<p>Rising junior
Competitive high school</p>
<p>Academics
GPA: 4.0 UW (might go down to 3.9 or so after junior year)
PSAT: 222 (76M/70R/76W) in sophomore year
SAT: Haven't taken it yet, but my last practice test with Princeton Review was 2330
SAT II: Biology- 750 (should I retake?), will also take Math IIC, Chinese, World History, US History, Physics, Chemistry (not all of them), expecting 700+ or 750+ on all.
AP: Biology- 5, will also take US History, Physics, French Language, and Calc BC in junior year, and Government, Chemistry, French Literature, English Literature senior year- expecting mostly 5's, some 4's, maybe one 3. Might also self-study Psychology and Environmental. Is the National AP Scholar thing a big deal?
Courses: Fairly challenging, with a few semesters or orchestra
School doesn't have class rank, no estimations, no nothing</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (ones that I consider candidates for application)
Violin- AYP (9), Junior District Orchestra (9)
Piano- 97+ on all National Piano Playing auditions (Guild), all superiors in Spring Festival
Hospital volunteer
Chinese school
Model UN- Verbal Commendation (hopefully will get more awards)
Policy Debate- JV, 9th place Speakers award at some tournament
French Honor Society- Secretary (11)
French Culture Club- Treasurer (10, 11)
Biotechnology Society- Co-Historian (11)
Class Council (11)
Freshman Track
Freshman Volleyball</p>
<p>Summer
9: course
10: course, children's museum camp volunteer, local Aids Ministry volunteer
Youth Leadership Institute (local community service)</p>
<p>Awards/Tests
AMC-10, AMC-12- okay scores (about 99, 98), can't get past the AIME cut
National French Exam Laureat- 9, 10
Chinese School Award (all A's, every semester, back to 1st grade)
Academic Letter (it's just based on GPA)
Most Improved- freshman volleyball</p>
<p>I'm not especially good at any of my extracurriculars, IMO. Kind of slacked off sophomore year, but hopefully in junior year I'll enter some contests, like AMC, USABO, etc. I'm really interested in Biotechnology, however, and will take some courses for that senior year. </p>
<p>Questions
-Match schools? (based on what's up there, and assuming recs + essay are decent)
-Advice for getting into any Ivy Leagues, MIT, Stanford, etc
-Employement- I saw parts for it on a bunch of college applications ... so far, I don't have any jobs/internships... any advice?
-Will teachers think you're recommendation-obsessed if you get them christmas presents?</p>
<p>Thank you :D</p>