<p>I am a British born Indian male currently residing in Canada. I have taken the IB programme diploma and have the following predicted grades:
SL English-7
SL Economics-7
SL French-6
HL Chemistry-7
HL Mathematics-7
HL Biology-7</p>
<p>In addition, my interests and activities, in order of importance are as follows:</p>
<p>RCM 8 practical, theory 2 piano
Black belt karate- bronze in regional competition
S.T.O.R.M. (tsunami relief) organization- gr.9, 10, 11 rep, gr. 12 president
DECA- gr.10, gr. 11 rep, gr.12
Kumon volunteer
National recipient of poetry competition 2x
Newspaper- gr. 9, 10, 11, editor in chief gr.12</p>
<p>Awards:
Grade 9 Math Contest-top 25%
Grade 10 Math Contest-top 10%
Grade 11 Math Contest-top 5%
Grade 12 Math Contest- top 5%
Grade 10 science award- highest academic average of student body
Grade 10 history award- highest academic average of student body
Grade 11 chemistry award- highest academic average of student body
Grade 11 biology award- highest academic average of student body
Robotics -national competition gold</p>
<p>Would it be wise to send in an additional arts supplement of my piano playing? For example...Chopin's op.28 no. 16? </p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read over my stats. Please reply, and I will greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>What are my chances at Harvey Mudd, Caltech, MIT, Princeton, and UC Berkeley for their physics programs...?
Desired Majors: Physics and minor in History( or philosophy)
GPA: 4.2 weighted
Year: Junior
Rank: 8/500-600
SAT:(should i raise these...i have 2170....but think i can raise another 100 pts)
Math: 780
CR: 690
WR: 700</p>
<p>SATII
World History: 800
Physics: 780( I didnt study at all....I will retake for an 800)</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
AP PHYSICS B through Johns Hopkins
Attending UC Berkeley's summer programs...3 yrs...same teacher...philosophy/logic
Volleyball....Club Volleyball year round ( want to play in college too)
Marching Band(3 yrs. so far)
Jazz Band last year
Science Fair...using my own original idea.....derivign a mathematical way to express relationship between pendula and chemical equilibrium
USAMTS...just for fun
taking AMC 12 and Rocket City This year....also Pomona talent search math comp.....not winner...but i like it i guess...i dunno
Science Olympiad First team...competing for medals in electronics physics and fermi
I tutor Math, and science at PrepPoint tutoring
I run my own history class sessions....planning on starting a tutoring buisness
in the summer might help teach a class at UC Berkeley
next year...planning on taking linear algebra or sophomore college chem at community college
4 APs this...Chem..Bio...Eng. and History....the most i could take sicne i have to take span and pre-calc
going to selfteach myself Calc thorugh EPGY and/or MIT OpenCoruseware..like i did w/ physics last summer
I do derivations in my spare time and derived algorithms...orignial ideas I suppose...i dont know...might send as supplementary materials...</p>
<p>Which colleges are you going(did you) to apply, blackgamma12?</p>
<p>Are you applying to Harvard, Yale, or Nothwestern? </p>
<p>Are you applying to a Canadian university?
I'm not familiar with the Canadian education system, but I do have a 2nd cousin, who is attending the University of British Columbia.</p>
<p>Volleyforlife, you should be fine. You could write a common app. essay about your passion for math and science.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I am just wondering if I need to do an internship and all that to show "evidence" for my passion. Internships are not my priority right now, because I want to be a theoretical physicist and want to still take classes over the summer and learn as much as I can about physics and science in general. I keep in touch with college profs from these universities though....is that good?</p>
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<p>blackgamma --- I think you have a good shot with the Canadian universities (a couple of people at my school have been accepted to McGill and other Canadian universities with lower stats than yours --- I'm from the US by the way). HYPSM are reaches for everybody, but you really do have stellar grades. If the college allows an art supplement, I don't see why not! It shows you're willing to do more for them.</p>
<p>lol physics SAT II - 780 (i didnt study at all)..
a 780 on the physics SAT II is an exceptional grade, and we all know you studied..you dont have to lie !! but other than that you have a good chance so keep at it</p>
<p>well, I have done Physics my whole summer, as I have gone through teh AP Physics book for the fun of it( that's what I want to do in college). I just didn't get to the part on light, so that's where I missed the questions. and NO 780 is not an exceptional score, the reason being 7% of the test takers get an 800. 780 puts me at 88%!!:( Anyways...my parents keep pestering me to retake the SAT cuz 2170 is not a good score....but I dont want to waste time studying for it....wat do u think?</p>
<p>Er actually, 780 is not a stellar score on the SAT II for physics... you can miss 12 questions out of the 70 or so that are there and still get an 800. So that means that if you got a 780, you missed 13+, which means that percentage wise, you actually got lesser than 85% of the questions correct. While this is <em>okay</em> as a grade percentage wise, this isn't that great when applying to higher schools.</p>
<p>Based on context, it is. In Canada, we have grade 11 and grade 12 Chemistry and Physics, two levels of courses for each subject. You'd have to take the test after the grade 11 course, which is quite rudimentary, while the SAT covers some material not even covered in the grade 12 course.</p>
<p>Yes, the same is true for Physics B and C too though in the United States. Relativity, for example, is barely even covered in Physics B, while we have to teach ourselves most/all of it. However, it could be true that your courses cover different material than ours... but it shouldn't be difficult to teach yourself the material that is on the SAT II exam for physics... just get a copy of the Princeton Review book or something and read that. The exam literally covers only the formulae; while application and concepts are present, more of the exam focuses directly on the formulae. Hope this helped! :)</p>