<p>Hi there, I'm a</p>
<p>Chinese-American male from Washington state
Public high school, not very competitive</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted
SAT: 2310 (800M, 730R, 780W)
SAT2: 780 Math2, 780 US History, 760 Chemistry
Rank: 1/350
AP: 5 on Calculus BC/AB subscore, Chemistry, Biology, US History, World History, English Lang.</p>
<p>Courses: toughest possible, 5 APs this year
Teacher recs: great</p>
<p>Awards:
National Council of Teachers of Engilsh Achievement Award in Writing
National Merit Commended Student
2007-2008 Science Student of the Year at my school
2008 Regional Science Bowl 4th place team</p>
<p>ECs:
4 years cross country, also out of season running in the winter and summer
3 years track
1 year varsity tennis
3 years of choir: jazz choir and also I am the co-leader of the men's choir
3 years of school musicals
100 hrs volunteer work at hospital
Have been playing piano for 13 years</p>
<p>Other:
Did a DNA sequencing study on a certain trout species, published a unique DNA sequence on the NCBI website
Went to Presidential Classroom Communications and Journalism week last summer
Went to Boys State last summer</p>
<p>Applying to:
UChicago EA
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Stanford
UPenn
Brown
WashU
University of Washington (safety)</p>
<p>I'd like to know your thoughts. I really want to go to the University of Chicago - I know my essays will be very important, and I think I'll at least do a decent job on them, but I want to know how good my chances are just based on stats. Thanks.</p>