final chances after getting junior year grades (yikes)

california_love8
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:51:36 +0000

sigh I did pretty badly this year (not as bad as soph year, but still bad), so what are my chances for claremont? Also, are SAT 2 required?

demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon: Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school. (On top of that, our graduating class is rumored to be the best class of all time, so my rank would be higher had I been in a different year )
*student body at school = 500+

The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (8/12 on essay) (DANG IT!!!)

-English 30 (Usage/Mechanics 15 Rhetorical Skills 16)
-Science 24 (ouch)
-Reading 31 (Social Studies/Science 17 Arts/Literature 15)
-Mathematics 34
(Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 18
Int.Algebra/Coord.Geometry 16 (ouch)
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18)

*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A

*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A

*Junior Year
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/B
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P
IB English: A/ A
IB TOK 1: A

*Senior Year Anticipated Courseload If I get my choices:
IB Physics SL
IB TOK 2
IB Biology HL 2
IB English HL 2
IB Math HL 2 (Calc 2 basically)
IB Spanish SL
AP Statistics
Biotech/Economics (not the same course…the slash indicates I’ll take one or the other for 1 semester)

In summary: I currently have a 3.913 UW GPA, and 4.152 W GPA. UW class rank = 31/520 and W = 17/520.

Extra Curriculars:
*NHS (2 years)
*OHSU Dental exploring program
*Doing research on anti-viral medications.
*Will probably volunteer at a hospital and then OHSU during the summer.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (possibly captain next season).
*Science Team 4 years.
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Portland Youth Philharmonic Organization (2 years)
*Mathfest Participant 4 years
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Model UN (1 year)
*maybe DECA next year

Awards/Honors/Leadership:
*Possibly tennis team captain
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*IB Diploma Candidate
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year