what are my chances

bajajma
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:52:45 +0000

can you guys please rate my chances

3.6 cumulative GPA (unweighted)

6 IB classes

taking SAT hoping for 2300+

taking Math, Physics, Chemistry SAT II

Taking Economics AP + maybe another AP (any suggestions?)

EC’s

1. soccer (2 years)
2.track and field (1 year)
3.MUN (5 different conferences)+deputy chair at 3 conferences+probly chair this year

2. Conference for Conflict Management

3. NHS

4. Started Engineering Club in school

5. Attended Vienna Advent Sing (10th grade)

6. Play saxophone + guitar

7. Working at Indian Institue of Technology over Summer

8. Building a solar powered generator for village outside and helping them out with technology and doing service there for a month.

9. still debating on whether to accept scholarship for 30 days at the dalai lama’s monastery.
12.helped teach job-bound english deficient adults good formal english for a month in tenth grade

10. probably editor of school newspaper next year

received honor roll every semester. received 3 prizes. History prize for excellence and school mission award +spanish award.

i had 1 B in Precalculus last year. Other wise all my grades have been fantastic.
My GPA curve has been great…i messed up in 9th grade but in tenth grade i got a 3.75 one semester.
11th 1st semester i got a 3.64 but im really fighting to get a 4.0 UW these next two semesters.

i took some really challenging courses in tenth grade
like spanish 3 after 1 year of spanish
and precalculus.

My HL’s are
Math HL
Economics HL
English HL
+maybe Physics HL and Psych HL

im also hoping to work for the local planetarium

i wanted to study physics or economics in college.

my dream school is university of chicago… id also like cornell…but ill settle for lafayette or rochester…my dad wants me to go to princeton

i think i am more cut out for liberal arts small schools like:

Wesleyan
Swarthmore
Lafayette
Trinity
Reed
Colby
Claremont

what do you think?