<p>Hello! I'm currently a junior, and I've spent all of this year taking classes at a local university through a residential dual-enrollment program, and I'll do this for my senior year as well. </p>
<p>I'm definitely going to be applying to MIT and Georgia Tech, although I'm considering a pretty large group of schools (UGA, Caltech, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, maybe Princeton or Brown).</p>
<p>Biographical:
Race: White
Sex: Male
Location: rural GA
Intended Major: Mathematics or Physics (probably math) </p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (including first semester university courses, on track to keep it this semester)
Class rank: 1/~100 (very small school, haha)</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT I: 2140 (770M, 690R, 680W) - this was pretty recent; should I retake?
ACT: 32 (35E, 34R, 30S, 27M) - (this was at the start of 10th grade so I'm definitely retaking)
PSAT: 219 (75E, 73M, 71R) - I think this will qualify me for National Merit in Georgia, but I'm not sure.
SAT II: planning on taking Math II and a science, probably physics
AP Exams: AP European History (4), sophomore year</p>
<p>Courses:
Freshman: Honors Physical Science, Honors 9th Grade Literature, Accelerated Math I, Honors World History, Debate, Spanish I, PE/Health, Introductory Engineering</p>
<p>Sophomore: Honors Biology, Honors 10th Grade Literature, Accelerated Math II, Honors US History, Spanish II, AP European History, PE (my school made us take 2 PE courses)</p>
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<li> Begin college courses (semicolons split semesters):</li>
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<p>Junior: Pre-calculus, English Composition II (skipped ECI), Macroeconomics, Chemistry I; Calculus I, Astronomy, Computer Science I, American Government, Chemistry II</p>
<p>Senior (planned): Calculus II, Elementary Linear Algebra, German I, Calculus-based Physics I, American Literature; Calculus III, Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Mathematical Probability, German II, Calculus-based Physics II (these second semester courses will probably be tweaked a bit, but this is the framework)</p>
<p>Misc:</p>
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<li><p>Currently an "ambassador" for my dual-enrollment program at the university. I was selected as part of a few as essentially one of the top students and selected to be a recruiter; pretty much a leadership position.</p></li>
<li><p>I went to a pretty small rural high school before university, so I didn't have many EC opportunities, although I did place top 10 in state in an FBLA computer competition.</p></li>
<li><p>I've applied to SSP (kind of well known on CC, I suppose) for this upcoming summer, so I'll have that if I get in, but I'm not really sure if I will. If you don't know what it is, it's a summer research program affiliated with Caltech and MIT.</p></li>
<li><p>Participating in a research project for the university's department of chemistry on the production of bioethanol from waste paper. I'm hoping to be involved in some research in the department of physics next year.</p></li>
<li><p>I'm a member of the Honors College here, and I'm a recipient of a presidential scholarship.</p></li>
<li><p>spent my sophomore year essentially working as a member of my high schools technology department, repairing things, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>worked the past couple of summers at a real estate office in the town I work in; essentially doing their computer work</p></li>
<li><p>considering applying for a position at the university's math tutoring center for next semester</p></li>
<li><p>various other more minor extra-curriculars and things of the sort; still deciding on what I'll actually put on my applications</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this! I'm mainly posting just to see if you guys think some of these top schools are even feasible for me. Thanks again!</p>