<p>Weighted GPA: 11.369/12 (roughly a 4.0 on the 4 point GPA scale)
PSAT (sophomore year): 186
Class rank: 2/110ish
Ethnicity: Asian
Class: 2015
Income: <$50,000 (divorced parents, the mother lives somewhere on the east coast while the father lives in China. I live with my aunt and uncle. Excellent story about abadonment and such.)
Gender: Male
School: Very small public high school (~440 students; the only HS in the entire district which only has ~1500 students total); very high poverty (~50% get free lunches; ~14% get reduced lunches)
Location: Small town of ~10,000 people in northern Indiana
Citizenship: US</p>
<p>8th grade (during the 2010-2011 school year)
Honors Algebra 1
Honors Biology 1</p>
<p>9th grade (during the 2011-2012 school year)
Honors English 9
Honors Geometry
Chemistry 1 (no honors class)
AP World History (3 on the exam)
Spanish 1 (no honors class)
Introduction to Engineering Design* (a part of the PLTW program)
Gym
Driver's Ed (summer course)</p>
<p>10th grade (during the 2012-2013 school year)
Honors English 10
Honors Algebra 2*
AP Biology (3 on the exam)
AP US History (3 on the exam)
Spanish 2 (no honors class)
Physics* (no honors class)
Principles of Engineering* (a part of the PLTW program)</p>
<p>11th grade (during the 2013-2014 school year)
AP English Literature
Pre-Calculus* (no honors class)
AP Chemistry*
Civil Engineering and Architecture* (a part of the PLTW program)
Spanish 3 (no honors class)
Health (1 semester)
Student Publications (no honors class)</p>
<p>12th grade (during the 2014-2015 school year)
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB*
AP US Government and Politics
AP Microeconomics
Engineering Design and Development* (a part of the PLTW program)
Art (no honors class)
Student Publications (no honors class)</p>
<p>The classes with asterisks (*) are dual-credit classes. I get both HS and college credit for it. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars (the ones that are in the future are what I expect to do):
2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Academic Super Bowl (math team captain)
2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Local community project to give presents to the very needy
2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Cross country manager (not runner, but rather a manager)</p>
<p>Work:
I work ~40 hours every week at my family's restaurant and have done so since 7th grade.</p>
<p>As a whole, stats are good, but where is your ACT/SAT score?? Your PSAT score of 186 isn’t indicative of your SAT, and you’d want atleast a 2250 to stay competitive. I see working at the restaurant takes up most of your time, which is okay, but it would be more helpful to you if you can find time for other activities. Especially with leadership roles and such. Otherwise, you stand an average shot at these two schools, which are tough for anyone! Good luck!</p>
<p>I would say its still a little early to chance you because you still have half of your high school career ahead of you. You seem to be challenging yourself well. I would say improve you ECs a bit. As in maybe play a sport or something? another club? volunteering? Of course, it may be hard to find time for that with work. Good job!</p>
<p>In my opinion, i think that you have a decent chance for Ivies(as now disregarding the SAT or ACT score), but if you work your next year really hard (ex: participate in competitions, take APs, etc) you would have a great shot at all of them. Finally it somehow depends on your SAT score. Keep in mind that Ivy school is not a guaranteed chance even if you have a remarkable stat. Good luck.</p>
<p>@smarty99: I’m going to be going into 11th grade next year, so I haven’t had a chance to take it yet. </p>
<p>I intend to take the SAT in early 2014. If I get in the 2000s, I’ll go ahead and take the SAT II Subject Tests and apply for these upper-tier schools. Otherwise, I’ll just stick with Purdue. My school doesn’t do a lot of “leadership roles”.</p>
<p>@picklechicken37: Working ~40 hours a week pretty much kills any chance I have to do ECs. The only reason I get do my current ECs are because they fit my schedule pretty well. I do have days off at work. For example, cross country practices every weekday, but managers don’t do anything during these. All meets are on Tuesday after school and Saturday morning, both of which I have off from work. </p>
<p>Also, did you want me to chance you back? If so, please provide a link.</p>
<p>Your GPA is great, and work hard to get a good SAT score. You scored 186 on the PSAT, and you’ll have to do a lot better (like 2200) on the SAT if you want a shot. Good ECs.</p>