Final list with many reaches =p

<p>*Korean male, came to the US 4.5 years ago. (Permanent resident)
*Senior from Suburban Houston, Texas
*Transferred from NY end of Sophomore year: killed my class rank
(totally different grading systems)
Counselor will explain this in a letter to each school, hoping it might help.) </p>

<p>GPA: UW~ 3.73/4.0 W~ 4.8/5.7 (only weighted GPA was killed)
Class rank: 126/650 (19%, weakest part) ranked by weighted GPA
Taking the most rigorous classes.
Junior year:
AP United States History: 5
AP Biology: 4
AP English Language: 2 -_-</p>

<p>Senior year, currently taking:
AP Calc BC, AP US Govt, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP Physics,
Spanish III H(also took two years of Italian), Band </p>

<p>SAT: 1460 (710v/750m)
SAT II's:
Math IC: 730
Math IIC: 750
Biology: 650
US History: 660
Writing: 700</p>

<p>EC:
*Weekly visits to a rehabilitation pavilion: over 100 hrs.
*Band 4 years, marching band won 4th in the Nationals (many many hours =p)
*Junior Varsity Soccer (9,10)
*Weekly volunteering at the local library, over 100 hrs.
*National Honor Society Member(11,12)
*Junior Engineering Technical Society (11,12) Historian (12)
*Academic Decathlon
*NY State-recognized math awards
*Good Recommendations
*Excellent Counselor rec letters
*National Merit Commended (203)</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Major-reaches
UPenn (college), Columbia (college), Wash U. St Louis (ED II, Engineering)</p>

<p>Match~reach
NYU, Emory</p>

<p>Match~safety
University of Texas- Austin
Texas A&M- College Station
Baylor University</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Here are my best estimates for the colleges I know about...</p>

<p>UPenn - 35% (chance really dependant of college you apply to within Penn)
Columbia - 25%
WUSTL - 65% (this one isn't so much of a reach as you may think ;P)
NYU - 80%
Emory - 70% (not toooooo sure about this one... -_-)</p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>