<p>Asian American Male, FL
GPA uw:3.9ish w: 5.3ish
RAnking- 3/800
ACT- 35-36 (Taking it September, but this is what Ive been getting around on practice tests)
SATII: Physics:780, US HIstory: 760, Math 2:800
Courses this year: APUSH, ap eng lit, ap enviro, multivariable calc, ap human, ap physics C, ap bio
Junior: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP psych, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lang, AP gov
Sophomore: AP World, Marine Bio Honors, AP Stats, Math Analysis (Precal), English2 honors, Chem 1 honors, spanish 4 honors, AP Macro
AP test scores:
English lang-4
chem-4
phsyics b-5
spansih-3
calc bc-5
psych-5
gov-5
Macro-4
World-4
Stats-5
EC: Chinese School: 7 years (both canto and mandarin)
Trombone-4 years
Guitar-6 years
English Honor Society-10-12
NHS-11,12-possibly in Brain Brawl Team
Mu Alpha Theta- 10,11, 12
Science Honor society-11,12(VP)
Worked in Japanese Restaurant-4 years
In math competition- 9,10, 11, 12 (won numerous awards)
approx 300 hours; from hospital, tutoring, and shelving
Essays: Nothing spectacular
Recommendations: OK</p>
<p>The schools I'm looking at are Cornell (engineering), MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Duke, UF, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley. Do you think I need some other safety school besides UF? Thanks for all your input.</p>