<p>Hey please chance me here.
Rural Catholic School
Race: Asian-American
Currently a Junior</p>
<p>Scores:
Explore-25
ACT-33 (no writing, took it as a soph though in April, will retake soon)
SAT-2270 (800 math, 770 writing (10 essay), 700 reading) (will also retake)</p>
<p>School:
3/273 (will move up to 2 by end of junior year for sure maybe 1, but my school is not the strongest academically…)
UW-3.9 approx, it’s not posted anywhere
W-4.939 (heading up since I doubled my AP load)</p>
<p>Notable Classes:
Freshman
Honors French II (this is a sophomore level class at my school) A
Honors Biology (this is a sophomore level class at my school) A-
Honors Alg II/ w. trig (this is a junior level class at my school) A-
English, World Hist, Religion, all Honors all A’s
PE/Health A+
Sophomore
AP Euro A- 4 on exam
AP Calc AB (this is a senior class at my school) B+/A- 5 on exam
Honors Chemistry-A+/A
Honors French III (this is a junior class at my school) A
Honors Religion (Church History) A+
Honors English B+/A-
PE A+
Junior (Semester I exams this week! only putting current grades)
APUSH- A- (this is an assured 5 at my school)
AP Lit/Comp- A (known for having low AP scores at my school (2 or 3)
AP Calc BC- A- (this is a senior class at my school, but its two years ahead of everybody in my grade)
AP Chemistry- A+ (this is a senior class at my school, top students get 5 generally)
Honors Physics- A (this is a senior class at my school)
Honors French IV- A+ (this is a senior class at my school)
Honors Religion (Morality)- A+
PE- A+</p>
<p>Additional notes:
My school has a weird grading scale 92.5-100 is an A, 85-92.5 is a B…etc. Should I include this when I start my apps.
Tennis freshmen/soph (1st Place for 2 Doubles at Frosh/Soph Conference [Unimpressive, but my only athletic extracurric])
Scholastic Bowl soph/junior (All-tournament 3rd place individual, the team just qualified for national tournament)
Math Team soph/junior (State for Alg II individual and team)
Piano-Won the local competition in MS, Honorable Mention at National Level Comp, Played in prestigious exhibition, and played with Alon Goldstein in Master Class)
Qualified for National Language Arts League
Mission in Nicaragua to help spread the word of God to families outside of Managua
Service Hours (150?)</p>
<p>What are my chances for these 3 reach schools</p>
<p>PS-I plan to take 8 AP classes next year, which is the max you can take in a year at my school. Any advice for what I should over the next year would be truly appreciated. My school is offering new APs in Bio, Music Theory, and Macro, please let me know if those are good classes to take.</p>
<p>You have some good extracurriculars and decent academics (although make sure you take some SAT IIs). Although your list of ECs is pretty short, you’ve developed them pretty well (the piano in particular seems impressive). The only downside is that your extracurriculars aren’t very focused and don’t immediately point to what your intended major will be. So you definitely have a chance, but these schools are all reaches.</p>
<p>You have a shot but your ECs are a little unfocused. It’s impressive how you have a few ECs that are at national level. If you can squeeze in one thing that gets you outside of the US, it will be absolutely amazing.</p>
<p>Take some SAT II and do well. You’re going to be a strong candidate next year when you apply, but be sure to successfully demonstrate your true potential in your essays.</p>
<p>And you don’t need to retake ACT, unless you’re absolutely sure it’s gonna be a whole lot better than your SAT which is already at a decent level for these schools.</p>
<p>They’re certainly reach schools (at least Princeton/MIT). Your academics are decent but not stellar…and coming from a weak school will hurt. ECs are pretty weak for those reach schools. Not really much leadership, awards, etc.</p>
<p>any advice on what classes i should take and whether to include the strange grading system at my school would be truly appreciated (it’s also another reason why my school is weak).</p>
<p>Your school sends a school profile to every school that you apply to which includes the grading scale so your grades will be looked at in that context. So you don’t need to worry about doing anything on the application or anything. </p>
<p>Take as many APs as you can possibly fit in your schedule. Basically the most rigorous courseload possible at your school.</p>
<p>First criteria is that you take 4 years each of Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies. If you have to skip fulfilling your science req to take micro/macro, then AP Bio takes precedence over micro/macro. If they are both extraneous take whichever interests you most. From what I know, AP Bio is a more solid course and credit for it would be accepted at more places. Micro/macro are less established. However I doubt that your choice has any impact at all on your college admissions assuming you do well in either of the options.</p>
<p>Well I want to get into med school, but I’m still undecided for my major.</p>
<p>Potential schedule for next year:
pretty sure I’ll take these
AP Lang/Comp. *LA Req.
AP Stats *Math Req.
AP Psych/AP Gov. *SS Req.
AP Physics *Science Req.
Religion/PE (Mandatory)</p>
<p>I still have two Year long slots to fill and these are the options:
AP Art History-yearlong, i heard the teacher isn’t good though
AP Music Theory-semester, this would be easy for me since I took 3 years of theory for piano which i played for about a decade. however, it will be new at my school next year so I’m not so sure.
AP Bio-yearlong, but it is also new so not sure on quality of class
AP Micro-semester, i heard its easy, would be a perfect complement with…
AP Macro-semester, new course at my school, so not sure of quality
I could also take a study hall, which would not hurt my wGPA like an Honors or lower class would.</p>