<p>Hey, I'm a rising senior boy at a nationally ranked coed boarding school in Ohio (probably top 15). I'm of Indian descent but was born in the US. Here's my stuff: Thanks!</p>
<p>ACADEMICS:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>AP's:
Junior year- 3 (Physics B, Calc BC, US Hist; hoping for 5's on all of them)
Senior year- 6 (English Lit/Comp, Macro and Microecon, Statistics, Biology, Physics C, maybe even Music Theory?)</p>
<p>Rank: Our school doesn't give actual rank, but definitely in the top 5% out of ~110 according to our school's grade distribution lists</p>
<p>Coursework: Hardest classes the school offers, including all honors classes</p>
<p>SAT I: 800 M; 710 V</p>
<p>PSAT: 209; commendation but probably not semifinalist</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math IC: 790
Math IIC: 780 (trying for 800 this fall)
Bio: 740
Physics, Chemistry and US Hist: Took them June 4, awaiting results (hoping for 800 on at least one of them)</p>
<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS (not in any order):</p>
<p>School Newspaper (9-12): writer freshman year, page editor sophomore year, managing editor junior year, and either EIC or managing editor senior year (TBD)</p>
<p>Quiz Bowl Team (9-12): President 10th-12th grades; state qualifiers
Student Government (11): VP junior class</p>
<p>Community Service (11-12): Dormitory prefect during the school year; volunteer work in hospital during the summer</p>
<p>Math Team (9-12): Member, have won several awards in this area (see below)</p>
<p>Tennis (9-12): Lettered 11th and 12th grades, Captain 12th grade</p>
<p>Concert band (11-12): Overall very solid percussionist; timpani player with absolute perfect pitch (ability to identify the letter of a note when it is played, without any sort of reference pitch at all; only 1/10000 Americans has it)</p>
<p>JETS TEAMS (10-12): Participant</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
Center for Talent Development: Participant; did a course in Algebra II Honors
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine: Participant</p>
<p>AWARDS:
MATH:
AMC 12 (9-12):
9th and 10th grade: Merit Roll (scored above 90 as an underclassman)
11th grade: School Champion, Ohio Certificate of Achievement, 37th in Ohio (Score: 115.0)</p>
<p>Ohio Math League (9-12):
11th grade: School Champion (28/36)</p>
<p>OCTM Competition (11):
11th grade: State Qualifier for OHMIO (see below)</p>
<p>OHMIO (Ohio Math Olympiad; 11):
11th grade: 42nd overall in Ohio; 14th in ciphering competition</p>
<p>FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARDS:
National Spanish Exams:
10th grade: 1st place in Ohio for Level II; nationally ranked
11th grade: 2nd place in Ohio for Level III; nationally ranked</p>
<p>MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS:
Winner of Caltech Signature Award in Science and Math (11th grade)
Winner of Williams College Book Award (11th grade)
National Merit Commended Scholar
Ohio University American History Contest: 16th in Summit County in 11th grade (rare accomplishment by juniors)</p>
<p>Recommendations: will be very good</p>
<p>COLLEGE LIST: This is a preliminary list (not in any order), but see what you all think of it; what are my chances?
Yale
Northwestern
Case Western Reserve
Stanford
Washington in St. Louis
University of Chicago
Haverford
Princeton
Grinnell
U Illinois-Urbana
Johns Hopkins
U of Pennsylvania
Caltech
Tufts
Cornell</p>
<p>Comments: Yale and Stanford are at the top of my list, and my sister is going to Caltech right now.</p>