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Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>hey guys im a hispanic junior and im trying to see if i have the stats that could possibly lead up to an acceptance to the Caltech...just evaulate thanks</p>

<p>first of all my school is ranked 115 among all public schools in nation...wealthy suburb</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2150-2250
SAT IIs: ive only taken math 2- 750...gonna take chem and us history at the end of the school year- Expecting a range on both from 750-800
GPA: 3.8 uw
Rank: don't rank... extremely competitive school in long island,ny</p>

<p>Currently taking 2 AP's/3 honors and will take 5/6 AP's or so next year (calc ab, macro/micro,physics, english)</p>

<p>All honors classes 11th and 12th , made honor roll all of 10th,11th, and most likely 12</p>

<p>Going to be taking the AMC12 in january or so...im really not sure how im gonna do because i dont really know about the AMC but my school invited me to take the test ...so im expecting to do okay
ECS:
President of the Astronomy Club ( conducted astronomy night at my school, conduct observing sessions every other week)
Secretary of Model Congress ( competed 2 years at Yale Model Congress, 1 year Harvard, 1 year UPenn.)
4 year member of mathletes
Website club
200-250 hours volunteering at LIJ Medical Center
Currently working as administrative assistant at New Age Skin Research Foundation
Attended Johns Hopkins CTY 9th grade
Attended Cornell University Summer College 10th grade
Going to attend one of the following: Caltech YESS program, MIT MITES,Columbia Summer program, or Garcia Research summer program at Polytechnic in New York
Master Guide of Seventh Day Adventist "Pathfinders" organization, kind of like a huge youth organization for my denomination.Master guide is the highest rank you can achieve.
Heavy heavy involvement in church activities/drill sargeant of drill team.</p>

<p>Other Factors:Im pretty sure im gonna get either National Merit Finalist/semifinalist, also Nationa Hispanic Scholar, Parents are both immigrants: dad from Egypt, Mom from Peru. im gonna say extremely humble beginnings but im not exactly sure if thats a factor in admissions.
Hook (if any): Hispanic i guess.? some research stuff as well
Location/Person:LI,NY
State or Country: USA
School Type: extremely competitive public...last year about the top 10-12% of about 400-500 kids in the graduating class went to ivy league and a couple of other went to places like Stanford, MIT,etc.
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Arabic
Gender: m</p>

<p>EDIT: i have a serious upward trend in my high school transcript (low grades(B) to all A's , minimal honors --> all honors/AP)</p>

<p>Chances at Caltech please</p>

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Going to be taking the AMC12 in january or so...im really not sure how im gonna do because i dont really know about the AMC but my school invited me to take the test ...so im expecting to do okay

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<p>You might want to look at some samples rather than just going into it cold:<a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.unl.edu/amc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Beefs,
I'm not an admissions officer..just a mom of a kid who was lucky enough to get into to Caltech..my take..your stats are great. they're in the range of accepted kids. just do what you can to show your passion for math and science. Attending MITES or Caltech's YESS program will probably give you a boost but nothing is guaranted. I'm sure you've read lots of the posts, even with Olympiad medals, kids get rejected from Caltech. I'd agree with mathmom, take a look at some of the AMC12 questions and even the AIME questions so you have a better idea as to what those tests are like. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but not everyone who gets into Caltech has done the AMC12 or even done well on it but I'm sure it helps if you do well (I would imagine it probably helps the most if you do well enough to qualify for AIME). And since your a junior now, keep doing your research on schools and find several that you'd be happy to attend since, as you know, college admissions is a very competitive process & nothing is guaranteed. Good Luck.</p>