<p>Applying to:</p>
<p>Columbia University (Early Decision)
UPenn
Princeton
Yale
NYU
Swarthmore
Boston U
Northeastern
Rutgers (New Brunswick)</p>
<p>My Stats:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Consistently scoring 2100's on practice tests, taking it in october. The last time I officially took it was Freshman year and scored 1820. </p>
<p>SAT IIs: 760 Chem, 790 Spanish, 670 US history, 710 World History </p>
<p>GPA: ~3.75 unweighted, 4.3 weighted </p>
<p>Rank: 14/265 >_< </p>
<p>Other stats: AP Scores: Chem-4, Environmental Science(self study)- 4, US History- 4, Spanish- 5, English Lang - 4, World History (self study)- 5 </p>
<p>Essays: pretty good, very personal. I have two written already: one about pokemon and one about my late grandmother. </p>
<p>Teacher Recs: EXTREMELY GOOD. </p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Probably average</p>
<p>Hook (if any): probably none </p>
<p>State or Country: Massachusetts </p>
<p>School Type: Public, pretty competitive</p>
<p>Ethnicity: white, but don't know if I should report </p>
<p>Gender: male </p>
<p>Other Factors: Studied Chinese and Spanish in high school(skipping a grade level in both languages through independent summer study and outstanding achievement), independently studied Portuguese and Japanese for about 3-4 years, took intro to bio at a local university in order to take AP this year, NHS vice president, Chinese club vice president, Spanish Club for 3 years, JSA for two years, Interning for research at BU this summer, Soccer, Track, and Tennis for 4 years, worked at McDonalds for two years, working at Target since November, National Spanish Exam medalist for three years, was a TA/ lab assistant for my chemistry teacher this past year, pretty good amount of community service, around 20 hours total so far</p>
<p>General Comments: I wasn't able to do as much throughout my sophomore year including last summer because my grandmother was very sick with a rare blood disease and I had to commute to New Jersey almost every weekend</p>
<p>High School Classes Taken w/ Grades</p>
<p>Frosh:
H Freshman English- A-
H Chemistry- A-
H World History 2- A
H Chinese 1- A+
H Geometry- A-
H Spanish 2- A+
Phys Ed- A</p>
<p>Soph:
AP Chemistry- B+
AP US History 1- B+
H Physics- A-
H Algebra 2 - B-
H Sophomore English- B+
H Spanish 4- A
H Chinese 2- A-</p>
<p>Junior:
AP English Lang- A-
AP Spanish Lang- A+
AP US History 2- A-
H Anatomy 1- A-
H Precalc- A-
H Chinese 4- A
Health- A</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Spanish Lit
AP Chinese Lang
AP Psychology
AP Calc AB
AP Bio
H Communications</p>
<p>I'll glady provide any other information :D</p>