<p>korean male (junior)
ive lived in US for 3.5 yrs</p>
<p>GPA : 4.18 weighted , near 3.9 unweighted
Rank : 17/1150 expecting to be in top 10
SAT : taking in January (got 212 PSAT) aiming for 2250+
ACT : not taking
SAT II : Chinese 750 (1 yr of experience), planning on taking physics and math II
EC : - UIL (academic competition team- math, number sense, science)
- DECA
- Peer-tutoring group
- Marching band
Leadership : - Leader in math and number sense
- Hoping to be president of peer-tutoring group
- Hoping to be drum major or section leader of the band
Awards : - probably national merit commended
- more than 10 local awards from UIL
- 6th place in region for number sense (probably going to state this year)
- 6~10 other awards from school
- Hoping to do well in DECA
Recommendation : getting one from physics and math teacher (and counselor of course)
Essay : hopefully it will be good</p>
<p>Obviously i still have a lot to go
but anything i can improve on?</p>
<p>your def. on track man, i would say do anything u can to get exp with what ever u plan to major in, i.e. physics major- intern at research facility, and crush ur SAT’s and get in top 10, and try to get more leaderships cause it can only help</p>
<p>750 Chinese is not good. That is less than the 50 percentile. get 800 on Math II and around 800 on physics. Aim for 2300+
get national or state awards. get chummy with your teachers and counselor.</p>
<p>^The only reason a 750 Chinese is 50th percentile is because so many native Chinese speakers take it and get perfect scores and the adcoms know this. A 750 for a non-native speaker is really good.
A 2200+ for the SAT is all you need really (although 2300+ definitely would be better, obviously). You’re class rank is also very good as it is now. You’re in the top 2%, don’t sweat it.</p>