<p>Edit:</p>
<p>Sex is... err... male, to the first poster</p>
<p>1st generation Russian immigrant; Born in Russia then came over, still fluent/literate in Russian, Dual Citizenship</p>
<p>Middle Middle Class income bracket (widowed parent, 60k b4 taxes, large family)</p>
<p>School: Relatively prestigious college prep, locally known to be far more difficult compared to surrounding public schools</p>
<p>Cumulative UW/W GPA: 3.885/4.332 (should go up come senior year to a 3.9/4.4 or so)</p>
<p>Intended Major: BioChem, Pre-med, off to projected General/Orthopedic surgery in Med School
Interests: Very much into reading (lit and philosophy, w/ occasional science thrown in), hiking, Biology, Number theory, math, animals, etc. etc. etc.</p>
<p>Course Load: Fairly Challenging; heavy emphasis on science</p>
<p>APs taken:
Chem - 4
US - 5
Engl Lang - 5
Euro - 4
Art (Drwaing) - 3
Bio - 5
Calc AB - 5</p>
<p>APs next year (projected 5s on all actual classes, mebbe a 4 on econ if I slack):
Calc BC
Micro/Macro Econ (self study)
Enviro (Self Study)
Psych
Lit
Physics B</p>
<p>Class Rank/Size: School doesn't rank but counselor says I'm def in top 5%, probably higher - Placement test taken at beginning of school year to get in had me at the top 5, w/ no higher brackets); Approx 240 students in grad class</p>
<p>PSAT: 220, expecting to be a NM finalist</p>
<p>-SAT I - 1 sitting
CR:800
M:800
W:710 (11, 67 subscores)</p>
<p>-SAT II scores - Taking Math 2, Bio, and some other one in Oct; math and Bio should be 800s, or pretty close</p>
<p>-ECs --
-Hospital Volunteering <a href="200+%20hours%20now,%20will%20be%20300+%20come%20app%20time%0A-Tutoring%20underprivileged%20inner%20city%20elementary%20school%20students%20%5B10%5D%20(40%20hours)%0A-St.%20Vincent%20De%20Paul%20Volunteering%20%5B11%5D%20(50%20hours)%0A-Frivolous%20clubs%20(NHS,%20NAHS,%20Environmental%20club,%20and%20a%20couple%20others%20-%20No%20leadership%20positions%20in%20them%20--%20eck)%0A-I%20should%20be%20a%20leader%20of%20two%20%22retreats%22%20come%20next%20year,%20wherein%20I%20and%20a%20couple%20of%20others%20will%20take%20some%20students%20north%20and%20give%20a%20bunch%20of%20talks,%20lead%20activities,%20host%20discussions,%20and%20plan%20everything%20in%20general%20-%201%20retreat%20is%205%20days%20long%20another%20is%204">10-12</a>
-Knowledgeable about Russian culture from living there (see summers for more info). Not sure if worth listing but hey, they want diversity, right?</p>
<p>-employment --
Going to a private school with a $13,000 tuition (I get an 11k scholarship to go there, no worries) requires that I participate in a "Work Study" Program by which I might work some of the tuition (usually about 1k a year) off. Summer before 9th grade I did construction and maintenance/repair, 10th grade I did odds and ends during the year (was a guide during conference nights, for example), before 11th I did Maintenance/Repair and worked at a snack bar, and before 12th (right now) I will again do maintenance and repair.</p>
<p>Summers - I also did summer school in the summers before 9th grade and 12th grade and went back to Russia for summers before 10th and 11th, where I stayed for ~2 months with my grandparents. This is in addition to the above work done during summers.</p>
<p>My essay will be killer, and my Recs will be very laudatory also</p>
<p>Ahem, this is where the colleges come in. Unfortunately, I haven't quite looked at very many colleges besides my in-state ones, and so was hoping for suggestions on what "tier" would be my reach, safety, and fit. So far, I've looked at:</p>
<p>The University of Arizona </p>
<p>Yep, that's pretty much it (I'm certain I'll make it in regularly, so I really want for this thread to be grounded in recommendations). I'm hoping to get the Flinn Scholarship, so maybe I'll rewrite that as:</p>
<p>The University of Arizona (Flinn)</p>
<p>Chance me? (and recommend prospective reaches, safeties, and fits)</p>