Hi. My story goes like this… I was born to American parents overseas and lived in my country of birth till I was 15, when we moved to the US. I attended local public schools back home and completed the 9th grade at a local middle school. I am planning on graduating from the public American High School I now attend a year early, because I really don’t like my school, and culturally, I really don’t fit in here.
I’m taking a challenging course load (many AP’s) and several community college courses.
Stats:
AP World History - 5
AP Economics: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Computer Science (self taught): 5
ACT: 33
Race: Asian
EC’s:
Equestrian team, volleyball varsity, math club, programming competitions online.
Freelancing as an interpreter/translator.
My top choice schools are Caltech and MIT. I’d also like to apply to Princeton, Columbia, UCLA, UMich, Arizona, and UIUC.
Have you had the money talk with your parents? Either you will not be able to afford the out of state public’s, or all of the schools will be expensive. I believe that the general consensus here is that graduating early is a negative to your profile. You have less time to differentiate yourself.
When do you have to decide whether you are graduating after junior year?
Can you apply to a couple colleges, see if you get in, and continue with senior year community college classes without graduating if you don’t get into one of your top colleges?
You should have at least one class each of physics, chemistry, and biology by the time you graduate, especially for MIT and Caltech. When will that be?
Just wanted to add: my GPA is quite high, and I’m on the honors list. However, because I didn’t attend an English-language middle school, I was not allowed to take honors classes during my first year here
