<p>1)school grades
2) result of standard exam, one such SAT, ACT, AP</p>
<p>Is there any other ways that the admission office can determine my academic strength? (esp in science and math)</p>
<p>In math, you could take the AMC…It is a much harder test than the math SAT test.</p>
<p>Take the AIMC, or whatever the test after the AMC is. That one’s nearly impossible, and its only the 2nd of a progression of four tests (the next are US championship and world championship).</p>
<p>But honestly, I hate to disappointed by straying from math/science, but I believe the true test of academic success is how one communicates. Anyone can learn something if they read over it or do it enough times. But can you make someone else learn it? That is a vital part of academics, in fact the reason academia exists. Show on the application you are a strong communicator, which I suppose would be on the essay.</p>
<p>I think some admissions boards have different conceptions of what academic strength is. Some do it solely by GPA and test scores, but that is no clear determiner on how intelligent a person is in those fields. For all the admissions people know, a person could have crammed formulas into their heads and slept through class. A good way to show your ability in math and science could be to, in an essay maybe, explain your love for science by talking about a project you did for a science fair, or how you are fascinated by math so much that you devoted a couple of weeks to studying math theory (remember these are just examples). This may show that you can take what you know and apply it outside the classroom. I’m sure colleges would like this. Good grades and test scores can only show so much.</p>