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Applying to College
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<p>Hi.
I'm going to be a junior next year at a public school in LA (class size is 300). These are projections of my grades</p>

<p>UW: 3.84
W: 4.47</p>

<p>SAT
Math 800
CR 780
Writing 770</p>

<p>SATII
Korean 790 (I'm korean BTW)
MATH 2C 800
Chem 770 or higher
US history 770 or higher
Physics 770 or higher</p>

<p>FRESHMAN year (Course name: 1st sem grade, 2nd sem grade)</p>

<p>English 1: B, A
PreCal Honours: B, B
Bio Honours: A-, A-
Honours Social Science: A-, A-
Spanish 1: A, A-
Orchestra: A, A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE year
English 2 H: B, A
AP Calculus AB: A, A
Chem H: A-,A-
AP Euro: B-, B
Spanish 2: A-. A-
Orchestra: A, A</p>

<p>JUNIOR year
AP Lang/Comp: A, A
AP Calc BC: A, A
AP Chem: A, A
Physics H: A, A
AP US: A, A
Spanish 3: A, A
Orchestra: A, A</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
-Volunteer 2 hours every week at All Nations Church (ANC) orchestra (Sept 2006 ~ June 2008) except for summer (168 hrs)
-Community Orchestra (Summer 2006 and Sept 2007-May 2008) (64 hrs)
-4 Hours at local hospital per wk (approx 240 hrs)
TOTAL: 472 hrs (probably more)
-3rd place, American String Teacher Association Competition, district level. 2006, 2007 (ASTA)
-1st place, ASTA competition, district level 2008. 3rd place regional level
-Mu Alpha Theta member since freshman year
-Orchestra Leader at ANC orchestra
-Asst. Concertmaster at my school orchestra
-Glendale Youth Orchestra (Freshman year. Concertmaster during junior year)
-Korean American Youth Symphony (Soloist during sophomore year)
-Colburn Chamber orchestra (Soph and Jr year)
-School String Quartet member since freshman year
-probably JPL internship during Summer 2009</p>

<p>I know the extracurricular section is long, but try to read through it or just the GPA/SAT score part.</p>

<p>The Schools:
Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Duke, MIT, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Vanderbilt, Univ Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Univ of Virginia</p>

<p>kthxbai
(^^)</p>

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<p>BTW my uncle went to MIT business school...does that count as legacy?</p>

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<p>Columbia & MIT are the iffy'est. Otherwise, I'd say you're in.</p>

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<p>mkay thx kpalmal (^^)</p>

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<p>match: Carnegie, UVA, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins
slight reach: Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Duke, Rice
reach: MIT<br>
good luck
have you tried my chances . net
they were pretty accurate for me</p>

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<p>I would say in everywhere except Columbia, Brown, and MIT (unless legacy has that much of an impact)</p>

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<p>wrong forum....</p>

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<p>I think you underestimate the (potential) difficulty of junior year in your grade predictions.. it is certainly a rough year for most people.</p>

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<p><em>gasp</em> 54th percentile for Korean SAT II</p>

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<p>You should wait 1 more year, honestly.</p>