<p>SAT 2270
Math II = 800, Physics = 780, Chem = 760
PSAT 231 = National Merit Semifinalist in PA
USACO Gold Qualifier
AIME Qualifier in 8th and 9th grade through AMC 12 - 10th in PA in freshman year
Sadly, I quit math contests after getting an AIME score of 7
Participated in ARML on a not-so-good team. However, it made the A division for the first time ever.
Participated in Harvard-MIT Math Contest.
10th place among 9th graders in the Lehigh Valley Math Contest
Courses: 13 A.Ps - took BC Calc, Physics C (both) in 9th grade - ran out of school courses
I've taken Real Analysis and Complex Analysis from Standford OHSx
took ChemWoot (6 month AOPS chemistry course)
Topcoder Blue ( only did one contest)
Founded a startup sophomore year with some friends and UPMC</p>
<p>Other activities:
2 years Varsity Tennis, 1 year Varsity Soccer
Chess Club, Astronomy Club, Random other silly contests
I also go to a boarding school</p>
<p>Well, you don’t show a ton of consistency, but you are a competitive applicant. I would say low-mid reach for CMU and high reach for everything else. Part of this is that these schools are all reaches, for anybody. </p>
<p>I’m no one to judge, but your SAT score is pretty good, and your academic records are outstanding! You’ve really challenged yourself! However, I don’t know what major you’re headings towards, but you may be lacking extracurriculars. As some people told me on my post, embellish on one or two activities and it’ll show your devotion. Btw ivys/ prestigious colleges are reaches for everyone.
Good luck! </p>
<p>Being a Quest Bridge applicant or similar might help add, however you are a very academically strong applicant and I personally believe you are a high reach for MIT, Harvard and Princeton but a solid match/low reach for CMU. Can you please chance me on my thread?</p>
<p>This is the first time ive ever encountered someone who did chem woot. How was it? I might do it next year. Anyways for your chances your extracurriculars lack focus. And I as well as admissions officers will find it very odd that you quit math competitions because of a ‘low’ AIME score. That shows you never had a true passion for competitive math. However usaco gold is good and being low income helps a lot. The sat score puts you in the range for most of those schools. If possible retake and aim for 2340 to get outside the range.
Harvard high reach
Princeton high reach
MIT mid reach
CMU low reach/match</p>
<p>The ChemWoot instructors were great but you can probably learn all the material simply from a Physical Chem/Organic Chem book. They do provide a lot of good problems though.
I plan to major in Math/CS. I probably should mention that I was interviewed by 3 CMU Professor in 6th grade and definitely could have taken classes there. ( My parents said I was too young). Yes, I don’t really like competing that much, but I’ve definitely studied a lot of advanced math that’s not competition related.</p>