<p>I'm a junior now and I'm looking into colleges right now .... </p>
<p>I really want to get a rough idea of what are my chances/ if the schools that i'm interested in really match up to what i want </p>
<p>I want a school that's in a relatively large metropolitan setting (I grew up in seoul, which is packed with 10 million ppl)
But, I really don't want to be just a number in my class/ I hate places where the TAs teach everything....at the same time, I don't want to go to a school that's so small that everyone is just caught up in this bubble
I want a school that has a strong biology program/ sends a lot of students to dental schools (yes, I want to be a dentist) </p>
<p>so far, I've considered for 7yr dental accelerated programs: upenn (my dream),boston u, nyu, villanova, muhlenberg, case-western , lehigh, u of pacific </p>
<p>And for just normal colleges: brown, jhopkins, rice, northwestern </p>
<p>here are my stats so you can get a rough idea </p>
<p>school: private (very competitive. highest sat average among all-girls high schools)
ethnicity/ nationality: Korean. no citizenship/ green card. on F1 student visa...I'm a boarding student </p>
<p>SAT- 800 verbal 750 math 760 writing 11 essay </p>
<p>GPA: cumulative - 3.88/ 4.3(A+)
freshman- 3.8
sophomore - 3. 96
junior - 3. 88 </p>
<p>*our school does not rank/ weigh the honor courses.... </p>
<p>courses:
freshman-English B+
alg2/precal accelerated A-
Chinese III A
Physics A
World History A-</p>
<p>sophomore- English A-
Government (semester) A-
History of Art and Music A+
Calculus (pre-AP) A
AP Chinese A
AP Chem A</p>
<p>Junior(so far...) - regular English A-
APUSH A
AP Bio A-
Microbiology (Semester/ goes beyond AP level) A-
Adv. Genetics (again, goes beyond AP level) ???
AP Calc BC A (only 7 juniors take this.... it's a senior course)</p>
<p>Senior (what I'm planning to take) - regular English/ AP Econ/ AP Physics C/multivariable calculus+differential equations/ AP studio art/ computer science (semester.... graduation requirement)/ 20th century art (semester) </p>
<p>APs- took AP chem, AP chinese got 5s,
planning to take AP bio, APUSH, calc bc, stats, maybe english language</p>
<p>Subjects- 800 math IIc
790 chem
790 chinese </p>
<p>extra curriculars-
tutoring/ mentoring comm serv since 9th grade (300+ hrs)
flute - been playing for 7yrs. state honor band 4th chair, won several competitions, vp of a comm serv chamber music club..... got into music schools in korea before i came here, but didn't go cuz i wanted to focus on academics
math- qualified for AIME, won several local competitions, math club VP
science - won for chem in a regional olympiad tournament... preparing for a bio event/ school lab assistant
studio art- taking classes at school
ymca youth&gov club- mock trial leader in 9th grade, treasurer in 10th grade... quit ater i realized that i wanted to focus more on flute+math </p>
<p>Also, I applied to some summer research programs (clark and roswell park cancer institute)... if there's anyone who've been to any of those programs, plz plz tell me how they are </p>
<p>if you chance me, i'll chance you back!</p>