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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>college plans: pre-med and biomedical engineering</p>

<p>Full-IB diploma
GPA: 3.83 (UW) / 4.55(W)
SAT: 630 CR, 730 W, 770 M
Rank: 27/412
SAT II: Math 2 (770), Bio-E (680)*
APs: Calc AB (4), Physics B (4)
IBs: French B SL (4)</p>

<p>ECs:
Swim team: clubs and school (all throughout high school)
Science Academic Team: 12th grade
Academic Team: 11-12th grade
National Honor Society: 11-12
Science National Honor Society: 11-12
National Math Honor Society: 11-12
National English Honor Society: 12**
National Society of High School Scholars
French club
Chinese School (2008 graduate)
Clarinet and Alto Sax: since 4th grade
Tri-M Music Honor Society: was nominated but induction ceremony is not until April</p>

<p>Awards:
Highest Honor roll award (from my school): all throughout high school
Johns Hopkins CTY state award: 7th grade</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Internship at Qiagen: 10th grade
Internship at NCI: 11th grade</p>

<p>Misc:
Did a poster on my research at NCI and presented it during a convention held at the Bethesda campus</p>

<p>Used that same research and wrote a report which was entered in the Intel STS</p>

<p>IB extended essay on ethics of human embryonic stem cell research</p>

<p>Classes:
all honor classes except the electives, which don't have any levels
-IB English HL: A
-IB Math HL: B***
-IB Chem HL: A
-IB French SL: A
-AP Physics B: A
-IB Comp Sci SL: B</p>

<p>Senior Year (doing pretty well so far):
-IB English HL
-IB Math HL
-IB Chem HL
-IB History of Americas
-IB Theory of Knowledge
-AP Physics C***
-Student Service Learning
-Concert Band</p>

<p>Community Service:
biggest ones are: SAT Math teacher and SAT CR & W Teacher's Assistant</p>

<p>many other small ones:
-Science Fair judge
-Carnival set up
-Chinese School service</p>

<p>*Due to my school's weird scheduling system, I could not fit an AP Bio class in my schedule and IB Bio isn't enough for SAT II. So I studied the whole curriculum by myself (yes this is true), and my teacher told me a 680 is very respectable especially since I studied independently. I will also be taking the AP Bio test in May 2010, studying on my own again.</p>

<p>**The National English Honor Society was not available in my school until my senior year</p>

<p>***IB Math HL is, according to my teacher, the hardest math class offered in the county and also possibly THE hardest overall class in the county. Same goes for AP physics C, but it's probably not as hard as IB Math HL.</p>

<p>Schools:
-UPenn
-Wash. U. in St. Louis
-UChicago
-Johns Hopkins
-UVA
-UNC Chapel Hill
-Michigan
-U. of Wash.
-UMD, college park</p>

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<p>UPenn - reach
WashU - reach
UChicago - reach
JHU - reach
UVA - low match
UNC Chapel Hill - high match
UMich - high match
U of Wash - safety
UMD - safety</p>

<p>Your academic load is impressive. However, I’m afraid that your extracurriculars seem forced because you picked them up as a junior, for the most part. Also, your race is going to hurt you a bit in applications. Your internships are very respectable, though, and you will succeed wherever you end up. Good luck!</p>

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<p>my ECs weren’t forced. If you’re talking about my honor societies, it’s because only juniors and seniors are allowed to apply, and idk why :P.</p>

<p>but yeah thanks, and good luck to you too.</p>

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<p>-UPenn-reach
-Wash. U. in St. Louis-reach
-UChicago-low reach but it depends on your essays
-Johns Hopkins-low reach
-UVA-match
-UNC Chapel Hill-match/low reach depending if you’re in state/out of state
-Michigan-match
-U. of Wash.-in
-UMD, college park-in</p>

<p>you’re pretty well rounded but you need to have awesome essays if you want to increase your chances for those reaches.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a good shot at all of them, but it depends how you market yourself. It’s hard to tell from this what your passions are; if you are good at the sax or something like that, you could send in a supplement. But the way you put everything, it’s hard to pick out the stuff you’d like to pursue in college. </p>

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<p>music isn’t really a “passion;” it’s really more like a hobby or supplement like you said. I just want to be, as anyone would say, well-rounded, indulging myself all sorts of activities.</p>

<p>but my main passion is science; that’s why I did my internship and took the time to document my research.</p>

<p>but anyways thanks, and good luck to you too</p>

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<p>u chicago / penn / JHU good chances assuming you write fantastic essays</p>

<p>probably in at UNC if you’re in-state. can be ridic hard if you’re OOS</p>

<p>good luck! : )</p>

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<p>well if you’re good at music id definitely send in a supplement but id say uve got a good shot at all of these schools. upenn is just a little iffy, but it is for everyone</p>

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