a sophomore needing advice.

Applying to College
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<p>hey all. I would like to seek some advice as I'm going to be a junior this fall.</p>

<p>I'm a Korean American..</p>

<p>my UW gpa is a 4.0 so far and I'm in the top 5% in my class... I'll have taken 6 or 7 ap's by graduation..</p>

<p>my ec's are V Soccer, Concert Band, Community Service Club, Bio teacher assisstant, New England Math League, Piano 10 years, and church youth ministry student leader</p>

<p>I won 2nd place in the school AMC 10 last year as a freshman.. and I won a 1000$ scholarship (I go to a private school)</p>

<p>I plan to major in philosophy or study pre-law or international relations or political science.. or theology</p>

<p>I'm more of a foreign language/english/history type although I do well in math and science as well (I'm not extraordinarily talented enough to get state awards and stuff.. simply not enough interest haha)</p>

<p>On my free time I love reading books on theology, philosophy, and doing community service. My utmost passion is serving others.. and I would like to display this as a hook if I can.. I am told that I should look into more leadership positions and start my own projects so I've been emailing a couple of institutions so I can start this =) (HIPP)</p>

<p>during the summer I'm going to a missions trip down south in MS and another to Cambodia and a soccer camp in between of that and maybe holding a job down in the beginning of june (we get out really early)</p>

<p>I've been looking at UVA UMich UCB the Ivies and Williams as my top choices and I would like to know how to increase my chances to be accepted to these schools.! oh and I've considered McGill and U Toronto as well cuz I thought living in montreal or toronto would be pretty intriguing =) (I'm just worried they don't have much name recognition in the US for gradschool admissions)</p>

<p>also, whwat SAT II's should I take? I need to take 3 so.. I'm thinking Bio US history and math IIC but that doesn't really fit in with my humanity liking personality.. so I'm kind of torn on this one..</p>

<p>and what are some stuff I should be doing to get a headstart on the admissions process?</p>

<p>thank you =)</p>

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<p>try doing <a href="http://www.questbridge.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.questbridge.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Unless you are planning to major in math or science related careers (and if so, you will need to take some math/sci SAT IIs because that's what things like engineering programs require), take the SAT IIs in the fields that you're strongest in.</p>

<p>Make sure also to check the web sites of the colleges you're considering applying to. They'll tell you if they require any specific SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>From a glance at your overall stats, definetly some leadership positions, also maybe focus Excur. to one major cause it looks really spread out with no direction. Best of Luck</p>

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<p>Great stats. Definitely the leadership or more passion towards a specific few things will be better. =] Great student for the colleges.</p>

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<p>bump 10 characters.
also, directing my passions and leadership to a few specific things, would getting more involved in church leadership and starting my own humanity projects count? and how do i show this in the applications?</p>

<p>do i stand a chance for UVA or umich or uc berkeley? (im OOS for all)</p>