Chances EA next year?

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<p>Currently a Junior:</p>

<p>4.42 W GPA, 3.93 UW, 99th percentile in class of 760, 2290 on SAT (800 Math, 730 CR, 760 Writing</p>

<p>APs taken: US History (4), European History (5 predicted), Chemistry (5 predicted), Calculus BC (5 predicted)</p>

<p>SAT IIs US History, Math IIC, Chemistry, Biology-all 700 or better, 800 on Chem, 750 on Math II, 700s on bio and us history</p>

<p>Classes taken Freshmen year: English Honors, Bio Honors, American Studies I honors, Geometry Honors, Journalism I All A's except for a 91 during one quarter of bio (still achieved a midrange A overall)</p>

<p>Classes taken Sophomore year: Chem I honors, Egnlish honors, Alg. III/Trig Honors, US AP History, Spanish III, Journalism II. Received straight, High A's in all classes, except for US AP History (3 Bs, 91 overall grade)</p>

<p>Classes taking as a Junior: Chem AP, Calc BC, Euro AP, English 11 Honors, Spanish IV Honors, Physics Honors Achieved Straight A's so far, looks to be that way 4th quarter</p>

<p>Plans for Senior- AP biology, ap physics C, AP Economics, Advanced Calc topics (AP weight), Spanish V AP, English AP</p>

<p>ECs : Editor In Chief of my newspaper (has won best newspaper for lehigh valley school 10+ times), Treasurer of class of 2008, Varsity Track for past 2 years, spanish Honors society, Tutor Coordinator for NHS, Treasurer of NHS, Table Tennis Club, Intramural Basketball for past 2 years (school based), First places at State-level science fair competition 3 straight years (7th, 8th and 9th Grade); Model UN delegate, moved on to 2nd round in Chem Olympiad</p>

<p>Work: Reffing basketball and soccer games during entire school year, sophomore year worked in data entry at my local hospital, plan to continue working there this summer; possible internship at local da vinci museum (chem related)</p>

<p>Awards: 2nd round in Chem olympiad, science fair 3 first places, Made it to leagues in track this past year for the 400, best sports story award for local student news papers as a freshmen, bset feature story award as a sophomore, in contention for best sports story award again this year. </p>

<p>Summer plans--planning to attend precollege program at Penn this summer, and will be taking a calculus class</p>

<p>Major ideas : Pre-Med, Chemistry, Biomedical engineering</p>

<p>also considering Princeton, Duke and Penn as the schools i'd truly want to get into...what do u guys think?</p>

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<p>Your science fair awards wont matter because Stanford does not consider grades/awards achieved before the 10th grade. However, I think you have a decent shot.</p>

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Your science fair awards wont matter because Stanford does not consider grades/awards achieved before the 10th grade. However, I think you have a decent shot.

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<p>They will probably give you credit for the 9th grade win, as 9th grade projects are a part of the senior division in state science fair competitions. Scratch the 7th and 8th grade wins.</p>

<p>Do you have any standout ECs? When I say standout, I mean beyond the newspaper editor, etc track (I have actually heard of college advisors saying “oh god, not another editor in chief”).</p>

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They will probably give you credit for the 9th grade win, as 9th grade projects are a part of the senior division in state science fair competitions.

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<p>Actually, on the app, it specifically asks for ecs/awards from 10th grade and up, regardless of any divisions or anything. I believe this is because they consider freshman year to be a "transitional year."</p>

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<p>who cares?</p>

<p>this guy is definitely qualified!</p>

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<p>Good shot if you applied ED to Duke for BME. I've seen students more qualified getting rejected by Stanford this year, but you never know.</p>