<p>Hey everyone! I would appreciate it very much if you guys can chance me for the following schools (most of them are reaches). Please be brutally honest and pay particular attention to my low class rank.</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Race: Korean
Location: very competitive public high school in Texas
Intended Major: Government or International Relations</p>
<p>GPA: 3.92 unweighted, rank 44/581 (top 10%) [bad grades freshman year]
SAT I:
1st sitting: 680R 650M 780W (2110)
2nd sitting: 790R 740M 700W (2230)
SUPERSCORED: 790R 740M 780W (2310)</p>
<p>SAT IIs: World History: 790 US History: 770 Korean: 800 (probably taking Math II in Oct)</p>
<p>Awards:
-2nd place in Academic WorldQuest San Antionio Regionals (2009)
-UIL district finalist for extemporaneous speaking (2009)
-UIL Division I Band Soloist (2007, 2008)
-qualified for UIL State Band Solo Contest (2008)
-Finalist in University of Texas Spanish Poetry Declamation Contest (2009)
-A winner of the Austin International Poetry Festival Youth Contest & published poet (2008)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
-STAND Anti-Genocide Coalition (President: 2009)
-World Affairs Club (Co-President: 2008-2009, Academic WorldQuest Team Captain: 2009)
-Politics, Economics, and Philosophy Club (Secretary: 2008-2009)
-Varsity Extemporaenous Speaking/Debate (2007-2009)
-Citizen Journalist writing about politics and IR (2008-2009)
-Marching/Concert Band (Band Librarian: 2008-2009)
-volunteer counselor at a camp for children with disabilities (1089 hours, 2008-2009)</p>
<p>College Programs:
Attended the 2008 Georgetown University International Relations Summer Program for High School Students</p>
<p>Essays/Recs: hopefully both will be good but I guess there is no way to really tell.</p>
<p>Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Princeton University
University of Notre Dame
UPenn
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
NYU
Stanford University
Georgetown University
Boston College
Brown University
UT Austin</p>