My chances?: SPHY, Harvey Mudd, Berkeley, UCLA, UPenn

<p>I am about to be a senior, and now that it has come time to start thinking about which colleges to apply to, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what my chances are at admission into the top colleges in my title (SPHY meaning Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, and Yale).</p>

<p>GPA’s Unweighted/Weighted
Freshman: 3.86/3.86
Sophomore: 3.92/4.42 (Orchestra teacher gave me a B for taking an AP test and being late for a concert… lame)
Junior: 4.00/5.00
Predicted 1rst Semester Senior GPA: 4.00/5.00</p>

<p>SAT1 (will take again in October)
Math: 760 Writing: 750 Reading: 720</p>

<p>SAT2
MathIIC: 800 Chemistry: 780 USHistory: 760</p>

<p>College Level Courses I have taken/ Will take by end of senior year:
AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations, AP Biology, AP English Language and Composition, AP Literature, AP European History, AP United States History, AP Government, AP Economics (Micro/Macro).</p>

<p>AP Scores thus far: AP Euro 4, AP Calc AB 5, AP Chem 5, AP Physics 5, AP English Lang 5, AP US History 5.</p>

<p>Languages: English (primary), Spanish (4 years)</p>

<p>Paid Jobs Held:
Tutoring: 4 years
Intern for a Geological Consulting company: 1 summer</p>

<p>Significant Extra Curriculars:

  • Odyssey of the Mind/ Destination Imagination: 8 years participation. Honors held- Regional 2nd Place (x7), Regional 1rst place, State Second place (x3), State 1rst place, World 23rd Place, World 8th Place, World 7th Place, World 4th place, Regional Ranatra Fusca (tournament-wide creativity award) (x2), State Ranatra Fusca (x3).</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Boy Scouts/ Cub Scouts: 12 years participation. Honors held- Assload of random leadership crap, and hopefully Eagle before applications go out.</p></li>
<li><p>Speech and Debate: 3 years participation (not including senior year). Honors held- none really… I’m definitely not good enough to win any real tournaments :-D.</p></li>
<li><p>High School Wrestling: 2 years participation. Honors held- League 2nd place, Varsity Letter</p></li>
<li><p>Violin: 7 years in school orchestra.</p></li>
<li><p>Middle School Wrestling Assistant Coach: 1 year</p></li>
<li><p>Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team Assistant Coach: 1 year (and possibly this year, too.)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Notable Academic Honors:
NONE</p>

<p>Not so notable academic honors/ extra-curricular:
-Science Fair 2nd Place/ Air Force Special Award (9th grade)
-Renaissance Award for (3.5 gpa with a sport, or 4.0 without one) (x99999)
-National Honor Society Member
-California Scholarship Federation Member
-Academic Letter (for gpa over 3.5) (x9999)
-DJ training at a DJ company</p>

<p>Oh, and if anyone has any suggestions for good back-up schools, that would be great. I live in california.</p>

<p>lol at the speech and debate part.
I’m a Forensicator myself! 18th in OO at Nats this year…Should I mention it??</p>

<p>I’d say you should mention it… Thats tre-impressive (maybe thats just me, cuz I kinda suck at it). Anyone at all have any comments?</p>

<p>the other UC’s.</p>

<p>also you shouldn’t retake the SAT.</p>

<p>Why not retake the SAT? I’m pretty sure I can get an 800 on math, and maybe an 800 on writing…</p>

<p>I don’t think you need to retake any tests…your scores are fine and don’t stress yourself out…anything above a 2250 is looked the same because everything above are luck points (coulda had a bad day…horrible order of sections…)</p>