<p>I'm an Asian (Taiwanese) in the Bay Area and I need them chances. Please be brutally honest; much of these are hopes and dreams.</p>
<p>Dreams/Reaches: Yale (#1), UPenn, Stanford, Rice, Emory, Cornell
Targets: University of the Pacific (brother went there), UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, UC Davis, U Mich, USC, NYU
Backups: UC Irvine, I NEED SUGGESTIONS FOR BACKUPS</p>
<p>Unweighted 9-12: 3.94 (2 Bs in Freshman year, Precalculus H)
Unweighted 10-12: 4.00
Weighted 9-12: 4.38
Weighted 10-12: 4.53
PSAT: 231
SAT Math/Reading/Writing (Essay): 720/800/800 (12)
SAT IIs: Math II (800), Bio M (800), US History (800), Japanese (740, retaking in Nov.), Chinese (770), Chemistry (780)
APs: AP Calc BC (5, AB-5), AP Bio (5), AP Stats (5), APUSH (5), AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Japanese, AP Eng. Lit.
Other: Passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, N3</p>
<p>I can count on two-three strong recommendation letters.</p>
<p>ECs: This is where I'm a bit weak...</p>
<p>Marching Band: 4 years, flute, Drill Instructor (11th), Senior Drum Major. Hours and hours have been spent
Concert Band: 4 years, flute.
Japanese National Honor Society, 3 years, Vice President (11) and President (12), About 100 hours of service (undocumented, unfortunately) while being officer.
JapanBowl- National Japanese Language/Culture competition, Second place in Level 3
Chinese Language Camp (10th grade)- Summer, intensive Chinese Language/Culture, ~168 hours in a month.
Taipei Medical University Camp (11th)- Summer, four day camp. ~79 hours.
Planning Committee of the National Japanese American Citizens' League 2014 National Convention
Water Quality Monitoring (not sure how many hours)</p>