<p>Please chance and/or give advice on how I could improve my chances to get into these schools.</p>
<p>My list of schools at this point is (in no particular order):
Stanford (Will apply SCEA)
Pomona
UC Berkeley
UChicago
Northwestern
Wash U in St. Louis
UNC Chapel Hill
Columbia (<3)
UPenn
Yale
Wesleyan
Amherst
Williams
Madison (safety)</p>
<p>I DO chance back :)</p>
<p>Gender: Female
Race: Chinese
Location: Wisconsin, in a pretty good school. My grade is particularly competitive... But that's to be said about every year I suppose, right?</p>
<p>Rank: 2nd (weighted), 4th (unweighted), top 1% (hopefully back up to first by the end of this semester)
Class size: 289
GPA: ~5.41/5.83 weighted, 3.97/4.0
PSAT: 219 (Probably National Merit Finalist)
ACT: 35 composite (subscores: 36 in reading, 35s in all others)
SAT: taking in March
SAT IIs: taking in May/June</p>
<p>ECs/leadership:
Asian Pacific Islander Club (9,10,11 - Vice Pres)
Spanish Honor Society (11 -Treasurer and Secretary (Probably President next year))
Community Service Club (9,10,11)
Tutor in STAR Tutoring Program (9,10,11) and free chem/math tutoring outside of school (probs around 50 hours during the school year).
Diving (9-JV, 1st in JV conference; 10, 11 Varsity)
MUSIC:
Regional youth symphony highest orchestra (10,11)
Principal cellist/Associate principal 6,7,8. Currently 3rd chair right behind the co principals, so principal is probably given next year. I've been with this orchestra since 6th grade.
Regional youth symphony chamber orchestra: Co principal cellist (11)
Pit orchestra (9,10) (Pit orchestra wasn't available this year for strings :( Pity...)</p>
<p>Some Awards:
Intel ISEF-Affiliated Science Fair: 3rd State (physics), 1st Regional (physics)
Policy Debate 2008-2009 (1st place in several novice tournaments and JV, Qualled and went to CFL nationals in varsity and varsity state, and did several other varsity tournaments)
Dean's List/Honor Roll (9,10,11)
National History Day Honorable Mention State (9)
National History Day 1st Regionals (9)
Various in school math awards/competitions
Was a part of the Wisconsin ARML team (10)
AP Scholar (10)</p>
<p>Cello is my biggest focus. I've been playing since 4th grade... So here are the awards I have associated with it:
Winner, finalist, and honorable mention (6,7,8) respectively in my regional youth symphony.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Stars of Tomorrow honorable mentions (9,10)
Principal cellist in highest school orchestra (9,10,11)
State solo and ensemble best score (9,10,11).</p>
<p>Courseload:
8th Grade:
Honors Algebra (at high school, I'm a year ahead in math)</p>
<p>Freshman Year: Honors Global History, Honors English, Honors Geometry, Spanish 2+, Biology A, Chamber Orchestra A, PE</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP European History (4), AP Chemistry (5), AP Music theory (Self study) (5 composite), Computer Programming 1A, Honors English, Honors Pre-calculus, Spanish 3A, Chamber Orchestra A</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP US History, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, Honors English, Spanish 4H, Chamber Orchestra A
APUSH was a B, and English was a B+... Only Bs so far</p>
<p>Senior Year (expected):
AP English, AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP Statistics, AP Physics C, AP Spanish 5, Chamber Orchestra, AP Computer Science, Community internship, and maybe something else (possibly a calc class at my local college)</p>
<p>Summers:
Freshman year to sophomore:
Dartmouth Debate Institute
Northwestern's CTD (Chemistry)</p>
<p>Sophomore to junior:
Summer school requirements like gym and info/tech class
Did some volunteering for the Spanish community. I do a lot of volunteering and coordinating for the Spanish Honor Society.</p>
<p>Junior to senior:
Plan on Stanford Summer Session classes (Chem, Psychology, Orchestra, Anthropology, Computer Programming - I'm still deciding which of these to take) and possibly an internship with the psychology department at Stanford if possible. Otherwise I'll try to intern at Berkeley, even if it means dropping the Summer Session.</p>
<p>Rec's should be really good (my counselor really likes me, and I'm probably interning with him for my business credits. I also did extremely well in the classes I'm getting recs from, and I'm remembered as the only sophomore in his class to take AP Chem+had him two years.). Essays should be good. Will be in NHS by the end of this year</p>
<p>My sister went to Stanford, so I have some sort of legacy/connection to Stanford.
My parents are both from China, and my mom never received a high school education. My dad got his masters from UW-Milwaukee)</p>
<p>Financial aid:
Most definitely would need financial aid (after taxes <70,000/60,000)</p>
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