<p>Greeting fellow students,</p>
<p>This is my first post on CC. I have refrained from the forum for the last three years, convinced that it's full of hype, but I've finally decided to give in and make a shot with this thread.</p>
<p>I would appreciate it if you could chance me. Here is my information:</p>
<p>Schools:
Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Duke, UChicago, UC Berkeley</p>
<p>Major: Undecided, but definitely business or science related</p>
<p>School: Rural high school, farm town, nothing good to have ever come out ~1500 students
School GPA: 4.0/4.0 College GPA: 4.0/4.0
PSAT: 230 (NM potential)
SAT: 2290 (760 CR, 760 W, 770 M)
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II</p>
<p>APs: Micro (5), World (5), U.S. (5, expected)</p>
<p>Classes (During my junior and senior years, I took classes at the local community college in addition to high school):</p>
<p>Honors English
Honors History
Honors Geometry
Biology
Spanish 1
Marketing 1</p>
<p>Honors English
AP World History
Honors Pre-calculus (skipped algebra 2)
Chemistry
Physics
Marketing 2</p>
<p>AP U.S. History
Spanish 3
Marketing 3
College:
General Chemistry 1,2, and 3
Calculus 3, 4 (skipped calc 1 and 2)
Differential Equations
English 101
English 244 (American Literature)</p>
<p>(Expected)
College:
Organic Chemistry 1, 2, and 3
General Biology 1, 2, and 3
Engineering Physics 1, 2, and 3
Linear Algebra
Engineering Statistics
Political Science
Spanish 5 and 6
English 276 (World Literature)</p>
<p>I've also taken online classes and received certificates from edX, Coursera, and Udacity</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars:</p>
<p>Key Club (International community service organization): District Treasurer, in charge of finances in 5 states and 2 provinces</p>
<p>Hi-Q (Academic quiz competition): 1st place state (x2), 3rd and 4th place nationals
-Single-handedly saved organization after sponsor dropped it by writing business plan, filing corporation, recruiting schools and students, and raising $40,000</p>
<p>DECA (Business competition): School president, 1st place state, 7th place nationals in business finance</p>
<p>Internship:
I have an internship offer this summer at Microsoft, where I would be working in the Electronic Manufacturing department.</p>
<p>Sports:
Football (Freshman year)
Tennis (JV, Sophomore year)
Private summer league basketball
Private golf (member of country club)</p>
<p>Talents: Public speaking (I am a great speaker), Investing (I trade stocks under my parent's account), Spanish (non-native, 100% fluent), Python</p>
<p>What do you think? Yes, my course load is heavy; I sleep 4 hours a day and skip some classes just so that I can keep up.
I'm not one of those competitive "college admission" types who pads my resume; I can honestly see myself at these schools.</p>
<p>If you need more information, I would be glad to give it.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>