<p>I'm not exactly sure whether I should apply to engineering or to the arts & sciences school. Which one am I better suited for? I'm quite interested in both, so I want to apply to whichever one will give me a higher chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>Here are my stats, copied from a chance thread:</p>
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So..basic info about myself.</p>
<p>Asian American</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 (720 r, 730m,720w)
-planning to retake it oct. 10th, I think i can score above a 2300 or at least a 2250
SAT II's:
World History: 760
Chemistry: 800
Math 2: 770
PSAT(don't remember it too well) ~ 206</p>
<p>County's grading scale:
94-100=A
90-93=B+
84-89=B
etc
County policy not to rank, so not sure about that -- but i'm probably top 10% of the class
Overall GPA(unweighted) = 3.74</p>
<p>Grades(unweighted) (I didn't do so well freshman and sophmore year, was pretty immature back then...)
9th = 3.57;
10th = 3.64;
11th = 4.0;
12th = (pretty good chance of getting straight A's)</p>
<p>Math:
Geometry honors: B+
Algebra 2 (summer course): A
Precalc. honors: B+
AP BC calculus: A
AP Computer Science A: A</p>
<p>Science:
Honors bio: A
Honors chem: A
Honors physics C: A
AP chem: A</p>
<p>AP Exam Scores
AP CS: 4 (not sure what happened...)
AP WH: 4
AP AB/BC calc: 5
AP chem: 5</p>
<p>Other possibly relevant courses:
Spanish 2-3(where i got my B's), AP World History (B+), usual core classes(took all honors first two years, but switched to regular for humanity courses 11th/12th grades)</p>
<p>Current courses:
AP macro/micro econ, Multivar. calculus/matrix algebra, AP stat, AP bio, AP Physics C, english 12, government</p>
<p>Extra curriculars for Science
-Science Fair (ISEF) every years, won a bunch of awards on the regional/state level
-Science Olympiad for since 10th, went to nationals last year, and got some awards at
state level
-Chem olympiad - qualified for national exam
-Summer student/intern at a research facility over 09-10 summer for 10 weeks (going to submit my project from there to Siemen's and Intel STS, and probably ISEF too)
-Member of science honor society since 11th(Trying to make a site for them to help organize the blood drive, right now.)
-Participated in some other competitions (brain bee, science bowl)</p>
<p>Other Extra curriculars:
-Did a bunch of math competitions, probably around 5 or 6 (didn't win much though...)
-Co-president of amnesty international
-Member of Math and National honor societies, key club
-(soon to be) founder/president of chemistry club
-model UN since 9th, and webmaster since 10th
-Co-president of Chinese student association
-AP scholar, I think.
-Robotics, officer
-Computer Science Club, co-president</p>
<p>Misc:
-Did a bit of volunteering in my chinese school(where i went until 10th grade), raised some donations to the red cross following the sichuan earthquake
-Attended some educational and leadership camps over the summer
-I'll add more as I remember</p>
<p>Any commentary is appreciated, and I'll add any necessary information necessary so long as it's not too revealing of my identity. </p>
<p>Also, if anyone has any recommendations for what I should write in my essay and info sheets for my counselor/teachers, that would be appreciated. Would it be best for me to apply to the liberal arts/science or engineering schools, and what other colleges might I want to look into?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!
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