chance a rising junior

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<p>the "chance me" is overwhelmed with the senior threads... so im gonna post it here lol.</p>

<p>I'm gonna be a junior but can you still chance me so i can know a general direction of where im heading?</p>

<p>Early's that i want to do: Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, or Stanford</p>

<p>Rank: 1/670
Ethnicity: asian male
GPA: W-4.79, UW-3.98
SAT: n/a but around 2200 right now from the practice tests
PSAT: n/a
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Bio-740, Korean-800, Chem-670(gonna retake); will take USH, Math II/c, World History, and Physics
AP's: Human geo-4, Bio-4, Euro-4 (yeah i know i slacked off)
Community college classes:
-Spanish 101 (equivalent of spanish 1&2)-"A"
-Spanish 102 (eq. spanish 3)-"A"
-Spanish 201 (eq. AP Spanish)-"A"
-Math 140 (Statistics)-"A"
EC:
-Cross Country (since 9th grade)
-Track and Field (since 9th grade)
-Concert Choir Accompanist (since 10th grade)
-Piano (since i was like 8)
-Circle of Friends (Treasurer)(since 10th grade)
-Science Olympiad (Secretary)(since 9th grade)
-Key Club (since this summer haha)
-National Honor Society(since 9th grade)
-California Scholarship Federation(since 9th grade)
-Pathfinders Christian Club(since 9th grade)
-Debate(since 9th grade)
Volunteer work:
-Hospital
-American Cancer Society's Camp Summer Sault
-Special Olympics
-Native American Mission Trip
-Mexico Mission Trip</p>

<p>Awards:
-Scholar Athlete
-Viking Valor Award
-Track and Field Highest GPA winner 07
-Cross Country Highest GPA winner 08
-Choir Scholarship for Accompanist
I know my awards are weak, but this coming year, i plan on winning awards from Sci. Oly, some math competitions, and piano competitions.</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
-AP Lang
-AP Calc BC
-AP Psychology
-AP Physics B
-AP US History
-Cross Country/ Track
-Choir
-Self study world history?</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
-Calculus III and Linear Algebra at community college
-AP Lit
-AP US Gov. & AP Comparative Gov. (both semester classes)
-AP Music Theory
-AP Art History
-Ap Env Sci
-X-Country/ Track
-Choir</p>

<p>Schools in interest: Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, UPenn, JHU, Stanford, Brown, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, WUSTL, Cornell, Columbia</p>

<p>Prospective major: Biomedical Technology or Neuroscience</p>

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<p>You are a nice well rounded applicant, but so are most who apply. You are in the ball park in all areas, but your essay needs to really stand out. I would not be surprised if you got accpted into at leats one of your reaches.</p>

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<p>I gather that you are Korean, which means that your SATII in Korean is fairly meaningless. I don't know exactly why you are planning on taking so many SATIIs, since most colleges will simply look at the top two or three, depending on how many they require. Blitzing schools with a bunch of scores isn't going to get you in: it is just going to convince them that you are yet another Asian student who thinks that scores on multiple choice tests are all. Getting some 5s on AP exams where you have to write essays and think more deeply would be more of an advantage, I think.</p>

<p>Self-studying World History is just more of the same test-mania, and a waste of your time, IMHO. </p>

<p>Other than that, of course you are very well-qualified, your ECs are fine, and you have a good shot everywhere if you do something INTERESTING with your time and write good essays.</p>

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<p>why would you take so many SAT IIs? Two is enough, three if you're looking at Princeton, Harvard, or Georgetown. Taking more is pretty much a waste of money because schools won't look at it. The only upside is if the school lets you get credit for introductory classes.</p>