<p>Hey, I’m interested in Math and Chem!</p>
<p>Public High School
GPA: 3.9/4 UW, 7.8/8.3 W (Weird scale, huh?)
Rank: 2/280
SAT I: 750 CR 780 M 710 W
SAT II: 740 Chem 800 Math II
AP: Chemistry (5)
English Lit (Senior Year)
Calc AB (Senior Year)
Physics B (Senior Year)
…my school doesn’t offer much!</p>
<p>Stuff worthy of note:
-I have recieved a Maxime Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam each year
-Math Team since Sophomore year. Junior year was second highest scoring Junior in the tri-state league, captain my senior year!
-Started a Destination Imagination program at the school with a friend freshman year. Last year, we were able to start a second team and mentor them! Last year, we also won the highest award, the Da Vinci award.
-National Honor Society Member
-87 Hours of Community Service
-Winnacore (basically a community service honor society)
-I work for a Summer Camp in the Summer as a counselor. I do various, community-related things for the department throughout the year.</p>
<p>For LACs… Carleton, Grinnell, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Williams</p>
<p>how about universities?</p>
<p>do you care about location of school? size?</p>
<p>location? anywhere!
size? anything but a LAC…</p>
<p>Oo, I have! Love that school.</p>
<p>Wake Forest, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Kansas, U of Southern California, Northwestern, U of Rochester, NYU, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, Rice.</p>
<p>Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, Tufts, Lehigh, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, McGill University.</p>
<p>MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, just about any Ivy, JHU.</p>
<p>Northeastern Univ in Boston</p>
<p>toastmaster,
As is obvious from the responses, your academic/EC resume is darn good and positions you as a legitimate applicant to a lot of terrific colleges. What is less obvious to me, however, is what you are looking for in a college. I think that a lot of top colleges can meet you academic interests, but what are you looking for outside of the classroom? You mentioned that you liked BC. Why? Give us a little more color and I think that folks will be able to make more targetted suggestions.</p>
<p>Well, I love the Boston Area! A nice campus is also a must, and a student population of 4000+ is great!</p>
<p>Someone mentioned MIT, you really think so?</p>
<p>A few questions: Was the athletic life aspect of BC appealing to you? Have you ever spent a winter in the North? Would you consider a BIG school (I see UT on your list, but I assume that’s your in-state safety, right?)?</p>
<p>…I live in New Hampshire! And no, it wasn’t the athletic aspect of BC…</p>