<p>So I just finished all my apps, and nerves are settling in. Please do me a favor and chance me for these schools (you don't have to do 'em all!):
Stanford, Duke, Tufts, Harvard, Wesleyan, University of Chicago, Yale, Columbia, Swarthmore, UCLA, Berkeley, UCSB (guaranteed admission by ELC).</p>
<p>I don't have a top choice, though I would prefer not to go to a UC.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.00 unweighted, 4.5 weighted (4.5 is the cap)</p>
<p>Rank: 11/580-ish (don't remember the exact number)</p>
<p>SAT scores (reading/math/writing/total):
1. 680/640/700/2020
2. 700/760/720/2180
3. 760/780/770/2310</p>
<p>SAT II scores:
Math II- 760
Lit- 720
Physics- 720</p>
<p>AP scores:
Euro- 4
US History- 4
Physics- 3
Stats- 5</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (this is the part where it starts going a bit downhill, I think):
1. Dance- I do tap and jazz and dance for about 3 hours a week, not counting rehearsals. I danced more intensively in middle school and freshmen year, but now I don't have the time anymore, sadly. I do two main performances a year, and when recital time comes I have about six hours of rehearsal a week. I also teach little kids how to tap during the summer.
2. Volunteer- I volunteer at a hospital 3 hours a week. I started the summer before junior year.
3. Research- Last summer I did a research project (not original research) with a professor from a nearby university along with a couple of other students. The project was on geology. It was for three weeks, about five hours a day, Monday through Thursday.
4. Internship- I had a six-week (2 hours a week) internship at a zoo during junior year. That was pretty fun.
5. Choir- I was in choir until junior year, and then it didn't work out with my schedule this year. It was either choir or AP Calc. Sad choice.
6. Journalism- So we have a journalism class that does the school newspaper that's only offered one period, and I was unable to fit it into my schedule (story of my life?), but I've written a few pieces for the paper.</p>
<p>Awards:
I don't have any fancy awards, save for those school academic letters. Oh and I'm an "AP Scholar with Honor" (ooh) and I was commended for the National Merit Scholarship. I think I came pretty close to being a semifinalist, I had a PSAT score of 216. Ah well.</p>
<p>Recs:
My counselor's rec is great; he let me read it haha. I'm pretty sure the ones from my teachers are good too. I also have a supplementary rec from the professor I worked with; he gave me an extra copy to read and it was good.</p>
<p>Essays:
I think my "why do you want to come here" essays for Columbia, Yale, and Duke were especially good. My other personal statements are decent, I think; I highly doubt they'll hurt me in anyway.</p>
<p>Other:
I'm Korea, oh no. And I'm a girl. I live in California. An interesting thing about me though, is that despite my Korea heritage I don't speak any Korean; I am however, fluent in Spanish. I'm an ELC student, which basically means I'm in the top 4% of my class, and I'm guaranteed admission to a UC (Irvine/SB/Davis/Riverside, but I'm only applying to SB). My school is not very competitive; most kids end up at Irvine or UCSD if they're lucky, and maybe a dozen students go to high-ranked private universities every year. That's pretty much it.</p>