starting college search...

emz90
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:35:56 +0000

I’m a junior who’s recently started college search and i have no idea where to start! The reaches are obviously along the lines of stanford and MIT… but otherwise i dont know what colleges are matches! And also my chances for Stanford or MIT…=)?

Asian female, international applicant- taiwanese

GPA: 3.9 unweighted
PSAT: 221 (i havent taken the SAT)
SAT II: USH 760, Math IIC 800
Honors: High Honor throughout high school
my school doesn’t rank, but should be in the top 10%

So far this year- A’s in 4 classes, A- in 3 classes.
APs: AP calc BC 5, APUSH 5- sophomore year. currently taking AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Stats, and AP Lang. Planning to take in senior year AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Econ (macro and micro), AP Physics, and AP french.

Extracurriculars
Sports: intramural soccer league (captain this year), freshman soccer, JV soccer 10-11th grade(Most improved player, all conference player). JV tennis (Coach’s choice)

Model United Nations: 9 conferences so far, chaired at one, Security Council P5 in another.

Community Service: Math tutor-weekly, English tutor- weekly, Habitat for Humanity (trip and fundraisers). Founded my own club- collaboration of organizations like Red Cross and Operation Smile. Total should be 250+ hours.

Leadership: Class Senator in 10th grade

Music: Piano (ABRSM) grade 8 passed, grade 5 theory distinction.

Language: bilingual in Chinese and English, 6 years of french