Advice and chance for HYPSM please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me for MIT early action and for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Caltech, Univ of Illinois UC; also recommend me schools with strong engineering programs.
In addition, please give advice on which areas I could emphasize or strengthen more on applications.</p>

<p>Asian Male
UW GPA: 3.87
Weighted: 4.52
SAT: Expecting ~2320 (760 CR/800 M/760 W) from October SATs
SAT II: 790 US History, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics
medium sized east coast public school (~2000 students), no class ranking, normally sends about 6-10 students total per year to HYPSM</p>

<p>APs (all 5s unless otherwise noted):
AP Lang - 4
AP Calculus BC
AP Comp Sci A
AP US History
AP Statistics
AP Physics C - Mechanics
AP Physics C - E&M
AP Chemistry
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics</p>

<p>Transcript Classes</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Language Arts - B
World History - A
French 2 - A
Biology Hns - A
Orchestra - A
Precalculus Hns - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
LA 2 Hns - B
American Studies I Hns - A
French 3 - A
Orchestra - A
Chemistry Hns - A
AP Calculus BC - A</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Lang - B
AP US History - A
AP Chemistry - A
AP Physics C - A
AP Statistics - A
Hns Multivariable Calculus - A</p>

<p>Senior Year (current grades - subject to change)
AP Lit - B
French 4 - A
Orchestra - A
(Private University) Analysis - A-
Independent research projects</p>

<p>Summers
'07: Geometry Hns - A
'09: Intro to C Programming - A</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars
All 4 years:
Math Club - Vice President - we participate in regional math leagues as well as competitions like HMMT, Moody's
Science Olympiad - Captain - competition where 15 students form a team and do basically partner tests in different subjects; team goes to nationals
Science Bowl - Jeopardy-like science competition; top 5 team in region</p>

<p>Sports:
Fall Cross Country - Junior year only</p>

<p>Others:
Math Honor Society
Chess Club
Economics Club</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
USAMO qualifier 2008,2009,2010; AMC 10 perfect scorer 2009
USAMTS Silver
USABO Semifinalist 2010
USAPhO Semifinalist 2010, Quarterfinalist 2009
USACO Gold Division
Science Olympiad national medalist
Moody's Finalist</p>

<p>Recommendations
teachers: expecting at least one very strong recommendation (from science olympiad coach).
counselor: very generalized</p>

<p>Application Essays: unique, but not very fluent</p>

<p>Thanks. I will chance back.</p>

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<p>You seem to be extremely qualified, especially if your SAT’s are what you expect (which I imagine they will be, since you got practically all 800s on your SATII’s)</p>

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<p>Alright, I’ll see if there’s nonacademic extracurriculars that I can emphasize. I have done some of the same things as some of the other students at my school who have been accepted, so I think I fit that.</p>

<p>Another question:
When mentioning my awards, which two of the following three should I keep? (Which one seems least important?)
USACO Gold Division
Science Olympiad national medalist
Moody’s Finalist</p>

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<p>your golden for atleast MIT— 3x USAMO and beast at other oly’s too! What was your highest usamo score?</p>

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<ol>
<li>It hasn’t increased much over the years, which is why I’m not mentioning it…</li>
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