<p>Hi, I know it's ridiculous to ask for a chance because I know it's pretty much everyone has a straight shot at colleges like Darmouth, so anyways, moving on.</p>
<p>Asian Male
Oregon
Senior with 700 in my graduating class (we're the biggest high school in Oregon) and probably the most competitive too lol, considering our class size
Parents make less than 60,000 a year
No religious affiliation whatsoever</p>
<p>GPA- 3.95 unweighted and 4.28 GPA (included with freshmen year, W/O is 4.5GPA weighted)
SAT's- 770 reading, 690 writing, 720 math (2180)
SAT II's- US History 720, World History 770, Lit 700 (2200)
Rank- not so sure, probably around 10%. What's really sad that my high school takes in these kids from an advanced middle school who get a good start taking about 1-2 AP classes their freshmen year and around 4-5 their sophomore year. Basically, it's going to be hard to catch up with them.
Ap's taken (8): Biology (5), US History (5), Psychology (5), Government (5), Environmental Science (4), Economy both micro and macro are condensed into one year together (4 and 5), English Lang (4). I'd have taken 13 AP Classes by the time I graduate and I think my school offers 16, not sure really.</p>
<p>Based on most notable classes</p>
<p>Freshmen year:
I did English honors, chemistry honors, and global studies honors</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
AP Government
AP Biology
Spanish 3</p>
<p>Junior year:
AP US History
AP Psych
AP Economy
AP Environmental Science
AP English Lang
Spanish 4</p>
<p>Senior year:
AP Calc AB
Spanish 5
AP Physics
AP Euro History
AP English Lit
AP Stats</p>
<p>EC's:
Key Club (9-12), Secretary during junior year
MUN (10-12), ambassador during junior year
Speech and Debate (10-12), some good awards in that
NHS (11-12)
Boy's State
Internship at a law firm
Attended Vietnamese School every Sat.</p>
<p>Volunteering:
200+ at the Salvation Army
200+ at the community library</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
Speech and Debate awards, 1st place at an invitational was my highest
Volunteering awards
Honors Diploma</p>
<p>So basically, Dartmouth is what I'm shooting for, I've been to campus before and I've got to say I like it. I'm thinking about majoring in political science and I hear Dartmouth has a really good program there.</p>
<p>Other Colleges I'm applying to:
Stanford
Univ of Chicago
Columbia
NYU
Amherst
Wesleyan
Boston College
UC Berkeley
Georgetown
Suggest some others for me that have good political science majors.
Thank you and leave any input you'd like or remind me if i'm forgetting something.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I also did 9 years or about of Kiyokushin (something like that) karate but stopped after I moved because couldn't find another place to practice it in Oregon and plus, I'm a black belt with one stripe but was too young to compete in tournaments. Did 5-6 years of piano and 3-4 years of trumpet (was in jazz band in middle school). I think it should include the karate part but not my instrumental part.</p>
<p>Plus, everyday I'd go for a walk with my dad and sister in the afternoon, usually for a half hour walk and I'm thinking about doing an essay on this because I've really close to my family so thanks.</p>