<p>ok this is basically my final chances thread.. </p>
<p>State: OH
School: Public
Race: Asian (boo)</p>
<p>Class Rank: 1/306
GPA W: 4.76
GPA UW: 4?</p>
<p>AP's taken: AP American History (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Biology (5)
AP's currently taking: AP Lit & Comp, AP American Government, AP Chemistry
(basically all the AP's my school has to offer)</p>
<p>PSAT: 232 (80 M 78 W 74 R) - national merit semifinalist
SAT I: 2370 (800 M 800 W 770 R)
SAT II US History: 760
SAT II Bio M: 780
SAT II Math II: 800
Taking SAT II Chem in October</p>
<p>Senior Year classes:
Honors Physics
AP Chem
French Conversation (Honors)
AP Government
Orchestra (Honors)
AP Lit & Comp
Science Research IV (Honors)</p>
<p>EC'S (in order of importance):
Science Research - 2 independent research projects, one about high fat and cancer, the other about designing a possible antibiotic, that i will be submitting to Siemens and ISEF... won various awards and scholarships at regional and state science fairs</p>
<p>Science Olympiad (3 years) - awards at regionals and states... our advisor doesn't let anyone have officer positions :(</p>
<p>Orchestra (4 years) - school, regional, chinese, international, you name it... concertmaster and president</p>
<p>Speech & Debate (3 years) - public forum, just some awards at regional tournaments</p>
<p>Interact (3 years) - calling committee member, 250+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>NHS (2 years) - we don't really do much lol.. except tutor?</p>
<p>French Club (3 years)</p>
<p>Senate (1 year) - student government commissioner</p>
<p>Other:
math competitions like the AMC 12/AIME, OCTM, GTCTM</p>
<p>summer internship at a research lab in the Medical University of Ohio</p>
<p>Recs:
1 will probably be very good, from science research teacher, i also teacher-aided for her (she's also Duke alum), for all schools</p>
<p>for the schools where i need one math/science, and one humanities/social studies, i'm asking my french teacher of 3 years for the 2nd rec, she knows me pretty well</p>
<p>for the schools where i can use any 2 recs, i'll probably ask my AP calc teacher for the 2nd rec, good/very good</p>
<p>i also think i'm getting a supplemental rec from my internship mentor (Stanford alum...)</p>
<p>Essays:
i'm a workin' on them... </p>
<p>Schools:
Reaches:
MIT (early action)
Harvard
UPenn
Stanford
Caltech
Columbia</p>
<p>Semi-Reaches:
Duke
UChicago
Cornell
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Matches?:
Northwestern
UMich</p>
<p>Safety:
Ohio State University</p>
<p>oh yes and i want to major in biochemistry</p>