<p>the other thread is dead... so started this one..</p>
<p>asian applying to
cornell(Ed) wash u, carnegiemellon, u mich, tufts, U of Illinois and BU</p>
<p>ALL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING</p>
<p>QUESTION: HOW's MY EC LOOKING? </p>
<p>ECs.
1. Math Team (10,11,12) Captain 12
2.Math Club 9,10,11,12 HEAD (11,12)
3. President of Mu Alpha Theta (math honors society) Hotchkiss Chapter
4. Peer to peer math help program (11,12) (founder and head)
5. Middleschool math mentoring (11,12) (head, part of math club, founder)
6. (Volunteer Webmaster of OISCA (An NGO in consulative status with United Nations) (11,12) full time summer(8 hours a day), now 2 hours a week regularly
7. Physics lower class tutor
8. Computer Tech Assistant of school IT (8 hours a day at the beginning of school year, now 2 hours a week)
9. Chair of 2nd violin of Orchestra (played for 11 years)</p>
<p>Awards
1. AMC/AIME scores : AMC 120 AIME: 8/15
combined index: 200 (cut off for math olympiad :217
qualified for AIME sophomore and junior year
2. Royal School of Music Grade 8 Violin Exam passed with Distinction
3. Hotchkiss School Physics Prize
4. Hong Kong Math Olympiad second class honor overall, second class honor for calculation and first class honor for mathematical concepts
5.Qualified for the supportive program for the Exceptionally gifted student by the HONG KONG Education department...
6. AP Scholar, letter of commendation for PSAT</p>
<p>SAT math 800, CR 710, Writing 710
SAT II Chem 790, Math IIC 790, physics 700 (retake probably 760+, will rush it in)</p>
<p>GPA: now this is tricky, my sophomore year english and spanish grade hurt me a lot and I wasnt fully adapted to the environment yet (moving from hong kong to the US)
I go to a school that sends 30% of its grads to HYPS..right now I have a B+ average, or 2nd quintile, but huge upswing trend and stellar first marking period grades(sent)</p>
<p>My math and science curriculum is more than maxed, took multivariable calc and linear algebra junior year.. also took AP chem test 5 and AP physics B test 4 tests after honors courses</p>
<p>Your ECs look good, but understand that for all of these schools, the ECs are secondary. It's the GPA, class rank, SATs, and SAT2s that really count. B+ and 2nd quintile is a bit weak for both Cornell and WashU, though a really good first marking period will probably help. On the other hand, your SATs and SAT2s are darn good. So:</p>
<p>Cornell - Reach
WashU - slight reach
carnegie mellon - Match
u mich - Match
tufts - Match
U of Illinois - Low match
BU - Safety</p>
<p>i also had my college advisor explain about the change of environment, moving cold turkey from a local school in hong kong to one of the top boarding schools...</p>
<p>well, i can confirm now I have real legacy coz i called up cornell and they say grad school and undergrad are the same according to their policy,,hope with ED it boosts?</p>
<p>I visited over the weekend, it is bleak, gray, cold, in the middle of nowhere. The kids at this school are like robots, they are all unhappy, and all wish that they had gone somewhere else (this is what a tourguide told me).</p>