<p>Ethnicity: Asian American (moved here when I was 8, naturalized citizen now)</p>
<p>PSAT: 223 (M: 80 CR: 72 W: 73)</p>
<p>SAT: 2240 (M: 800 CR: 740 W: 700) - might take again</p>
<p>ACT: 35 (E: 35 M: 35 R: 35 S: 36) - I hate myself for missing a math question and not getting the 36 because of that</p>
<p>SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Chemistry: 780, Physics: 770</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.7-4.8 weighted, ranked #2 in class of 250</p>
<p>APs: Chemistry: 5, World History: 4 from sophomore year
I took the Physics B (5), Physics C: Mechanics (4-5), Calc AB (5), U.S. History (4), Psychology (4-5), Language (5), and Comp Sci AB (4-5) exams this year -- in parentheses is the score I think I got</p>
<p>High school: I'm from WV so there's not much here. However, my high school is the top high school in the state and ranked in the 300s this year in the Newsweek rankings. Even with that, our school sends only 2 or 3 graduates to top schools every year.</p>
<p>ECs:
Played violin 7+ years, 3rd chair 1st violin West Virginia Youth Symphony, 8th chair All-State Orchestra, play with a quartet for weddings and volunteering, arranged my own music for electric violin/electric guitar duet (Canon Rock), earned "Unanimous Superior" ratings and placed 3rd in recent tri-state competition
Organized MathCounts team in middle school and coach the teams now that I'm in high school
Student council treasurer
Starter on church basketball team, runner-up this year
Quiz Bowl, Math & Science Bowl, and Math Field Day captains (1st place in state Math Field Day among 10th-12th graders this year, participated in ARML)
President/Founder of Super Smash Bros. Club at school
150+ volunteer hours, plan to get a job this summer and part-time during my senior year if possible</p>
<p>Now for the schools:
Since I'm pretty much undecided in terms of my major, I'm just going to apply to many schools and since I figure I'll get accepted to some of them, choose among my admits later.</p>
<p>I do have reasons for applying to these schools, because although I said I was undecided about my major, I'm looking toward Engineering, Computer Science, or Finance.</p>
<p>Schools that I plan to apply to (12): Cornell, MIT, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, UPenn, Duke, Northwestern, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan (Ann Arbor), Stanford</p>
<p>I would appreciate it if you guys tell me my chances for some of these schools and tell me what I need to improve on.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>