Class of 2012, TOP school & academic profile?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I’ve never actually been on this thread before but here it is:</p>

<p>Top choice: Harvard University ==> Princeton ==> Stanford ==> Yale ==> MIT</p>

<p>Rank: 1/432
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
SAT: 2260 (…yea…this is gonna screw me over I don’t know why I did not retake)
SAT II Math: 800 Physics: 800 Bio: 800 Chemistry: 800 APUSH: 740
PSAT: 232</p>

<p>Junior Year Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP US History, Latin III, AP Chemistry, Advanced English 11</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload: AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Latin, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Psychology</p>

<p>Awards:
USABO Semifinalist (9,11)
USNCO Semifinalist (10,11)
National AP Scholar
USAPhO Semifinalist (11)
AIME Qualifier (6,7,8,9,10,11) Scores: 3,6,6,5,8,8 (Nope…no USAMO)
Scholastic Gold Key (x2) Personal Memoir/ Short Story(10)
All-State Orchestra (9,10,11,12)
USAMTS Silver Medalist
National Merit Semifinalist
National Latin Exam Gold (9,10,11) Perfect Score (10)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Math Circle
Quiz Team
Science Olympiad
Debate Team
Robotics Club
Key Club
Latin Club
Orchestra</p>

<p>Sports:
Varsity Soccer (10,11)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Boys and Girls Tutoring (80 Hours)
Habitat for Humanity (40 Hours)
Raise! (120 Hours)
Hospital (60 Hours)
Library (20 Hours…lol I kind of quit without telling them…)</p>

<p>Summer experience:
Research in Primitive and Irreducible Polynomials Modulo A (did not submit to competitions)
Canada/USA MathCamp
Music Camp
Research in stability of Density Functions (did not submit to competitions - missed deadline)</p>

<p>I’m really too lazy to post anything else xD. How much do you guys think the SAT will affect me? I was a little too indecisive and I ended up having to cancel one date because of a science competition and SAT IIs got in the way afterwards. Long story short, I took it once. I guess it doesn’t really matter much now though.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is good, IMO. You could try and raise it higher if you choose, or maybe try the ACT.</p>

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<p>Harvard lol…</p>

<p>Good application thought. did you not play soccer freshman year?</p>

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<p>I feel like this thread should be named “The Bragging Space”…</p>

<p>oh wait, that’s most of CC.</p>

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<p>Another Latin lover! But that’s not what this is for</p>

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<p>^You have another one… I’m attending a Latin Convention next week… as a college student. haha</p>

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<p>I have another what??</p>

<p>I wanna go to a Latin convention!</p>

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<p>Time to finally write that research paper that was due 2 weeks ago…</p>

<p>Bleh, I’ll do it next week.</p>

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<p>haha^^ i have one due next mon the 28</p>

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<p>Haha, the only problem is I have no clue when it’s due. My teacher just said “don’t worry about it” :)</p>

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<p>Salve Salve!!!
A fellow Latin lover.</p>

<p>My latin con. is in about a month or so. I am in the MassJCL chapter. lolz</p>

<p>I’m more of a mythology person though. I can’t speak real latin for my life.
Are you part of the SCL?</p>

<p>@MIT</p>

<p>I hope that everything works out for you. I seriously do. Just do what you need to do to get into that program.</p>

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<p>Black rose, do you know of any good writing contests i could enter?</p>

<p>I wrote like 3 poems and i want to send them in somewhere.</p>

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<p>I have my fingers crossed for you MIT:(</p>

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<p>^^
There are a few that you could do. Some of the the date has passed already but it still good to know…
[Teen</a> Ink | Contests](<a href=“http://www.teenink.com/Contests]Teen”>Contests | Teen Ink)
[Writing</a> Contest for High School Students and Teens](<a href=“http://www.stageoflife.com/StageHighSchool/OtherResources/WeeklyHighSchoolWritingContest.aspx]Writing”>http://www.stageoflife.com/StageHighSchool/OtherResources/WeeklyHighSchoolWritingContest.aspx)
[American</a> Short Fiction](<a href=“American Short Fiction”>American Short Fiction)
[Essay</a> Contests — Ayn Rand Novels](<a href=“http://aynrandnovels.com/essay-contests.html]Essay”>http://aynrandnovels.com/essay-contests.html)
[Homeschool</a> Writers Contest Chart](<a href=“HugeDomains.com”>HugeDomains.com)
[Big</a> Fat Prize::Browse Prizes Prizes, Competitions, Contests, Cash Prizes, Awards, Championships, Trophies](<a href=“http://www.bigfatprize.com/index.php?page=prize&section=browse&category=17&subcategory=4]Big”>http://www.bigfatprize.com/index.php?page=prize&section=browse&category=17&subcategory=4)
[Writing</a> & Poetry Contest: poetry, prose, non-fiction, novels, short stories, flash fiction, screenplays](<a href=“http://www.proofpositive.com/contests/writecontests.htm]Writing”>http://www.proofpositive.com/contests/writecontests.htm)
[Writer’s</a> Digest - Competitions](<a href=“http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions]Writer’s”>http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions)
[Next</a> Step teen contests ? enter to win a college scholarship or a teen writing contest](<a href=“http://www.nextstepu.com/teen-contests.aspx]Next”>http://www.nextstepu.com/teen-contests.aspx)</p>

<p>some of these are pretty good, others not so much.Some of them have a writing prompt that you must do and stuff like that.</p>

<p>The best contest ever is
[Alliance</a> for Young Artists & Writers](<a href=“http://www.artandwriting.org/]Alliance”>http://www.artandwriting.org/)
but unless you are writing a novel the due dates have passed.
I can attempt to hunt down much more specific ones for you.</p>

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<p>Black, do you mind reviewing some of my pieces and give me some criticism?</p>

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<p>Of course!!! ^_^</p>

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<p>Alright i’ll send it in 10 minutes. It’s kinda rough.</p>

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<p>Me too!! May I read?</p>

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<p>I’m sending it. </p>

<p>Tell me exactly what you think.</p>

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<p>CPU, I meant you have another Latin Lover.</p>

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<p>I am part of the IlSCL! I’m psyched for Latin Convention, it’s going to be awesome! </p>

<p>I took four and a half years of Latin and I definitely couldn’t speak, nor could I really translate it. I was one of those Latin kids who more or less just got by (I mean, I got As but I couldn’t remember vocab.). I really liked the Roman history portion of it.</p>