IMSA Applicant Class of 2021

xxxK9Dudexxx
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:59:31 +0000

Hello! I am going to be a freshman in August, and I want to apply for IMSA this year. I wanted to know what my chances are of getting in.

STATS:
Ethnicity: Indian-American (Asian)
Region: Peoria, IL (not sure what region this would be, Central Illinois I think)
Grade: 9th
GPA: 4.0 6-8 (I think I’ll get a 4.0 in 9th too)
SAT: 720-ish for both Math and Reading/Writing (on practice tests)

ECS:
FIRST LEGO League (3 years, 5th grade to 7th grade)
FIRST Tech Challenge (2 years, 8th grade & 9th grade)
North South Foundation (1st grade to 8th grade)
Scholastic Bowl (3 years, 7th grade to 9th grade)
Mathcounts (3 years, 6th grade to 8th grade)
Chess (4 years, 6th grade to 9th grade)
Junior Football League (7th grade & 8th grade)
Track (2 years, 6th grade & 7th grade)

Awards:
2013-2014 FIRST LEGO League Regional Champion’s Award (Qualified for State) (Team)
2013-2014 FIRST LEGO League State Champion’s Award, 1st place (Qualified for Worlds) (Team)
2013-2014 FIRST LEGO League Worlds Champion’s Award Finalist (Top 3) (Team)
2014-2015 FIRST LEGO League Regional Champion’s Award (Team)
2015-2016 FIRST LEGO League Regional Champion’s Award (Team)
2017 Scholastic Bowl County 1st place Champion (Team)
2017 Scholastic Bowl Regional Runner-up (Team)
2018 Scholastic Bowl County Runner-up (Team)
2018 Scholastic Bowl Regional 1st place Champion (Qualified for Sectionals) (Team)
2018 Scholastic Bowl Sectionals 1st place Champion (Qualified for State) (Team)
2018 Scholastic Bowl State 3rd place (Team)
2016 IESA State Chess 4th place (Team)
2017 IESA State Chess 2nd place (Team)
2017 Illinois All-Grade, 8th Grade, 10th place
2014 School Spelling Bee Runner-up
2015 School Spelling Bee Champion
2015 County Spelling Bee Runner-up
2018 Mathcounts Regionals, 5th place (Qualified for State)
2018 Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement

Classes:
Algebra 1 Honors (taken in 8th grade)
Geometry Honors
Algebra 2 Honors
Biology Honors
Language Arts/Literature 1 Honors
PE (Required)
Speech (Required)
Software Applications (Required)
Health (Required)
French 2 Pre-AP

I also have some additional questions.

What is the best time to take the SAT?
Should I include awards from North South Foundation? (North South Foundation is a non-profit organization that hosts competitions across the country for spelling, vocabulary, math, science, etc.). The reason I’m asking this question is because I have a lot of these, but some of them are from a few years ago.
Are any of the awards above ones that I should not include? If so, why?

I’ll probably do more extra-curriculars as a freshman, I just don’t know at the moment what my school has to offer.
Thanks.