<p>Class of 2013 in California</p>
<p>Chinese female. School doesn't rank but in the top 15%.
SAT I: 2240 (780 CR, 730 M, 730 W)
SAT II: 790 Biology M, 800 US History, 720 Math 2 (retaking in october)
AP: European History 5, Biology 5, AP English Language 5, AP US 5, AP Calc AB 5
GPA: 3.95 UW (would be a 4.00 if you don't count PE...) 4.25 W</p>
<p>AP/Honors classes:
AP Euro
Ap Bio
French honors
APUSH
AP Calc AB
AP English Language
freshman and sophomore year I took advanced english. It's not considered honors but not regular english.</p>
<p>i know it hasn't been the most rigorous course load, but my school doesn't offer honors aside from foreign language and doesn't have all the ap classes. i think i took all ap's except for 4 of them. (not including spanish ap because i obviously can't if i'm taking french. and there's no french ap next year.)</p>
<p>Senior year courses:
AP English literature
AP Calc BC
AP Gov/Econ
physics
choir</p>
<p>Community college courses:
3 semesters guitar (I got a B one semester. I don't think that's going to make it or break it for me)
two short science lab courses (PCR and stem cell technology)
music theory
random classes on aromatherapy and stuff like that</p>
<p>Awards:
CMEA combined choir unanimous superior
CMEA choir two superior one outstanding
Heritage Festivals concert choir gold award
choir outstanding freshman
choir outstanding sophomore
McConville Award for Excellence in Choral Music</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
voice lessons 2009-present (except for sophomore year)
guitar lessons 2009
Science club 2010-present
participated 3 years in district honor choir (it happens for two months every year)
performed at Carnegie Hall with National Youth Choir 2011
COSMOS marine biology 2011 summer
Bellydancing 2011
Choir librarian 2011-2012
volunteer at wildlife habitat sort of like a docent 2011-present (48 hours so far)
volunteer at marine science organization collecting data on fish populations 2012-present (16 hours so far)
volunteer at marine science camp 2012 summer (about 120 hours)
red cross leadership development center 2012 summer</p>
<p>college list:
stanford
harvey mudd
carnegie mellon
duke
unit of michigan
penn
brown
dartmouth
rice
john hopkins
tufts
vanderbilt
purdue
boston u
univ of washington
most of the uc's
particularly wanting uc berkeley or ucla
cal poly slo
usc
nyu
univ of miami
pepperdine
occidental
pitzer</p>
<p>which schools should i add/cut out?
do i have a chance at some of these?
should i apply early decision somewhere? i'm considering that for harvey mudd but i don't know.</p>
<p>thank you</p>