How's this junior looking? (MIT, UPenn, CMU...)

tmanneopen
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:34:12 +0000

Hey guys! I was just wondering how do I look for schools such as MIT, UPenn, CMU, Stanford, Lehigh, Purdue, and BU.

WGPA: 4.516 (no one usually gets above 5)
Rank: 11/386
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White

SAT: 2180 (750 CR, 730 M, 700 W) (Retaking in September/October)
SAT II: 770 Chem

AP Classes: APUSH, AP Eng Lang, AP Chem (No junior in my school has ever taken it), AP Comp Sci A

EC’s:

FRC Team Robotics (9-11) - 400 hours in 3 years or so. Usually places in top 3 teams every year. Head programmer of the team for this year and next. This year, our team got the Coopertition Award, Honorable Mention for Safety, 1st seeded team, and top 4 teams overall in Boston Regional.

Science Olympiad (11) - Co-Founder/Captain. Got 21st/40 in state competition this year, highest rookie placement.

MOON (10,11) - Math team. Treasurer. Highest in division for GBML competition (Greater Boston area)

Academic Decathlon (10,11) - A starter, placed 6th at regionals and 6th at states.

Varsity Swim Team (9-11) - MVP of the meet, possibly captain next year

Other smaller EC’s

Awards:

National Latin Exam: Gold and silver medals
National Spanish Exam: Bronze medal
AMC 10 School Winner
Honorable Mention School Science Fair/Regional Science Fair Qualifier (3 years)

Recs: Will have recs from my Latin teacher who has written excellent recs for past students, and will have had him for 4 years, my AP chem teacher who has helped with MOON as well, and my mentor from my robotics team who I have spent countless hours with.