<p>Okay so college applications aren't coming up for another year or so, but it would be great if you guys could give me a little feedback on what I should improve and what I can focus on for this junior year (yikes!). upenn is really my dream school and I would love to go there for CAS, studying premed. =D Thanks !</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): estimated 2300 according to many practice tests (taking in october)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Math II, and going to take Chem next spring
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.25 W (will rise by next year)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): either 1 or 2 and top 5% (school doesn't release rank though, only percentile)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (est 5), World (est 5)
[</em>] Junior Year Course Load: AP Chem, APUSH, APES, AP Calc BC, Spanish Honors, English Regular (honors not offered)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load (most likely): AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Honors Multi Calc
[</em>] Awards: USABO semifinalist, a few other school awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Science League Team (9-12, founder/president, 1st place team freshmen year)
- USABO semifinalist
- Merck Science Team (10-12, captain)
- Euro/Fed challenge (10-12, semifinalist team)
- FBLA (10-12, secretary)
- Orchestra (7 years, Principal/section leader 10)
- Tennis Team (JV 10, most likely varsity 11-12)
- probably will be accepted into Cum Laude and a few honors societies
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at political campaigns (total 40 hrs), volunteer at children's activity center every saturday for 4-5 hours and have leadership in a few large projects (total 800+ hours at time of app)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, leadership conferences, research with doctor summer after sophomore year
[</em>] Essays: Should be decent (going to write about volunteering at children's center and how has shaped me as a person)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One should be very solid (teacher for 2 years and Science League/USABO club supervisor that knows my talents), not positive about the others
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be personal because school is structured in such a way that each counselor only has 10-15 kids</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
I'm a Male Asian from NJ -___- (also from a private school)</p>
<p>Please be harsh or realistic.. I can take it! =P
Thank you so much!</p>