<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>Pretty new to the community, but I would be extremely grateful if you guys could chance me. </p>
<p>Background on me:
-Asian male (Chinese)
-Massachusetts public high school (top 11 after private schools)
-first generation (parents only went to high school in China)
-mathematics/business major but still undecided</p>
<p>I'm applying for:
- Cornell (ED)
- UMichigan -Ann Arbor (EA)
- BC (RD)
- Brandeis (RD)
- Northwestern (RD)
- University of Chicago (RD)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.45/4 Unweighted, 4.34/5 Weighted<br>
No class rank, but I'm guessing top 10-15%?
My school's online program tells me that the average accepted is 4.55, but I believe those people have not done a vigorous a courseload as I have/some have also got in with 4.3s</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 (Math 800, CR 600, Writing 770) Superscored</p>
<p>SAT Subject: Math II 780, Chem 650</p>
<p>AP Tests: US History 5
School doesn't offer IB courses</p>
<p>Courseload this year: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, Honors Sustainability, Honors Symphonic Band, Honors Wind Ensemble, Our Voices, Our Eyes (English course)
Throughout high school, I've taken 20 honors and APs altogether, which is around 90% of all the courses I am supposed to take.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
- Student-run orchestra - Conductor, Violinist, Violist, Arranger, Composer
- Online school publication - Senior content of social media and co-web designer (won second place of best of show at San Antonio)
- Badminton Club (part of elite 12 out of around 100 that participates in tournaments; also co-captain of 100 people and financial manager)
- first trombone of school band and school orchestra
- manager of 6 people during 9th and 10th grade of online school paper
- screamer/ frontman of a metal band that raised money for alternate energy charity</p>
<p>Community service:
- organized an aid team to Rwanda with my city's community service program; put up posters, cleaned facility, organized community events
- 350+ hours at summer camp; tutored kids in math and English</p>
<p>Awards:
- National Merit Commended Student (I got a 209 or so on my PSATs)
- National Spanish Exam Level 4: Silver
- Massachusetts Association of Jazz Education: Gold (with my school jazz band)
- School Honor Roll (every term and year since 9th grade)
- My's school featured musician program (which picks one student every few months to debut on the school website</p>
<p>I have three rec letters. One of them is written by my 11th grade math teacher (I got a B+ in that class and didn't do as well as I could, but she writes amazing recs and adds a lot of "fluff" that makes you sound a lot better than you are. The other one is my band teacher, who absolutely loves me. I saved her a few times by subbing in for a missing student last second and sightreading the crap out of the pieces, which earned the group a gold medal. She also knows I'm involved in multiple music groups, composed a piece for her sophomore year, and plays multiple instruments. My counselor is pretty friendly and I'm not her favorite student, but she writes pretty good recs and knows me well enough. I also have heard she's gotten kids to nice places.</p>
<p>Essays:
I think my essays are average. Some of them are pretty good, but others are kinda "eh". My Common App is about me talking to fifty Harvard medical doctors about blending in American society and I also talk about leading the badminton team and my school orchestra, but the individual supplements could be better. My supplements talk about how I enjoy mathematics and how I am still uncertain about what I want to do in the future.</p>
<p>Overall, I feel like my grades could be better, but I've taken a lot of difficult courses, and have a lot of leadership positions.</p>
<p>Thank you so much to those help chance me! I really appreciate it :)</p>