<p>sex: male </p>
<p>Standardized tests: </p>
<p>ACT- 30 english, 30 reading, 34 math, 33 science, 32 composite, 12 on the writing</p>
<p>SAT subject- 740 chem, 750 U.S history Ill take the math level 2 in the fall </p>
<p>PSAT- 204 definitely commended </p>
<p>Rank- 20/260 </p>
<p>GPA- 4.28 cum, junior year- 4.47 </p>
<p>grades: </p>
<p>Freshman year-
English- A
algebra-A
catholic faith-A
gym-A
health-A
band-A
hebrew scriptures- A
french-A</p>
<p>sophmore-
AP european history- A
geometry-B first semester, A second
honors french 2-A
honors english 2- b first semester, C second
honors chemistry-A
new testament- A
biology-A </p>
<p>Junior-
AP US history- A
AP chem- A
Honors english-A first semester, b second semester
honors french 3- A
algebra 2- A
band-A
religion-A </p>
<p>EC:
3 years cross country member
4 year science olypiad member- team captain senior year
co founder of the medical club- member of the board of decisions for this club
4 year french club member
intramural basketball- 4 years
junior year- job at jets pizza, averaged twenty hours a week
Physics of Atomic nuclei camp at MSU's cyclatron during summer of junior year- research based
3 year band member ( couldnt take it sophpore year)
one year of jazz band
drum line section leader
40 hours of community service</p>
<p>awards:
5 ones at solo and ensemble
national merit commended scholar
national french contest winner, bronze medal- 4th in the nation
departmental award- biology
Science fair prize from Detroit Edison for engineering
composed my own solo for solo and ensemble</p>
<p>potential major: chemistry, chemical engineering</p>
<p>Your EC's seem fine as you did more than me. A 204 PSAT is not "definitely commended" as someone in my school got a 206 and he was not commended. You don't seem to have that many AP's but perhaps your school doesn't offer that many. Write a good essay that accentuates your interests, which appear to be science and language.</p>
<p>204 is definitely commended in Michigan. It varies from state to state, and theres no way im out of the range. I took as many AP classes as i could. You dont really take AP until senior year. Theres an honors sequence which is supposed to prepare you for AP. Im taking three next year along with organic chemistry at a community college.</p>
<p>204 is commended? Wow, that's really different from California. But anyways, grades and test scores look fine. ECs look pretty good, especially if you're an engineering student that has already won awards at science fairs; Hopkins is a research institute afterall. Plus being the founder of the medical club definitely helps. Work on your essays and find the right recommendations.</p>
<p>alg. 2 as a junior may hurt you</p>
<p>why would that hurt me?</p>
<p>because by junior year most people are taking ap calc already, not everone, but still a lot...also, alg 2 is not a difficult course and colleges look to see that you're taking hard courses</p>
<p>PKswmr76, I don't know how you can say most people are taking AP Calculus as a junior. In NY, they have a "different" cirriculum so I don't really know what Algebra 2 is, but as a junior, most people in NY take pre-calculus.</p>
<p>Yeah, good point Yanks, most people at Hopkins that I know did something like Algebra 2-->Trigonometry-->AP Calc BC or AB as a senior.</p>
<p>well for a number of different reasons, my parents wouldnt let me take honors math despite my protests. That is just the regular math sequence for kids in my school. Do you think my ACT math scores will off set that. Also, do you think i should retake my SAT 2 chem test?</p>
<p>Don't retake SAT IIs. That's a waste of money. I wouldn't worry about the math either.</p>
<p>It's 740. There's no reason to retake.</p>