<p>Im a junior and I wanted to apply to Duke, Cornell, UPenn and a few other schools next year. I dont think Im necessarily a totally qualified candidate given my currents stats, but what are the especially weak points that I could work on?</p>
<p>Im applying 1st generation
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Household income: ~ $40k
State: Florida</p>
<p>SAT: 2080 (690 CR, 690 Math, 700 Writing)
UW GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA (6 point scale): 5.4</p>
<p>Havent done subject tests yet</p>
<p>APs: AP Environmental, AP Stats, AP World History, Ap Art history, AP Human Geography (All 5s)
Current course schedule: AP Physics 1, AP Bio, Ap Cal ab, AP US history, AP english lang, AP micro, AP comparative gopo, AP euro
Senior Year schedule: AP Physics 2, AP English lit, AP gov, AP macro, AP Chem or AP Physics C, AP psyc, AP Cal BC, AP comp sci</p>
<p>Ive also taken about 40 credits at local colleges and I'll have about 90 credits or so by the time I apply. My college gpa is a 4.0. Among those credits, I took two classes at the harvard summer program this year, and my marine bio professor said he'd write me a letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>ECs:
Cross country (no awards or major competitions)
Im an officer in my student government
200+ hours volunteering at local shelters and fostering kittens, this will probably be around 500 or so when I apply
President of Animal science/Environmental Club
Started an annual Earth Day celebration at my school
I havent started yet, but Im going to start doing research under a University of Miami professor in ecology soon</p>
<p>Chances for:
Cornell CALS as Animal Science major
Duke
UPenn - College (my sister currently attends as a junior)
UC Davis
UC Berkeley
Northwestern</p>