<p>hi this is my first post here although i've been looking through forums for a couple days ^^</p>
<p>well im a rising sophomore.. (i kno i hesitated to post because most other posters seem like juniors/seniors but i wanted to get started on this asap)</p>
<p>freshman year-
albegbra 2
history 9
biology honors
spanish 2 honors
english 9
bible (i go to a christian private school in MA)</p>
<p>sophomore year-
geometry honors
history 10 honors
chemistry honors
english honors
spanish 3 honors
bible</p>
<p>junior year-
pre-cal honors
ap american history
ap bio
ap american lit.
spanish 4
bible</p>
<p>senior year-
ap calc
ap european history
physics honors
ap british lit
ap spanish
bible</p>
<p>so that's 7 ap courses i will take possibly more but not sure if i can fit more in my schedule
and my gpa freshman year (altho theres no point in saying it because almost everyone has a high gpa) was a 3.95 w/ 4.2ish uw
and i'm confident i'll b in the top 5% of my class my whole highschool career</p>
<p>and i am korean.. so i guess im minority?</p>
<p>im confident i can get an 800 on the math section of sat even right now
and im taking sat prep course for writing, and for verbal.. i guess books and vocab memorization and mayb sum sat prep next year too</p>
<p>for the writing section i got a 670/800 on my first try on a practice test.. i expected much worse.. (in the 500's haha) but i think i can manage to increase it to the 700's</p>
<p>the problem for me is that im really weak on vocabulary, and i'm concerned about the verbal section.. any solutions?</p>
<p>sat II's i'll probably do math Ic or IIc, chem, bio, writing, korean(if that helps at all lol)</p>
<p>anyways for the ACT.. i hav a feeling i would do much better on that than the sat's</p>
<p>for ec's
nhs (is it from sophomore year or junior year? but the req is B- avg or something so it's not a problem)
im on varsity soccer though im no superstar (i'll b playing soccer all 4 years)
i play tennis for a hobby
im interested in biology a lot so i plan on doing something special involving it next summer
i hav a summer job..
and imgoing to korea soon so i'll b volunteeering at a local hospital (well the largest one in korea)
i played piano for 7 years (does that even help? =/) im not sure if i shud quit piano or not..
i play in concert band (this for 4 years too)
NEML/AMC/AIME
publications (probably future editor-in-chief)
active member in church youth group (so including mission trips)</p>
<p>teacher recommendations or gc recommendations won't b a problem because i maintiain good relationships with my teachers and plus its a small school =)</p>
<p>i find my ec's my weakest area and i need some suggestions for things to do
i'm interested in biology a lot.. especially evolutionary biology and biotechnology
so im trying to find a project i could do related to bio but i still feel like i need some more ec's</p>
<p>presumably i'll maintain my grades at this level because i've never slipped before and academics hav always been priority. and presuming that all these plans go well, what colleges should i look into? i was looking into emory and brown as a reach.. and i like emory a lot... but brown i heard has excellent biology </p>
<p>wow i wrote a lot.. sorry if it got too long.. thanks in advance for the advice</p>