(chances)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. Here are my statistics:</p>

<p>I am an Chinese American born and raised in Texas.
PSAT: 206 (61V, 71M, 74W)
SAT I: 2160 (670V, 770M, 710W, 11E) -- retake should be 2250+
SAT II: Math IC 760 (yeah wasted my time here), Math IIC 800, Chemistry projected 750+, Biology (<em>E or M???</em>) projected 700+, Physics projected 750+
AP: Computer Science A - 4 (AP's were for juniors and seniors at my old high school only; I managed to skip Computer Science I)
All of my classes in high school were as accelerated as possible (honors, GT, and/or Pre-AP).
TAKS (no idea why I am listing this): commended on everything</p>

<p>(just going to list semester grades)</p>

<h2>Ninth Grade Courses</h2>

<p>Latin 2 - 91,92
English 1 - 92,94
World Geography - 90,96
Geometry - 96,100
BCIS - 100,100
Biology 1 - 100,97
Debate 1 - 97,98
PE - 100,100</p>

<h2>Tenth Grade Courses</h2>

<p>Health Science 1 - 98,96
Algebra 2 - 98, 98
Chemistry - 96,96
Latin 3 - 91,93
Computer Science A - 99,100
English 2 - 96, 94
World History - 91, 94
Debate 2 - 100,100</p>

<p>(Junior and Senior courses farther down; I just wanted them separated by schools ^_^)</p>

<p>I originally went to a 4A high school in a small town. My class started out with about 500 students. When I left after my sophmore year, it was down to about 200. I was ranked 5 with a GPA of around 3.8 before I left to a boarding school to finish my last 2 years of high school. It is not that great a of a school; most of the people who actually graduate stay in state.
The boarding school I now attend (going to be senior in Fall 2006) is the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science where we are basically University of North Texas students. First semester I believe I took 16 hours (Academy set our courses for the first semester), where I made a 3.8125 GPA with one B. This past semester I made 4 B's with 18 hours, with a GPA of 3.444. My cumulative GPA right now is 3.617 (please note this is only for TAMS/UNT). This should improve to around 3.7-3.8 by the time I graduate. <strong>Please note that TAMS does not rank, and therefore the 10% rule does not count.</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>I am doing research right now with one of the professors at the University. A paper should be published in a scientific journal...</li>
<li>Not that great community service: 100+ (tutoring, Teen Court, and Summer Reading at hometown library)</li>
<li>I am the website committee head of HOPE.</li>
<li>Various minor positions at my old high school.</li>
<li>Various UIL/competition placements in old high school years.</li>
<li>Second Dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do (6+ years).</li>
<li>Recommendations should be pretty good.</li>
<li>Essays should be really good.</li>
<li>I plan on making a Rubik's Cube Club (err, rather, just a puzzle/logic club)</li>
<li>I went to EPGY 2004 (was accepted 2005, but decided not to go due to transition of schools/etc)</li>
</ul>

<p>Eleventh Grade Courses
-----first semester-----
Honors Principles of Biology I - A
Principles of Biology Laboratory I - A
Precalculus - A
General Chemistry I - B
General Chemistry Laboratory I - A
Writing about Literature I - A
---second semester----
Honors Principles of Biology II - B
Principles of Biology Laboratory II - B
Calculus I - A
General Chemistry II - B
General Chemistry Laboratory II- A
Writing about Literature II - A
US to 1865 - B</p>

<p>Twelfth Grade Courses
-----first semester-----
Physics/Mechanics
Physics/Mechanics Laboratory
Calculus II
Linear Algebra
World Literature
---second semester----
Physics/Electricity and Magnetism
Physics/Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Multivariable Calculus
Differential Equations I
World Literature (different timeperiod)
US from 1865
American Government</p>

<h2>Interesting in the following schools (pseudorandom order)</h2>

<p>University of California at Berkeley
Columbia University (SEAS/Fu)
California Institute of Technology
University of Texas at Austin
Rice University
Stanford University
Cornell University
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</p>

<p><em>I really want to go to California Institute of Technology, but since I think I really have no chance, I think I am going to do ED at Columbia University (SEAS/Fu). If you have any suggestions, please note. Thank you</em></p>

<p>I plan on double majoring in (undecided: computer science, general, physics) engineering or information technology and mathematics.</p>

<p>If you need any more information, please ask. Thank you for your time, and sorry for the poor organization of material.</p>

<p>Signing off...</p>

<p>TheEvenPrime2</p>

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<p>TheEvenPrime2:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state, Engineering)</p>

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<p>so if ur chinese why is your thread title in japanese?</p>

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<p>Yes, I'd like to know that as well. =P Trilingual? I'd say you're in for UT Austin..</p>

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<p>Heh, I knew someone was going to ask that. I actually cannot speak Chinese or Japanese fluently. I know more Chinese (Mandarin) than Japanese, but I am an anime/manga freak (otaku) so I pick up some things and just wanted to put some Japanese on here.
^_~</p>

<p>Anyone else have ideas (bump)?</p>

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<p>The big red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.
BUMP</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I have worked off and on at my parent's restaurant since the seventh grade. Duties have included washing dishes, bus boy, waiter, cash register operator, and manager. Before I went to TAMS, I worked at least 5 hours a week. This summer I work off and on, with around 5 hours every other week.</p>

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<p>=(
BUMP, anyone?</p>

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<p>Meh, okay, so nobody can tell me my chances...</p>

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<p>maybe next time you should choose an english title</p>

<p>/and sorry i can't help you out with the chances. i'm in a similar position as you are: confused</p>

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<p>Hmm yeah, I thought that might happen...
This message is acting like a BUMP, but I will add a few more details mainly pertaining to the "various competitions" I did in high school:</p>

<ul>
<li>I did JCL as well and placed within top 10 in Area in the subjects in which I competed but had conflicts with UIL so I never went to State.</li>
<li>member of mathematics and computer science teams, both of them made it to regionals. At regionals, our computer science team placed first in programming and second overall.</li>
<li>made it to regionals in ready writing</li>
<li>went to some debate tournaments, not much there.</li>
<li>won TAGT scholarship, which I used for EPGY 2004.</li>
<li>was in county model United Nations club (not related to school); it just started and I never went to any competitions due to conflicts.</li>
<li>various school awards</li>
<li>Who's Who award (not that it means anything)</li>
</ul>

<p>Finally I just want to add that I worked as an instructor's assistant for Tae Kwon Do for about 3 years.</p>

<p>Okay,hopefully, more people can post some chances. Otherwise, I will wait a little bit and repost under a different title...</p>

<p>Thanks for reading anyways.
^_~</p>

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<p>Chances aren't that bad for Caltech.</p>

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<p>Ah, heh thanks. I am really worried about SAT and GPA. Those B's were really disappointing.</p>

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<p>Haha, sorry I can't really help you with your chances, but I took Japanese for four years and felt compelled to make a comment.</p>

<p>gambatte kudasai.</p>

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<p>I'm not going to say that your chances are very excellent, but I think they're <em>good</em> and that you shouldn't rule out Caltech for EA. You have a pretty rigorous courseload, which would help compensate for the Bs. Also, research is VERY good for Caltech. You might want to consider entering your research in Intel STS and/or Siemens-Westinghouse.</p>

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<p>Oh, and your chances for CalTech are reach at best.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the comments. =)
Same to you guys.</p>

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<p>UCLAri, I have no clue what you wrote. My Japanese is pretty bad. Care to translate?
lol</p>

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<p>I said, more or less, "I really hate otakus."</p>

<p>Sorry, I'm just rather misanthropic toward Japan-lovers in general.</p>