College. I live in a certain part of my town in which there are land disputes with Harvard. Around 5 kids in my town are accepted each year by Harvard. It is much easier for kids from my town to get into Harvard than any kids supposedly.



Top 20 National Public High School in Massachusetts

Race: Chinese (1st Generation)
Gender: Male
Socioeconomic Class: Middle

GPA: 4.08 Weighted

Rank: We don’t rank, but most likely within 60/350.

SAT: 2240

SAT Chemistry: 740
SAT US History: 770
SAT Chinese: 760
SAT Math 2: 750

AP Chemistry: 4
AP US History: 5
AP Computer Science: 4

Essay & Recommendations: Pretty Good

Extracurriculars:

1. President of Red Cross Club

2. President of Invisible Children Club

3. Secretary of Asian-American Club

4. Co-Captain of Science Olympiad Team

5. Co-Captain of Men’s Varsity Swim Team

6. Co-Chair of American Red Cross Youth Advisory Board

7. Copy-Editor Chief for School Newspaper

8. Member of Project-Booknet

9. Member of School Volunteering Club

10. Piano

11. National Honor Society

12. Official Red Cross Volunteer

- EXPAND: Raised $1,300 for Measles Vaccines, Held Anti-Youth Violence Forums/Concerts, Raised $1,500 for Malaria Vaccines, Raised $1,200 for Disaster Relief Fund Deficit, Taught CPR and Choke Safe
- EXPAND: Raised $4,000 for Schools in northern Uganda.


Volunteering:

1. 45 Hours @ Cambridge Hospital

2. 80 Hours Tutoring @ Library

3. 70 Hours @ School Library

4. 20 Hours @ School Main Office

5. 25 Hours of Random Stuff

6. 120 Hours of Red Cross Volunteering

Work:

1. Harvard College Library’s Yenching Library as Summer Job

2. Internship for Minority Program @ Harvard Medical School as Summer Job

3. Working at Library (Get Paid & Get Hours)

Programs:

1. 3 Programs at Harvard Medical School for Minorities

2. Studied Arabic in the Summer (a Full Year’s Course)

Awards:

1. Biography Essay Won Award & Published in The Nucleus Magazine

2. 1st Place Herpetology for Science Olympiad

3. 1st Place Herpetology for Science Olympiad 2nd Time

4. 2nd Place in Health Sciences for Science Olympiad

5. 1st Place in Health Sciences for Science Olympiad

6. 3rd Place in Ecology for Science Olympiad

7. 2nd Place in Chemistry Lab for Science Olympiad

8. 1st Place @ MIT Science Trivia Contest (after 3 Attempts within 3 Years) - Prize was Lunch with a Nobel Prize Winner

9. High-Level Novice Arabic Speaker Accreditation

10. Red Cross Accredited in First Aid, Choke Safe, AED, CPR

Courses:
9th ~
Algebra 2 Honors: B
Biology: A-
English 9: A
Latin 3: B
Chinese 2: A-
World History 1: A

10th ~
Geometry Honors: B-
Chemistry: A
English 10: A-
Latin 4: B
Chinese 3: A
World History 2: A

11th ~
Pre-Calculus Honors: A-
Chemistry AP: A-
English 11 Honors: A
Computer Science AP: A-
Chinese 4 Honors: A
US History AP: A

12 ~ (So Far)
Calculus AB AP: A-
Biology AP: A
English: A
Physics: A
Chinese AP: A+
Economics: A