<p>Could someone help me figuring out the chances of the following student getting into Caltech? Or is he more suitable for the other Ivy schools/Stanford/MIT? or too far off with any of these?</p>
<p>Asian male (first generation, moved to the states at age 9)
Current Grade: 11th (will apply for freshman 2010)
Weighted GPA: 4.2 (a competitive private high school)</p>
<p>SAT: 2100 (M:800, CR: 580, WR: 720), will take another one
SAT2: Math 2C: 800, Chemistry (taken in 10th grade): 790, will take Physics and possibly French and/or Spanish this June.</p>
<p>AP: Calc BC:5, Computer Science: 5 (both taken in 10th grade)
Current AP Classes (for exam this coming May): Physics B, Spanish
Projected AP Classes for 12th grade: Chemistry, Physics C, French, Statistics</p>
<p>Current Class Schedule and First-Semester Grades:
Math: Independent Study - Multivariable Calculus (A)
Science: AP Physics B (A), Organic Chemistry (2nd sem only, no grade yet)
Social Science: US Government/Economics (A)
English: Junior English (B)
Foreign Language: AP Spanish (A-), French 4 (A)
Arts: Choir (A)</p>
<p>Projected Senior Year Schedule:
AP Statistics, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP French, Sr. English, and some social studies electives</p>
<p>Activities:
Baseball: 4 yrs
Key Club: 3 yrs (~60 hrs of volunteering per year)
School Newspaper: 3 yrs (assistant editor)
Speech Team: 2 yrs (fr and so only)
Theater: 3 yrs (school plays)
** note: school does not offer NHS or Science Olympiad.</p>
<p>Other Activities:
U of Chicago summer program: A in Calc I, and A- in Programming
Study aboard in Spain (summer): A in Spanish language classes
Study aboard in Mexico (2-week spring break)
Volunteer aboard in Guatemala (2-week spring break)
Carnegie Mellon summer program</p>
<p>Honors:
Math Contests: 4 yrs (school-wide contests, almost always placed first)
French: placed in top 5 at the US high school French contest
Spanish: placed in top 10 at the US high school Spanish contest</p>
<p>Additional Information:
He is diagnosed with Asperger. Not sure if we should self-identify in the application, and also not sure if this would help or hurt his chances at the top schools. Anyone has any idea?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>