chances at top schools. brutally honest comments much appreciated.

<p>Sorry, but yet another chances thread. Please help if you can. </p>

<p>ACADEMICS:
9th Grade:
GPA (unweighted): 4.0 Rank: 1
(weighted): 6.0 Rank: 1</p>

<p>10th Grade:
GPA (unweighted): 4.0 Rank: 1/1066
(weighted): 6.0 Rank: 1/1066</p>

<p>11th Grade:
GPA (unweighted): 4.0 Rank: 1/1066
(weighted): 6.2 Rank: 4/1066</p>

<p>have taken/am taking: ap lang, ap lit, ap us, ap gov, ap pysch, ap chem, ap computer science, ap bio (online), ap calc ab, ap calc bc, ap spanish, ap stat</p>

<p>ap scores: 5--chem, us 4--calc</p>

<p>sat scores: 2170 CR:710 M:740 W:720
2180 CR:700 M: 690 W:790
took in november, expecting btwn 2200 - 2300 at least.
sat IIs: ugh
math: 710
chem: 680 ---- but a 5 on the AP exam :)
bio E: 700 -----idk i might get this handscored bc i marked down bio E instead of bio M and answered the M questions :(</p>

<p>ECS:
Academic:
-Johns Hopkins CTY Distance Learning Education: Biology AP (12th) – Grade: A
-Science Projects (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th):
-Research Project: Study of Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Using Various Bioinformatic Tools (12th)
-Research Project: A Study of Plant Cancer: Agrobacterium tumefaciens Infecting Helianthus annuus (11th)
-1st place local competition and regionals, best of show award from rohm and haas
-Scholarship to the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP); partial scholarship to Drexel University
-Independent Study Project (10th) :investigated population genetics using corn plants and the implementation of the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem, analyzing the theorem and its exceptions
-Research Project: Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships in Arabidopsis thaliana (9th)
-1st place local competition, Honorable Mention at regionals, Special Award from the United States Department of Agriculture
-Participated in Continental Math League (9th, 10th, 11th); Pennsylvania Math League and American Mathematics Competition 12 (10th , 11th: received the National Honor Roll Award), and American Invitational Mathematics Examination (11th)
-Participated in Chemistry OLYmpiad</p>

<p>Leadership:
-National Association of Student Councils Committee of Community Service member (10th, 11th)
-organized voluntary activity at community service locations for about 1500 conference delegates; helped write an agenda book for the delegates
-Math and Reading Tutor: Job at a Learning Center (11th, 12th)
-Student Government – House of Representatives (10th) and Senate (11th)
-Freshman Mentor (10th and 11th); Sophomore Mentor (11th and 12th); New Student Mentor (11th)
-Special Olympics Buddy (9th, 10th, 11th)
-Vice President of National Junior Honors Society (9th)
Community service:
-Key Club (10th , 11th, 12th); Cabinet – co-chair of the Outreach Committee (11th); highlights of community service:
-part of voluntary staff for school’s International Spring Festival (11th) and school’s blood drives (received Red Cross training) (11th); part of our town's Community Day voluntary staff (10th, 11th); student leader in AAUW’s “Touch the Future” (10th); Super Saturday volunteer: conducted a childrens’ workshop (10th)
-Volunteering at local hospital(9th –present)
-completed 300 hours of volunteer work; mainly in EKG and ER, worked in almost all departments, even patient food delivery; allowed specially in teen-restricted areas; volunteered at hospital events, such as Open House Day and Awareness Day; ran the gift shop and front desk over the summer (11th)
-Teen Volunteer Orientation Head – help orient teens to their new volunteer positions and introduce them to the hospital (10th, 11th, 12th)
-National Honor Society (12th)</p>

<p>Other Activities:
-Reading Olympics Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th); Captain (9th); Website Director (10th, 11th, 12th); Vice President (12th)
-Indian Cultural Association (10th and 11th)
-Tennis lessons (8th-present); Junior Varsity Tennis Team (10th)
-2nd place in school’s Junior Duck Stamp Competition; participated in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program (9th)
-Creative Communication’s Young Poets Contest; poem selected as “High Merit” and published (9th)
-Indian classical (Bharatanatyam) dance lessons (1993- present)
-performed as part of the Naatya ensemble and the Threeaksha ensemble –highlights:
-toured eastern U.S. with a production (9th); toured eastern U.S. with another production (12th); toured U.K. with yet another production(12th)
-performed at Kimmel Center, Painted Bride Theater, Philadelphia Art Museum, Pearl S. Buck Foundation
-fundraised in Kimmel Center for Udavam Karangal (Helping Hands) with M. Night Shyamalan and Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega in “Celebrity Night”
- have been performing for over five years at community events (for spring festivals, fundraisers, and workshops) and Indian cultural associations; taught children as an assistant teacher
-Indian classical (Carnatic) vocal lessons (1995- present); win awards at local competitions and participate in annual community events</p>

<p>I have straight As so far this senior year. taking 5 Aps, 1 honors course. </p>

<p>Given this, please help me decide this: am i solid enough to be accepted into the following with my subpar sats and satII scores.</p>

<p>Yale (scea)
UPenn
Princeton</p>

<p>im applying to safety schools and state schools too.</p>

<p>Maybe Penn.</p>

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<li><p>For the SATs, colleges take the highest cr, m, and w scores from all the times you took the test. Your highest are cr-710, m-740, w-790. Highest cr+m = 1450, full score, 2240. Very respectible.</p></li>
<li><p>Given your current SATs, Yale and Princeton are big reaches. Penn is less so, because of your class rank and GPA, but it's still reachy.</p></li>
<li><p>You might want to consider applying to Washington University in St. Louis. It's a very good school. Ranked #12 by U.S. News. It has an excellent pre-med/biological sciences program, a really nice campus, very nice dorms, and a caring faculty and administration. You'd probably have a better chance of getting in there than Penn, and, because the school prides itself on its active and involved student body, your ECs, leadership, and activities would go over really well with the WashU adcoms.</p></li>
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