Caltech?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(I'm currently a Junior)</p>

<p>Me:
White male
New Jersey
Parents never attended college
Lower middle class
GPA: 4.0, or 97.5/100 (unweighted)
(desired) Major: Astrophysics</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT: 2330
--CR: 770
--WR: 780
--M: 780</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math II: 800
Physics: 740
Chemistry: 800
Latin: 800</p>

<p>PSAT: 215</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman:
H. World History
H. Geometry
H. Biology
H. Literature
Music (Guitar)
Latin I
Bible</p>

<p>Sophomore:
H. US Survey
H. Algebra II
H. Chemistry
H. American Literature
H. Latin II
Computer Programming I
Church History</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US History
AP Chemistry
H. Precalculus
H. Latin III
H. World Literature
Psychology
Physics
Bible</p>

<p>Senior: (scheduled)
AP Physics
AP Calculus
AP Latin Vergil
AP Literature
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP European History
World Religion</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Officer of the Latin Club/Honors Society and Classics Club (latter is based around Greek mythology)
NHS
Debate
Mock Trial
Model Congress
School newspaper editor</p>

<p>I've also done about 40+ hours of volunteer work at both a school for special needs people and a community for the underprivileged and disabled.</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are?</p>

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<p>Academically, you’re great, of course. However, there is no math/science emphasis with your EC’s. Caltech is really into that stuff, so you should try to get involved in some sort of competition or something to prove that you’re a good fit.</p>

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<p>Good news: Your stats fit right into Caltech. Bad news, you’re just another white male with high scores :3</p>

<p>Concur with above poster on lack of demonstrated math/science interest. I counted; you have more humanities APs than math/science APs. Be sure to do well for your AP Calculus (I shure hope it’s AP Calc BC) and get a fantastic recommendation from your math/science teacher.</p>

<p>ECs> Find something related to math/science. Community outreach (science education), or research, or… yeah. You get the idea</p>