<p>Applied to UPenn, Columbia, Stanford, Northwestern, Amherst, Williams, Wellesley, and Scripps.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
Language spoken at home: Chinese (Mandarin)
GPA: 3.8 (Unweighted); 4.9 (Weighted)
Rank: 9/525
Family Income: ~$20,000
12th Grade Courses: 5 IB courses (HLs are Chem, History, and English), study hall, AP BC Calculus
GPA: Unweighted: 4.0/4, Weighted 6.94/7
IB scores: 5 on SL Psychology; 6 on SL Spanish
AP score: 5 on Psychology; 4 on AB Calculus
SAT I: 760 Math, 660 Writing, 650 Reading
ACT: 32 Composite
SAT II: 660 Chemistry; 690 Math II
EC:
Habitat for Humanity - Secretary in 11th grade; currently President
Key Club - Treasurer in 11th grade
National Honor Society - Treasurer in 11th grade
Technical Theatre Intern - spotlight operator and stage hand for previous productions; stage manager for upcoming play (I do not think I was able to list this on my applications though)
Leo Club - currently Secretary
Flagler FAST Softball (Community League) - played in 10th and 11th grade
Mu Alpha Theta - currently Historian
*Also, I received an Excellence in Acting at a Thespians competition in 9th grade. However, my school stopped funding our club to go to these competitions so it stops there.
*Approaching 300 hours of community service</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in something pertaining to Chemistry (and minoring in business or a foreign language), but my only B's are in Chemistry and Calculus. Also, my SAT IIs aren't strong. I have retaken them but I do not feel confident about improving Chemistry...I have issues with time management. I'm afraid they will severely hurt my chances seeing as how the percentiles for 800s are high.</p>
<p>The beauty of Questbridge is that even if you do not receive the College Match scholarship, you can forward your applications to the participating schools for free. This makes me inclined to forward it to schools like Brown, Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth. The thing is, for these schools, I will have to pay around $30-$45 per school to send test scores and CSS Profile. </p>
<p>I figured if I have a chance at the schools I listed at the very beginning, then maybe I should try for the four schools I just listed. However, I did not receive the College Match Scholarship (which is a full ride) and most of these schools offer a full ride for all accepted low-income students anyway. So if I do not have a chance, then why spend more money just to receive four rejection letters? However, my Chemistry teacher did go to Dartmouth and he writes special recommendations for Dartmouth applicants so I may give that a shot. But as for the other three schools...</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for any replies! :)</p>