<p>Hello all, I am a long time lurker and first time poster! I am also not a troll!</p>
<p>Somewhat competitive high school in California</p>
<p>ACT: 36
SAT: 2400
SAT II: 800-Literature, 800- Math II, 800-Biology
GPA: Unweighted: 4.0 Weighted: 4.67
PSAT: 238 (Most likely NMF)
Rank: 1 out of 600 (Valedictorian)
12 AP classes total</p>
<p>EC:
HOSA (President)
Key Club
Model UN
Science Team (President)
Math Team (President)
Varsity Tennis 3 years (won't be recruited)
Debate Team (President)</p>
<p>I have shadowed a neurologist and have done research at Berkeley.</p>
<p>Awards:
National Honors Society
National English Honors Society
National Spanish Honors Society
Student of the year (all four years)
Mu Alpha Theta
Science Honors Society
Siemens Finalist
USABO Finalist</p>
<p>I'm a stereotypical Asian male who wants to go into neuroscience. My academics are great but my extracurriculars are really what lack in my application. Anyways..</p>
<p>Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Northwestern (HPME)
Brown (PLME)
uPenn
Duke
Cal-Berkeley
WUSTL</p>
<p>Extraordinary numbers, ordinary but solid extracurriculars, unknown essays and recommendations – all we can say is that you’re in highly competitive shape for the most selective schools. If the subjective aspects of your application are compelling, there’s good reason to expect that you will get into at least several of the schools on your list (and that you’ll get into Berkeley even if the subjective aspects are weak).</p>
<p>Congratulations on your unusually significant success so far, and good luck.</p>
<p>Pristine academic record but rather ordinary extracurricular involvement for the schools in which you are interested. You should be able to gain acceptance at several of these schools, though one cannot be sure given that you are a relatively typical Asian candidate from California. You may want to look at schools such as Bowdoin, Amherst, JHU, or Middlebury where you may have better luck. </p>