[eye catching title + i'll chance back!]

<p>hello!</p>

<p>so, i'm almost a junior (two more weeks until school starts!) and i'm hoping to get a realistic picture of my chances at the colleges i'll be applying to in about a year's time. thanks in advance for your responses, and i'll be sure to chance back!</p>

<p>please chance me for:</p>

<p>MIT (1st choice)
Stanford (2nd choice)
Caltech (3rd choice)
UC Berkeley (4th choice)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Polytechnic University
University of Virginia
University of Maryland- College Park
University of Texas- Austin
Princeton University
Cornell University</p>

<p>and add any colleges you think i may have missed! thanks so much!</p>

<p>my stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Male
East Asian<br>
4.35 GPA (weighted); projected 4.61 (weighted)
4.00 GPA (unweighted)
Rank 1/745
2290 SAT (760 CR 740 M 790 W)</p>

<p>SAT II:
chem 730
math ii 750
world history 770</p>

<p>ECs:
Marching band, percussion (#1 marching band in state, I believe, although I can't find an official source saying this)
Robotics team (FRC); won engineering inspiration at two regional competitions, ended up 1st and 2nd at each competition; went to worlds in st louis; placed 20th or so out of 88.
Youth Orchestra, Wind Symphony (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, Concert Orchestra (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, church (first chair oboe)
Piano (privately studied, 10+ years)
Boy Scout, Life Scout, Order of the Arrow (hoping to finish up Eagle soon); 30+ merit badges completed
Math Honor Society
Math Club
Academic Team (captain)
Interact Club
Key Club (treasurer)
Olympiad Club (preparation forIBO, IPhO, etc.), founder, prez
ChemClub (preparation for IChO), founder, prez
MCC (math competitions; ie preparation and taking amc, usamo, aime, etc)
YUGA (community service) (president)
Bethany Project (community service) (president)
Science Olympiad (team captain)
NSB (team captain)
JETS TEAMS (captain)
National Honor Society
Church youth group (small group leader)</p>

<p>Etc:</p>

<p>Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology
approx 250 community service hours from various sources
All County/All District Band
2nd place, school science fair
2nd place, regional science fair
Piano Guild of America Sonatina Award
Piano Guild of America Honor Award
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade VI-- highest level); superior rating
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade V); superior rating
HOBY Ambassador
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Founded tutoring service with a few friends; profitable
Job teaching piano lessons to younger students</p>

<p>Several professional iT certifications</p>

<p>schedule:</p>

<p>freshman: </p>

<p>pre ap english 9
advanced spanish 2
pre ap algebra ii/trig
advanced computer math
pre ap biology
pre ap world history ii
intermediate band
marching band</p>

<p>sophomore: </p>

<p>functions/analyt (precalc)
pre ap English 10
pre ap Spanish 3
web technology
ap computer science a (4)
ap world history (4)
ap statistics (5)
marching band
ap environmental science (5)
ap chemistry (3)</p>

<p>bump bump bump!</p>

<p>bump! all those views and no replies? I’ll chance back!</p>