Help Me Finalize My List By Giving Me Chances!

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Region: California
School: Public, highly ranked</p>

<p>GPA:
3.6-3.7 unweighted, 4.1-4.2 weighted
Huge grade improvement: 9th grade was basically all B's, 10th grade had 2 B's, 11th Grade had all A's</p>

<p>SAT:
660 cr, 800m, 800 wr</p>

<p>SAT II:
800 Math II, 740 Physics, 760 Chemistry</p>

<p>AP:
Lang.&Composition - 5, Calculus AB - 5, US History - 3, Physics -4</p>

<p>IB:
Mathematics SL - 6, Physics SL - 4</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
JSA 9-12, Treasurer in 11th, President in 12th
CSF 9-12
Academic Decathlon 9-12
Math Club 9-12, Chief of Staff in 11th
Ecology Club 10-12
Boy Scouts 9-12 (since 5th grade), many troop positions, Eagle scout
School newspaper 11-12, sports editor
JV Tennis 10-11, Varsity Tennis 12</p>

<p>Awards:
National merit semi-finalist (hopefully finalist)
6th place in regional journalism competition
Newspaper placed as national finalist in Pacemaker finalist</p>

<p>What are my chances for:</p>

<p>-Cal Tech
-UC Berkeley
-Harvey Mudd
-Carnegie Mellon
-Cornell
-Northwestern
-USC
-Emory</p>

<p>Yah, you might want to trim your list down a good bit. ORM in ORS, who of course is on the math team. You are completing the stereotype perfectly. My suggestion would be to trim that list down to maybe 2-4 of those colleges and then apply to some matches and safety’s.</p>