<p>hey guys i jsut saw a thread of another junior that asked how he could improve his profile....so i thought i might as well
so if you guys could help me out that would be cool</p>
<p>school is ranked in top 115 among all public schools in nation...wealthy suburb</p>
<p>i have a serious upward trend in my high school transcript (low grades(all B+'s freshman year) to all A's(sophomore/junior(as of now)) , no honors --> all honors/AP-I'm not sure if this'll help me or hurt me so im hoping you guys have a better feel for my kind of situation.</p>
<p>Stats:
PSAT: 214-77 math 72 writing 64 cr
SAT IIs: ive only taken math 2- 770...gonna take chem and us history at the end of the school year- Practices give range between 770-800 on each.
GPA: 3.72 uw~(really low i know)
Rank: don't rank(not even decile)... extremely competitive school in LI</p>
<p>Currently taking 2 AP's/3 honors(most my schedule will allow and will take 5/6 AP's or so next year (calc, macro/micro,physics, english,government)</p>
<p>All honors/AP classes 11th and 12th , made honor roll all of 10th,11th</p>
<p>Going to be taking the AMC12 in january or so...im really not sure how im gonna do because i dont really know about the AMC but my school invited me to take the test ...so im expecting to do okay</p>
<p>ECS:
*President of Astronomy Club( conducted astronomy night at my school, conduct observing sessions every other week)
*Captain of club soccer team(cant play varsity because of religious obligations)(3 years)[Outdoor/indoor soccer for 3 years])-hoping to explain this obligation in my app.
*Drill Seargent of Church Youth Group(3 years)
*Master Guide of Seventh Day Adventist "Pathfinders" organization, kind of like a huge youth organization for my denomination.Master guide is the highest rank you can achieve. [pretty much a religious eagle scout type thing]
*Currently working as administrative assistant/research assistant at New Age Skin Research Foundation[will be mentioned as co-researcher in study that will be published in top dermatological journal]
*4 year of mathletes
*3 year of Model Congress(competed 2 years Yale,1 year Harvard, 1 year UPenn)</p>
<p>*~300 hours volunteering at LIJ Medical Center
*NHS-regular and french.
*2 years Website club</p>
<p>Summer Programs
*Attended Johns Hopkins CTY[discreet math] 9th grade
*Attended Cornell University Summer College[bioethics-contemporary medicine] 10th grade
*Going to attend One of-(Caltech SSP/MIT MITES/Caltech YESS/Garcia Research program-Polymers in biology) 11th-12th grade summer
*Im also applying to TASP but admit is unlikely since the admit rate is 10 percent but hopefully.</p>
<p>Awards(as of now)
*Ventures Scholar
*National Hispanic Scholar
*National Merit Commended</p>
<p>Other Factors:dad from Egypt, Mom from Peru. im gonna say extremely humble beginnings but im not exactly sure if thats a factor in admissions since i live in a more affluent neighborhood now.
Hook (if any): Hispanic/biracial i guess.? some research stuff as well
Location/Person:LI,NY
State or Country: USA
School Type: extremely competitive public...last year about the top 10-12% of about 400-500 kids in the graduating class went to ivy league and a couple of other went to places like Stanford, MIT,etc.
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Arabic
Gender: m</p>
<p>the only reason im thnking about it is that i heard that top schools such as harvard love qualified urm applicants so im thinking maybe i have a shot with my unique background. anyway tell me if its reasonabl</p>