<p>Hi, I am currently a high school junior. Here are some of my stats/info:</p>
<p>current SAT score: 2180 ( I know I can get above a 2300, as I have been scoring between 2320 and 2370 consistently on practice exams, my first time actually taking it was a fluke)
PSAT score: 228
SAT Subject tests: 800 Math II, (I’m going to take Chem, USH, and Physics in June)
expected GPA: unweighted: 96/100
AP Calc AB: 5</p>
<p>Classes:
Freshman year: Journalism, Honors Bio, Honors World History, Honors English, Honors Precalculus, Honors Spanish II, Gym
(Honors Chem over the summer through CTY)
Sophomore year: Symphonic Band, Honors English, AP Calculus AB, Honors Physics, Honors Spanish III, Honors US History, Gym
Junior year: APUSH, AP Lang, AP Chem, Computer Programming, AP Stats, Gym, Wind Ensemble
Expected senior year schedule: AP Physics, AP Euro, AP Lit, Gym, Wind Ensemble, AP Computer Science</p>
<p>ECs:
-I sing Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. I have performed in India three years in a row, and have won several awards in national competitions.
-I am the drum major of my high school’s marching band, and I play clarinet.
-I am captain of my school’s mathletes team.
-I am a Spanish Honors Society member and Tri-M Music Honors Society member.
-Other clubs: FBLA (qualified for nationals), Youth and Gov, Model UN, Academic Team</p>
<p>Volunteering:
-I have started a program in my library that pairs high school students and younger middle school students who are really passionate about particular subjects, in order to allow the middle school students to get ahead and to allow high schoolers to share their passions.
-I volunteered for over 80 hours at a nursing home.
-I volunteered for about 20 hours at my school’s library, tutoring children in math.</p>
<p>Other stuff:
I’ve applied to the NJ Governors’ School of the Sciences, and I’ll know in March whether or not I’ve gotten in.
If I don’t get in, I’m thinking about going to India to teach kids in a particular blind orphanage how to sing Carnatic music, and I’m thinking this would be a better use of my summer anyway.</p>
<p>What’s missing in my resume if I’m shooting for schools like MIT, UChic, UPenn, Princeton, Duke, etc.?
I know a lot of people who harp on research experience before college. I am concerned, since I haven’t been exposed to any such research, besides in my AP Chem class. I have time to apply to a few internships, but I’m still evaluating whether or not it’s worth the time and effort.
Does an internship boost your resume that much?</p>
<p>So yeah, I have between now and September to fill in the gaps before I start applying, and I guess the main thing that I’m concerned about is what to do with my summer. I would also like other advice as to what areas I need to improve to have a legitimate chance of getting into top-notch schools.</p>
<p>Please help?</p>