my chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>hello,</p>

<p>i finished my junior year in a public school, and i'm really interested in Caltech. so I would greatly appreciate any input. Thanks</p>

<p>Grade/classes
unweighted GPA (including my junior yr.): 4.00
rank : in top 1% out of 550
I took three ap classes in my soph. yr.: AP Euro. Hist. (5), Physics B (5), World Hist. (4)
I took 5 ap classes this yr.: Comp. Sci., Spanish, Calc BC, U.S.History, Micro & Macro Econ.
For my senior year: AP Gov., AP Biology, Robotics, AP English, math (2nd yr. Calculus....)</p>

<p>SAT I and SAT IIs
SATI: M 800 / R 690 / W 690 (essay ; 9) one-sitting and planning to retake in October.
SATIIs: Math II 800 / Physics 800 / U.S. History 710 (oh well..)</p>

<p>ECs
NHS (3 years so far.)
i got 6 on AIME 2006 and 2007
USAMTS for 2 yrs. (HM in the first yr and Bronze medal in this year)
ARML for 3 yrs. and planning to participate next year too. I won an individual and some team awards...
I also took a class at artofproblemsolving website....
Some other local math awards
Math Club (officer)
Academic club (president) - I won the first in math in my county competition.
Robotics in my senior year
I'm doing a research in local college and if i can, i want to submit my research into Intel and Siemens competition...</p>

<p>Sport
Tennis (4yrs.) - 2yrs. Varsity
Community Service
100+ hrs at local library
i'll do some more at local hospital this summer.</p>

<p>I think that's about it......right now i'm worried about my SAT I and my ECs..
Do you guys think my ECs show my passion for math and science?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance,</p>

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<p>bump...........</p>

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<p>any ideas?</p>

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<p>Not ideas based on anything other than reading this board, and having applied and gotten in, but I'd say you have a decent shot. I think if you did submit your research to Intel, or tried to get it published somewhere that would be a significant EC - you certainly seem to have the aptitude for math/science. If you got the research recognized somewhere, I would expect you to get in. But as I said, I don't really have a clue. I would think (and hope) that that would be a bigger deal than the verbal SAT. The 25th percentile for the 2004-5 common data set was 700, so 690 certainly isn't an outlier.</p>

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<p>thanks alot! that's reassuring.</p>

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<p>Ouch...1 more point and you'd gotten into USAMO. Intel is only for seniors, it'll be too late for college apps. Siemens is fine though.</p>