(insert catchy phrase) Questions, concerns, advice?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm Indian and I go to a SMALL private competitive catholic high school (i'm not catholic) in NJ; the class size is about 65.</p>

<p>Grades: 94/100 3.9 UW/4.X W
Rank: 5/65
ACT: Will take in the spring
PSAT: 149/218 (CR 69, M 80, W 69)
SAT: 730CR, 800M, 800W (1530/2330)
SAT IIs: Chem: 730, Math IC: 680, 800 Bio E, 800 Bio M; I plan on also taking Math IIc
AMC: 102...haven yet to take the AIME</p>

<p>Classes: I've taken the most rigorous course load offered so far (I plan to keep it that way.</p>

<p>By the end of senior year, I would have taken these APs:</p>

<p>AP Chem, AP USH, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP, Macro/Micro, AP Lang, AP French.</p>

<p>Freshman and Sophomore year were all honors classes, except for AP USH in sophomore (its a two part course at my school)</p>

<p>Junior Year:</p>

<p>AP Calc AB
AP US
AP Lit
AP Chem
French Hon (No AP offered)
Religion</p>

<p>EC's/Activities (I'm assuming I'll still be in them in 12th grade):</p>

<p>Newspaper- Writer 10, Managing Editor 11, Editor-In-Chief 12
French Club- 9-12 (no positions given, not really needed)
JSA- President and Founder 11-12
Yearbook- Pictures and Writing Editor, 11-12
Operation Smile: Treasurer 9-12
Bridges (we go to different areas in the nearest cities to hand out provisions to the homeless)- 9-12
Math Team- 10-12 #1 in the grade, #3 in the state, #2 in the school; Outstanding Achievement award (Math League)
Cross Country and Track- Varsity 10,12
Chess Club- No positions offered 9-12
Habitat for Humanity- I've worked at the main office and built houses over a few summers. 500 hrs
Boy Scouts- I'm heavily involved, have been doing it for 10 years, getting close to my Eagle.
Local Soup Kitchen- I've cooked meals and volunteered there before. 75 hrs
EnVisionSys- Work: 100 hrs
Neuropsychological Research- I'll be working with a professor at either UCSD or Queen's College next summer helping them conduct their research.
Fed Challenge Team- 11,12
National Honor Society- 11,12
Film Club-11,12</p>

<p>In my spare time, i collect coins.</p>

<p>Summer Programs-</p>

<p>CTY Crytography JHU
Summer@Brown- Genetics and Philosophy</p>

<p>Most of my teachers like me and I have a strong relationship with my guidance counselor. I am a voracious reader and writer.</p>

<p>To get a better feel for who I am:</p>

<p>I am interested in brains, philosophy, psychology, synthesizers, conspiracy theories, evolution, mystics, prophets, moralizers, crazy people, chimps, cafes, writing, the cosmos, films, dessert, reislings and riojas, a good toothpick, a nice fresh red pen, sincere friends, children their follies and unintentional honesty, sunshine, silliness from profundity, photography, audiobooks, running, a solid quote, zombies, infectious diseases, introspection, the mail, hedgehogs, finding my every limit, and I love analyzing Economic Behavior, trying to comprehend String Theory, Reading, people-watching, cognitive reverie, eBay, memorizing trivial pursuit cards, sky gazing, and getting the mail.</p>

<p>*One must remember, i go to a small catholic high school, where there are almost no ECs offered; I have done (and I'm doing) as much as I can with the opportunities presented.</p>

<p>I want to double major in Mathematics and Finance (I'm leaning towards Math) and here are the schools I am thinking of applying to:</p>

<p>UChicago, Northwestern, Berkley, Columbia, Cornell, McGill, UPenn, Amherst, Williams, Caltech, HYPS(I know i won't get in, but it doesn't hurt to apply), JHU, Rice, Brown, UMich, Swarthmore...to name a few. These are in no particular order.</p>

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<p>More organized version:</p>

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<p>All of these are hard schools to get into, but your grades, SAT's and EC's all sound good. I don't have a solid answer for you though...</p>

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<p>I'm Indian and I go to a SMALL private competitive catholic high school (I’m not catholic) in NJ; the class size is about 65.</p>

<p>• Statistics</p>

<pre><code>Grades: 94/100 3.9 UW/4.X W
Rank: 5/65
ACT: Will take in the spring
PSAT: 149/218 (CR 69, M 80, W 69)
SAT: 730CR, 800M, 800W (1530/2330)
SAT IIs: Chem: 730, Math IC: 680, 800 Bio E, 800 Bio M; I plan on also taking Math IIc.
AMC: 102...haven yet to take the AIME
</code></pre>

<p>Classes: I've taken the most rigorous course load offered so far (I plan to keep it that way.
By the end of senior year, I would have taken these APs:</p>

<p>AP Chem, AP USH, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Bio, AP, Macro and Micro, AP Lang, AP French.</p>

<pre><code>Freshman and Sophomore year were all honors classes, except for AP USH in sophomore (its a two part course at my school)

**Junior **Year:
AP Calc AB
AP USH
AP Lit
AP Chem
French Hon (No AP offered)
Religion
</code></pre>

<p>• **EC's/Activities<a href="I'm%20assuming%20I'll%20still%20be%20in%20them%20in%2012th%20grade">/B</a>:</p>

<pre><code>Newspaper- Writer 10, Managing Editor 11, Editor-In-Chief 12
French Club- 9-12 (no positions given, not really needed)
JSA- President and Founder 11-12
Yearbook- Pictures and Writing Editor, 11-12
Bridges **(we go to different areas in the nearest cities to hand out provisions to the homeless)- 9-12
**Math Team- 10-12 #1 in the grade, #3 in the state, #2 in the school; Outstanding Achievement Award (10)
Chem II Team
Cross Country and Track- Varsity 10,12
Habitat for Humanity- I've worked at the main office and built houses over a few summers. 500 hrs
Boy Scouts- I'm heavily involved, have been doing it for 10 years, getting close to my Eagle.
Local Soup Kitchen- I've cooked meals and volunteered there before. 75 hrs
EnVisionSys- Work: 100 hrs
Neuropsychological **Research*- I'll be working with a professor at either UCSD or Queen's College next summer helping them conduct their research.
**Fed Challenge Team- 11,12
**National Honor Society- 11,12
**Film Club*-11,12
</code></pre>

<p>• Summer Programs</p>

<p>o CTY Crytography JHU
o Summer@Brown- Genetics and Philosophy</p>

<p>• **Other **tid bits of information:</p>

<pre><code>Most of my teachers like me and I have a strong relationship with my guidance counselor. I am a voracious reader and writer.
</code></pre>

<p>In my spare time I collect coins</p>

<p>I am interested in brains, philosophy, psychology, synthesizers, conspiracy theories, evolution, mystics, prophets, moralizers, crazy people, chimps, cafes, writing, the cosmos, films, dessert, reislings and riojas, a good toothpick, a nice fresh red pen, sincere friends, children their follies and unintentional honesty, sunshine, silliness from profundity, photography, audiobooks, running, a solid quote, zombies, infectious diseases, introspection, the mail, hedgehogs, finding my every limit, and I love analyzing Economic Behavior, trying to comprehend String Theory, Reading, people-watching, cognitive reverie, eBay, memorizing trivial pursuit cards, sky gazing, and getting the mail.</p>

<p>• *One must remember, i go to a small catholic high school, where there are almost no ECs offered; I have done (and I'm doing) as much as I can with the opportunities presented.</p>

<p>I want to double major in Mathematics and Finance (I'm leaning towards Math) and here are the schools I am thinking of applying to:</p>

<p>These are in no particular order:</p>

<p>• UChicago
• MIT
• Northwestern
• Berkley
• Columbia
• Cornell
• McGill
• UPenn
• Amherst
• Williams
• Caltech
• HYPS(I know i won't get in, but it doesn't hurt to apply)
• JHU
• Rice
• Brown
• UMich
• Swarthmore</p>

<p>I "tried" to edit this to make it more readable.</p>

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<p>i dont know if im knowledgable enough about these schools, but tenatively id say yes for umich, swarthmore, jhu, mcgill (i got in and i have lower stats than you), northwestern.</p>

<p>decent chance: uchicago, berkeley, cornell, amherst, williams, rice</p>

<p>the rest you definitely have a shot for...theyll definitely consider your app seriously for admissions, but schools like these are quite literally a crapshoot but i think the fact that you are pretty much as involved as you can be at your school and youre a minority in the top 10 percent of class rank will certainly help you.</p>

<p>again, dont take my opinion too seriously, of these schools i only applied to mcgill. but that's what i would guess.</p>

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<p>any more takers??</p>

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<p>Do you know that your screen name was on the front page of the New York Times the other day, in conjunction with William F. Buckley's obituary? (It's not a word I'll ever forget.)</p>

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<p>Thats interesting, i didn't know that. Sesquipedalian means 'characterized by the use of big words'.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>You have an excellent application. There's very little to nitpick. You have great SATs, and a pretty decent GPA in a competitive school in one of the most competitive states in NJ. Your list of EC's may be a little broad, but nevertheless you have an impressively vast list of activities. You're going to get into the schools that like the person they see in recs/essays. Your application can't get too much better. HYPS is a reach of course but I would not be the least bit surprised if you got in there.</p>

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<p>Thanks innervisions!</p>