junior - heading in right direction?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Junior at private, top-tier high school (in the group of seven thing with exeter, andover, etc.), and I wanted to see whether or not people think I’m going in the right direction to have a strong application. </p>

<p>GRADES
9th Grade</p>

<p>Fall (3.9)
English (required course): A
Precalculus for BC: A
Honors Chemistry: A
Spanish 4 (these levels vary from school to school): A-
Cultural Studies (required course, like history): A-</p>

<p>Winter (3.7)
English: A-
Precalculus for BC: B+
Honors Chemistry: A-
Spanish 5: A-
Cultural Studies: A</p>

<p>Spring (4.0)
English: A
Precalculus for BC: A
Honors Chemistry: A
Spanish 6: A
Cultural Studies: A</p>

<p>10th Grade</p>

<p>Fall (3.7)
AP Calc BC: B+
Honors European History (same as AP): B+
AP Chemistry: A-
English: A
Spanish 7: A</p>

<p>Winter (4.1)
AP Calc BC: A+
Honors European History: A
American Studies - Constitution: A+
AP Chem: A
English: A</p>

<p>Spring (4.2)
AP Calc BC: A
AP Chem: A
Honors Euro: A+
English: A+
Spanish 8: A
Chamber Music: A+</p>

<p>11th Grade (4.1)
Multivariable Calc: A
AP Bio: A
AP Economics: A+
English: A
AP Spanish: A</p>

<p>SATII: 780 Math IIC, 740 Chem
APs: 5 Calc BC, 5 Chem, 4 Euro, 4 Music Theory
PSAT: 235 (79,80,76/R,M,W)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Research intern in lab of chemist at ivy league university, hoping to publish findings in journal by next spring (before I apply).</p>

<p>Staff writer for school newspaper since 9th grade, hoping to maybe become editor next year</p>

<p>Independent research project in history, culminating in the creation of a primary source reader on the middle east which will be used by the history dept.</p>

<p>Vice President of Science Olympiad team.</p>

<p>Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Finished Grade 8 of ABRSM curriculum for piano performance. Pursuing Diploma in Piano Performance from ABRSM.</p>

<p>250+ volunteer hours.</p>

<p>schools i’m looking at: HYPSM, columbia, upenn (maybe fisher program), michigan, jhu, nyu, caltech, cornell. haven’t fully thought it out yet, but this is a start.</p>

<p>what do y’all think?</p>

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<p>wait a minute. You had an internship that led to legitimate findings that you will publish in a science journal such as Nature or Cell?</p>

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<p>Shut up. You’re definitly heading in the right direction. Stop fishing for compliments :)</p>

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<p>You really should be taking AP English. I would also suggest taking the Spanish SAT II. Everything looks really good, those are the only measly suggestions I have. haha. </p>

<p>What about Duke and UChicago?</p>

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<p>the jerome fisher program? That program is really hard to get into.</p>

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<p>“Shut up. You’re definitely heading in the right direction. Stop fishing for compliments”</p>

<p>Haha, its true in all aspects.</p>