<p>Nice stats, i too have a very strong memory and it really does help, however this year i started studying because i don't want to risk it. By the way sorry but i have to LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL at the statement that says his stats are at the apex of the world, no offense but that is a very naiive statement though there is no doubt his stats are awsome. As to social life it's possible but i think only if your extra curriculars aren't in fact extra curriculars but a facade set up to look like one where perhaps ya'll meet 3 times a month. If you were really in to your extra curriculars you wouldn't have any time for social life outside what interactions go on there- no offense. As for string theory sounds like a good idea however as the quantum physicists say "if you claim to understand this stuff you're lying" and seeing as you haven't taken quantum physics .i would start there first given the fact that string theory encompasses tiny string like particles vibrating.
Last, do you understand all of the math you have learned or is it merely using your memory to excel, because in college especially hyps when math is abstract it's going to rely on understanding rather than computational cookbook math that's easy to memorize.</p>
<p>Absolutely no reason for you to take the ACTs. You seem a little obsessive with perfection..</p>
<p>Your chances are great though....</p>
<p>You shouldn't pursue activities so you look more well-rounded... you should pursue them because you have a passion for them. Picking up a sport won't make you look like a better candidate; admissions officers will see right through it. Your passion for language is a sufficient EC. Just individualize and contextualize it within an essay and you'll be money.</p>
<p>"By the way sorry but i have to LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL at the statement that says his stats are at the apex of the world, no offense but that is a very naiive statement though there is no doubt his stats are awsome."
Chill dude. Not sure how what I said was "very naive" but whatever. And I didn't say apex of the world either. Maybe the people from my part of Long Island just aren't that smart compared to whatever genius land you are from, but stats like that are one of a kind here. Perfect score twice (Including PSAT)? And 12 APs along with other classes? How many people in one year can have stats like that?</p>
<p>Honestly I'm a little skeptical about all of this. It seems a little odd to me that you were able to take Differential Equation and Multivariable Calc at the same time as BC Calculus. I'm even more skeptical that you had any clue what the hell was going on in those classes.</p>
<p>It also seems a little odd to me that you are essentially trilingual when you have not taken classes in either French or Japanese at your school. Someone could definitely teach themselves those languages, but in tandem with your schedule while maintaining good grades? I find that hard to believe.</p>
<p>To all the people who think that "memory" alone will allow you to do virtually anything: don't forget that people still have to read the stuff once, and with a schedule like this, that sounds very, very difficult for someone who sleeps more than one hour a night.</p>
<p>I'm also baffled that you're able to take a String Theory class at the same time as AP Physics. I don't know if AP Physics addresses QM at all, but I find it hard to believe that you wouldn't need a VERY good understanding of QM to even begin to grapple with string theory at a level beyond "popularization of science" books by Brian Greene. Considering that string-theory is one of the frontiers of particle physics, has no evidence to support it, and classes in it are probably not offered at many top research universities, it's difficult for me to see what you would be able to get out of this class. What do you plan do? Read the The Elegant Universe for a year or build your own particle accelerator to test for the nonexistent falsifiability of the theory?</p>
<p>Now, if your statistics are in fact true, then they are most impressive. Good job, and I can't possibly imagine you not going to an Ivy school. The fact that your statistics have aroused so much suspicion in myself in others is telling of how amazing they are if they are in fact true.</p>
<p>^I agree that this chance thread seems slightly unbelievable, but the OP doesn't seem to be a troll...</p>
<p>Yeah, I can't imagine someone spending that much time writing up a post for a fake identity, but then, I can't see someone with that kind of a schedule having time to write up a post like that anyway.</p>
<p>What are you doing for your string theory and advanced math independent studies? I'm just wondering because i am very interested and involved with high level math and physics.</p>
<p>haha with all those clubs and started clubs, I'm having Rushmore flashbacks...is your name Max Fischer?</p>
<p>I adore Rushmore and Max Fischer and Wes Anderson...and your screenname is Eli Cash, from the Royal Tenembaums! Are you a Wes Anderson afficionado like myself?</p>
<p>This kid is probably some random person who looks at the stats posted on here and is like "wow" and decides that it would be funny to make kids envious of his "genius" by making up a fake resume to impress everyone. If this resume was possible this kid would have insomnia and health issues like crazy not to mention no social life and if he didn't his IQ would have to be like 220 which i doubt. If this was possible this kid would have had to have already taught himself calculus, quantum mechanics, particle physics- basically the same, as well as more advanced science courses which i doubt that you have done because you would have to be above the basic multivariable calculus level to attempt to study string theory-as stated before- which hasn't been proven.</p>
<p>I am unsure whether this is a joke or not...give me a break, as long is your essay and recs are half decent your EC's are out of this world! You'll get in probably everywhere you apply</p>
<p>You don't have a shot at Harvard if you're not sensible enough to realize that you have as good a shot as anybody with your statistics.</p>
<p>Oh and by the way, if you told Harvard that you're doing an "independent study" on "string theory," I hope they reject you right away. </p>
<p>Quit putting up B.S. I think it was Nobel Laureate Feynman who once said "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."</p>
<p>That goes quadruple for string theory. Get over yourself. You'd need to fully understand the current models of theoretical physics that unify all forces but gravity before you could ever begin to undergo an "independent project" in string theory.</p>
<p>"Just wondering... how did you manage to take AP Calculus BC and Multivariable at the same time? Everyone takes BC calc first, then MV calc. I didn't know you could even do them at the same time. Especially in 11th grade." -Battlecruiser</p>
<p>I doubled in math, taking AP Calculus BC and Advanced Topics in Mathematics, which at my school is Multivariable Calc. It's against department policy but I was an unusual case and I had taken a lot of calculus on my own previously.</p>
<p>"Last, do you understand all of the math you have learned or is it merely using your memory to excel, because in college especially hyps when math is abstract it's going to rely on understanding rather than computational cookbook math that's easy to memorize." -ChaoticOrder</p>
<p>Yeah, I understand it. I participate in math contests regularly, which keeps it all fresh in my mind, with the exception of the calculus, which I have to review for the AP/tests in Advanced Topics.</p>
<p>"Honestly I'm a little skeptical about all of this. It seems a little odd to me that you were able to take Differential Equation and Multivariable Calc at the same time as BC Calculus. I'm even more skeptical that you had any clue what the hell was going on in those classes." -khaki</p>
<p>Once again, I'm on an unusual math track. I've always done a lot of studying outside of class, so I was in a good position...it was basically a very rare set of circumstances that came together.</p>
<p>"It also seems a little odd to me that you are essentially trilingual when you have not taken classes in either French or Japanese at your school. Someone could definitely teach themselves those languages, but in tandem with your schedule while maintaining good grades? I find that hard to believe." -khaki</p>
<p>I learned French from birth; my mother is bilingual and made a point of speaking French to me as often as possible so I would pick it up. I learned Japanese from a private tutor starting in middle school, so I had already begun it prior to high school.</p>
<p>"To all the people who think that "memory" alone will allow you to do virtually anything: don't forget that people still have to read the stuff once, and with a schedule like this, that sounds very, very difficult for someone who sleeps more than one hour a night." -khaki</p>
<p>I don't always do the reading, keep in mind. Some of my classes are a lot easier than they sound, particularly history and english.</p>
<p>"I'm also baffled that you're able to take a String Theory class at the same time as AP Physics. I don't know if AP Physics addresses QM at all, but I find it hard to believe that you wouldn't need a VERY good understanding of QM to even begin to grapple with string theory at a level beyond "popularization of science" books by Brian Greene. Considering that string-theory is one of the frontiers of particle physics, has no evidence to support it, and classes in it are probably not offered at many top research universities, it's difficult for me to see what you would be able to get out of this class. What do you plan do? Read the The Elegant Universe for a year or build your own particle accelerator to test for the nonexistent falsifiability of the theory?"</p>
<p>It's an independent study project, not a class. I'm doing it with a friend of mine, it's basically a research project that we're doing together with one of the Physics teachers. We're basically going to try to learn as much as possible about string theory; it's a very daunting task and I'm not sure how well I'll be able to handle it.</p>
<p>If you need any proof of my activities feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>"I adore Rushmore and Max Fischer and Wes Anderson...and your screenname is Eli Cash, from the Royal Tenembaums! Are you a Wes Anderson afficionado like myself?" -DagnyT</p>
<p>I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan; The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies.</p>
<p>"Oh and by the way, if you told Harvard that you're doing an "independent study" on "string theory," I hope they reject you right away.</p>
<p>Quit putting up B.S. I think it was Nobel Laureate Feynman who once said "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."</p>
<p>That goes quadruple for string theory. Get over yourself. You'd need to fully understand the current models of theoretical physics that unify all forces but gravity before you could ever begin to undergo an "independent project" in string theory." -dmVP29</p>
<p>Once again, I'm willing to offer any proof you all desire. </p>
<p>I don't propose to understand string theory. I don't propose to understand quantum mechanics. I'm just exceptionally interested in the subject, and what better way to explore it than through an independent study project overseen by one of my favorite teachers? This way I can get the support and guidance I would need for such an undertaking while I'm still in high school.</p>
<p>I can prove the scores and GPA information with screen shots, the rest I can figure out as well. Just let me know what you all want.</p>
<p>BTW, I just got my April 12th ACT score courtesy of the hack...35. Disappointing as hell, damn. I'm done with the ACT.</p>
<p>1) Don't retake the ACT.. it's just a waste of time when you have a 2400 SAT!
2) Do Stanford EA, and I doubt you'll have anything left to do after that!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>dude, if you seriously think that your EC's are weak, you have no shot at Harvard if you cant recognize the obvious. I'm sure you get enough praise from your teachers at school, so why do find it necessary to seek anonymous praise from posters on CC?</p>
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Once again, I'm willing to offer any proof you all desire.</p>
<p>I don't propose to understand string theory. I don't propose to understand quantum mechanics. I'm just exceptionally interested in the subject, and what better way to explore it than through an independent study project overseen by one of my favorite teachers? This way I can get the support and guidance I would need for such an undertaking while I'm still in high school.
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<p>Look, I'm only trying to help you when I say this and I don't mean to be rude, but why are you looking at doing an "independent project" of string theory of all things.</p>
<p>Here's a fact - you don't understand enough about string theory to do any real "independent project" over it. Fact: you're not going to understand enough about string theory within your high school career to do an independent project over it.</p>
<p>Look, I get the sense that you're the type of person who probably finds something like AP Physics to be a joke, and believe me you are not alone. In the grand scheme of things, something like AP Physics is, indeed, hilariously elementary. I'm sure you have similiar notions for AP Calc, etc. (and trust me, you're going to have the same notions for differential equations).</p>
<p>When I took diff eq. I was sorely disappointed at how trivial even the theory was. </p>
<p>Real Analysis and classes on topology are where the math finally becomes difficult due to the inherent abstractness of the subject - however, as I'm not a math major, I never pursued math studies at this level.</p>
<p>Going back to string theory - honestly you need to find something reasonable to do an "independent project" over. String theory is not one of these topics.</p>
<p>The best you could do is write a simple paper that summarizes some of the major aspects of string theory at the popular and maybe beginning technical level, but in this case that's not really an "independent project" in the strictest sense of the term.</p>
<p>If this is indeed the case, then you shouldn't make it sound more special or impressive than it really is. There are thousands of kids out there who try to read up about these advanced physics theories - first at the pouplar level, then maybe at a beginner's technical level.</p>
<p>Superstring</a> theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>Start reading the section on "The Mathematics" and tell me if any of that makes even a little bit of sense to you. Chances are it doesn't. You're not going to be able to mull over this thing for days, reading it over and over again until you "get" it. You don't know enough about traditional advanced theoretical physics to delve into something like string theory at a level that could constitute an "independent study" - something that warrants some form of special recognition on your resume.</p>
<p>Doing an actual study requires more than just spitting back the equations and plugging values in/paraphrasing the words of people who know what's going on. You have to actually acquire a strong intution for what it all means. It's not possible for a high schooler. That's the bottom line.</p>
<p>One more thing -</p>
<p>This whole "Oh I got a 35 on my ACT I'm so disappointed in myself"</p>
<p>It doesn't make you look very good. It makes you look like an arrogant <em>*. I'm just letting you know this for your own benefit. Unless of course you want to look like a cocky *</em> to people around you.</p>
<p>This entire thread reeks of a level of elitism that I've honestly never even seen. </p>
<p>It's one thing for someone to brag about having such great stats that give him or her such great chances of getting into a place like Harvard. It's something entirely amazing for someone to talk about such great stats (on an absolute scale) and then act like they are nothing or just "average" or that near perfect scores are something to be "disappointed" in. You're not being modest - you're being arrogant.</p>
<p>I'm not going to buy "Oh well I didn't know my stats were so great compared to others I never really asked! I really thought my stats were terrible! I mean who doesn't take the ACT again if they got a pitiful 35??!" so don't even try.</p>