<p>I already know what's a reach/match/safety for me after doing a lot of research so I'm not going to freak out over what you say. Let's see how close you guys get to what I have.</p>
<p>College list.
Penn (ED)
Notre Dame (EA)
Michigan (EA)
Rutgers 6-year Pharm (EA)
Carnegie Mellon (RD/EDII?)
Cornell (RD)
Emory (RD)
Vanderbilt (RD)
NYU (RD)
Wake Forest (RD)
Illinois (RD)
Georgia Tech (RD)</p>
<p>This Is Me.
Asian American.
New Jersey.
Public school, quite competitive, 20 APs offered.
Sends students to Ivies and top 10 colleges every year.
Class Rank: Reported in quintiles. Top quintile.
7 APs to be taken by senior year. That's the standard amount for top students (highest ever was 10 because of school system) This schedule is rigorous compared to what the school offers.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.66 UW
SAT: 1390/2120, 1540/2340
PSAT: 219. Commended likely.
SAT II Math II 790 US History 730 Chemistry 710
APs Chemistry 3 US History 5 Language 5</p>
<p>ECs (by senior year): </p>
<ul>
<li><p>Marching Band, 4 years.
Soloist (10th, 11th), Section Leader (11th), Assistant Drum Major (11th), Vice President (12th), Drum Major (12th), over 1000 hours spent. (Drum major = conductor). Played alto and bari sax, won state and regional awards in USSBA as well as band awards.</p></li>
<li><p>Indoor Drumline, 2 years.
Learned marimba just for this. No leadership positions are offered in Drumline. Won state and regional awards here and band awards as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Other music.
Instruments I play: the four main saxophones (alto, tenor, soprano, baritone), marimba, guitar, bass, clarinet, used to play piano.</p></li>
<li><p>Tri-M Honor Society. 1.5 years.</p></li>
<li><p>UPenn Technician Work. 2 years (summers)
Did research at an environmental technician lab. Possible letter from a professor, who went to Yale.</p></li>
<li><p>UPenn Biomedical Academy. 1 summer
Summer program, learned about... sciencey stuff.</p></li>
<li><p>Virtua Hospital Volunteering. 1.5 years.
~Few hundred hours.</p></li>
<li><p>Running.
Ran since 8th grade, began running in 5ks and other public events that promote a good cause. Might also do cross country or intermural basketball senior year (not to pad my app but for my own enjoyment)</p></li>
<li><p>Interact Club (3 years)
Vice President (11th). Charity events, school programs, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Chinese school volunteering (2 year)
Former volunteer officer. Taught chess and how to speak English.</p></li>
<li><p>DECA (2 years)
Won regional and state awards in DECA events. Top 5 in regionals, Top 10 in states.</p></li>
<li><p>Writing.
NaNoWriMo (3 years), Online Text Based Roleplaying (4 years), attempting to enter some contests this year.</p></li>
<li><p>NHS. Yeah.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Recs: English and Chemistry. IDK how they'll go.
Essays: Eventually these essays will be beautiful. Assume they will be.
Major: Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or Pharmacy (whatever major gets me here)</p>