What can I do?

mathwiz
Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:55:21 +0000

I’m a white male, both parents born in Iran.
I learned Farsi before English, but now my English is stronger.
I attend Phillips Academy, Andover as a new 10th grader. My previous school was Lynnfield High, where I was ranked 1 of ~130 with a GPA of 4.518.

My courses right now and my grades (on a 6-point scale):

…Fall… Winter…Spring (What I currently have)
Honors AP BC Calculus…6…5…6
AP Chemistry…5…5… …6
Second Year French…5…6…6
English…6… …5…(no grades yet)
(The Required Course
for 10th graders)
History…4… …-…-
( A one term requirement
for 10th graders)
Human Nature…-…4…-
(Same as History)
P/E (Requirement)…-…-…P
Computer Programing
(1 term in Java)…-…-…6

My advisor told me after fall term that there were seven 10th graders (out of about 280) with a 6.0, unweighted (I had 5.5 unweighted).

Taking AP and SAT II’s in both Math and Chemistry this year.

Next year I’m taking a six-course load with two AP’s. I’m pretty much taking the toughest courses I can. My schedule next year looks like this:

Linear Algebra and Mutlivariable Calculus
AP Physics (W/ spring elective for Quatum Mechanics and Relativity)
Third Year French
English (The one for 11th graders)
AP Computer Programing
Molecular Biology Laboratory Research (Fall)
Molecular Biology Independent Research (Winter)

E.C.'s

Cross Country/Indoor Track/Outdoor Track (Not that good though)
Math Club (Got 106.5 and 113.5 on AMC 10, did well on other tests, too)
Chess Club
Ping Pong Club
Andover Astronomical Society (VERY small club)
Debate Team (Not a regular member though)

I like to program. I’m very good at QBasic, learning C++ outside school.

I’m currently working on a website for a small business
Preliminary Site at www.gis.net/~arash/Edge/

I’m hoping to enroll in the NASASHARP program next summer.
www.nasasharp.com

I’ve haven’t taken any real SAT’s, but I did take a practice one on my computer a while back and got 790 math and ~630 verbal (I know I need to work on this).

I want to get accepted in Caltech. What do they look for?