<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.76 uw, 4.65 w
Class Rank: 11/273
SAT I: 740 M/660 CR/610 W
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 790 US History, 600 Physics</p>
<p>ECs:
Volunteer at Hospital 400+ hours
Band (marching band, concert band, jazz band) 4 years
Youth Symphony- 4 years
Made All-Region/District band several years
Academic Team- 2 years (co-captain)
Part Time job since the end of sophomore year</p>
<p>Excellent GC rec, fairly good teacher recs</p>
<p>As far as AP/Honors Classes go:
All Honors/AP classes where possible. Total of 9 AP classes by the end of senior year (BC Calc, Stats, English Lang, English Lit, Physics B, US History, Psychology, Music Theory, Biology)</p>
<p>75/25 based on stats and figures alone...I can't stress the essay enough. I believe that is what helped me the most. I was devoted to three or four ECs, played a varsity sport, and spent three months writing the best essay I could. Get started now and have it reviewed by english teachers, counselors, etc... until you get a finished product. </p>
<p>Even if the ND app isn't out, write an essay based on the common app that you can adjust. When the app does come out, pick what you feel is the hardest essay...it may give you some more merit with the admissions people.</p>
<p>How did you go perfect score on Math2C but only 740 on the SAT and 600 on Physics? Maybe you had a bad day, but that just sounds funny. For security purposes you might want to hit the SAT again in October or November. I took it March of my junior year and again October of senior year and scored 200 points higher the second time, I didn't study for either test.</p>
<p>Hospital experience makes you look like premed but good/not great physics score isn't an indicator of future science success. I concur with the above advice about the essay.</p>
<p>I should also mention that the Filipino American Student Organization at ND is awesome, some very cool guys and some pretty fine chicas, all premed. And the Band of the Fighting Irish is as good as any.</p>
<p>Math 2C is curved way differently than SAT I math. I think I was only in the 90th-95th percentile even though I theoretically got a perfect score (I skipped one too!!). Physics...I had no idea what was going on because we had only covered mechanics, e&m, and some optics/modern in my AP Physics class at that point, and so I had no idea what to do on problems dealing with thermo....and we also covered gravitation the one day I wasn't in class...oh well.</p>
<p>As far as testing I'm hitting up the ACT in September and the SAT again in November.</p>
<p>If you feel like there is no way you can make your application better after the EA deadline, then go EA. If you can improve at all with the extra time, go RD.</p>