<p>Oh man. I got my SAT scores, and…not at all happy.</p>
<p>Stats-
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
College Class Year: 2008
High School: Public
Location: Wyoming, USA
High School Type: rarely (like really rarely) sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.98
GPA - Weighted: (school doesnt weight)
Class Rank: unweighted, top 7-8%, if weighted, prob top 3%
Class Size: 297
School Size- 780-ish</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 660
SAT I Writing: 580 (W…T…F. WHAT!?)</p>
<p>ACT: 32 (34 M, 30 W, 29 R, 35 S)
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 780 (have taken, rest are to be taken)
SAT II Bio M-prob a 740-760
SAT II Physics-prob a 760-780</p>
<p>AP Calc AB-5
AP Calc BC-(prob a 4 or 5)
AP Phys C Mech and E&M-(prob a 5 on both. I raped these tests.)
AP Gov’t-(prob a 4 or 5)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-AMC 10 2006 1st in state (score : 114)
-AMC 12 2007 2nd in state (score: 91.5)
-Wyoming State Math Contest (either first place or second place for five years)
-AP Calculus Competition, 2006 1st place in state, 2007 2nd place in state.
-Calc Bowl, 2007 1st place team in state
-JETS-TEAMS competition, 2nd place Nationally (in our economic division) </p>
<p>-Baseball-American Legion (I would consider it above Varsity level, as it is a feeder to college recruiters)
-Tennis-JV-3 years
-Swimming-JV and V-2 years
-Track-JV-2 years</p>
<p>-Member of Society of Physics Students (at the university)
-Member of the Indian Students Organization </p>
<p>-Summer Research Apprenticeship Program 2006 (a program at the University of Wyoming where I studied Computational Relativity)
-I am self employed as an Amateur Jeweler
-Doing independent research this summer on Stochastic Dif-eq’s and Waves</p>
<p>-I am on a six person hiring team that hires new staff at our school. The team consists of two teachers, a principal, a site council member, a parent and a student. I have so far helped hire a physics teacher and a geology teacher.
-Mock “We the People Judge”
-Indian Radio Show Co-Host</p>
<p>Sophomore Classes:
-Concert Band
-Spanish 3
-AP Calc AB
-Adv American Studies (a dual block class of US History and American Lit.)
-P.E.
-Physics 1</p>
<p>Junior classes(this year):
-AP Gov’t
-Chemistry 1
-Intro to Art
-Writers Workshop (sem1)
-Survey of Fiction (sem2)
-Physics 2
-AP Physics C-Mech and EM-Ind. Study
-AP Calculus BC-Ind. Study</p>
<p>University classes:
-Foundations of Geometry (Fractals and Projective Planes) (semester 1)
-Classical Mechanics (Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics) (semester 2)</p>
<p>Planned Senior Classes:</p>
<p>note: college classes are dual enroll at University of Wyoming.
-AP English Lit
-Chemistry 2
-Advanced Art (independent)</p>
<p>College Classes:
Semester 1
-Calculus 3
-Applied Differential Equations
-Linear Algebra (stuff like eigenvectors and matrices)
-Circuits Analysis w/Lab</p>
<p>Semester 2-
-Vector Calculus
-Applied Dif-Eq 2
-Circuits and Systems
-Topology or Probability (not sure yet)</p>
<p>Schools (in order of why I’m applying):</p>
<p>Because I want to their acceptance rate plunge:
Princeton
Brown
Harvard</p>
<p>Because I want to, but have little chance of making it:
Caltech
MIT
Stanford
Columbia</p>
<p>Because I actually want to go here…and might have a shot:
Rice
UChicago
Northwestern
UC Berkeley
UCLA</p>
<p>Where I have a chance:
Cornell
U of Wyoming
UT Austin
NYU
Boston U
UCSD</p>
<p>I really don’t want to hear that I’m screwed…but I need to be reasonable.</p>