junior asking for advice on how to improve

<p>hey guys i jsut saw a thread here of another junior that asked how he could improve his profile....
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>ummm you've got a good shot just keep your grades up. Depends on which school you're applying to. Also, it's discrete math.</p>

<p>lol yea i know the spelling..just trying to make funny =) ...and umm engineering for chem-e. cause i <3 chem</p>

<p>Don't try to be well-rounded. Just be unique.</p>

<p>hmm so whats the verdict mz</p>

<p>It seems that u have a lot of extracurricular activities and interests. Just thinking that it would be better if they correspond with ur interest in ur future major. So "unique' here means that ur major should fit quitely nice with what u have been doing</p>

<p>yeyea i mean ive always tried to look as the more sciency type of guy...cause thats what i am...well hopefully if i write my essay on electrodynamics or something itll help me...actually yea i am writing it on electrodynamics...hopefully my sat and amc sscore should show that im a math/science oriented person</p>

<p>Yeah then u have nothing to worry about if u are going towards that direction.</p>

<p>chenqui =D</p>