<p>Hi.</p>
<p>Korean permanent resident, male, very good public school in Los Angeles, CA</p>
<p>Freshman year
English B, A-
Precal [H] B, B
Bio [H] A-, A-
social science [H] A-, A-
Spanish 1 A, A-
Orchestra A, A
cross country and track.</p>
<p>sophomore year
English [H]B, A-
AP Calc AB A, A
Chem [H] A-, A-
AP Euro B, B
Spanish 2 A-, A-
Orchestra A, A
cross country and track.</p>
<p>junior year
AP Language B, A-
AP Calc BC A, A
AP Chem B+, B
APUS A, A
Physics [H] A, A
Spanish 3 A-, A-
Orchestra A, A</p>
<p>senior year
AP lit
AP comp sci A
AP physics C
AP gov/econ
AP spanish
Orchestra</p>
<p>multivariable calculus from stanford EPGY</p>
<p>[H] denotes honor credit</p>
<p>overall 3.76 UW, 4.39 W.</p>
<p>Nov 2008 800CR, 740M, 710W (essay 9)
Jan 2009 800CR, 760M, 680W (essay 9)</p>
<p>SAT II
math 2c 800
korean 790
chem 770
us history 720
physics 720
lit 730</p>
<p>AP
euro 4
calc ab 5
calc bc (and subscore) 5
us 5
chem 5
english language 4</p>
<p>concertmaster of school orchestra 9, 10, 11th grade
orchestra president All nations church 9, 10 grade
soloist with korean american youth symphony 10th grade
American Youth Symphony 11th grade
scored 101.5 on AMC12 11th grade (qualified for AIME)
organized fundraising solo concert for american red cross summer before 12th grade
President of Academic Decathlon team (12th grade. Got gold medals in math and music 11th grade)</p>
<p>Recs
2 very good ones from teachers. counselors rec is also good</p>
<p>2 schools I'd love to go to that I have a chance of getting into are Columbia and Cornell. Can I still get in even if I apply RD?</p>
<p>Also, does ED hurt or improve my chances at Columbia or Cornell? I know for some schools (Stanford, MIT) it's better to go RD unless u have amazing stats/legacy/athlete.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>