My current college list is: (All are for the School of Arts and Sciences)
Cornell, UChicago, UIUC, Rutgers, UMichigan, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Cal Tech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, Georgia Tech, Case Western Reserve.
Which schools do you think are low targets/high targets/reaches for me and what are my chances?
Pennsauken, NJ Resident
Asian Male
SAT: 2270
GPA: (UW) 3.66 (W) 4.36
PSAT: 220
AP Statistics: 5
AP Chemistry, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, Spanish: 4
SAT II Math 2: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 780
AP Scholar with Distinction
PSAT Letter of Commendation
Extracurriculars:
Golf, Senior Varsity Team Captain
9 Top 10 finishes in county level tournaments; Selected by coach to attend a leadership program; Participated in 4 National level AJGA tournaments.
Volunteer Coach for the First Tee Organization
I help children learn how to play golf and teach them core values such as respect, courtesy, honesty etc. and how to apply them on and off the course.
Programmer/Mobile Application Developer
Completed a University of London course on application development; Developed 3 mobile applications; Selected into Pennapps Hackathon
Co-Founder of Application Development Club
Founded a club to teach students how to program applications for both Android and iOS mobile devices.
Student of Theoretical Computer Science Program
Selected for competitive theoretical computer science program where I studied the discrete mathematics and algorithms in computer science.
High School South Math League
Selected into team for Princeton University Mathematics Competition/American Regions Mathematics League - Team ranked 10th nationally in both.
High School Philharmonic Orchestra Bass Player
Selected into Philharmonic Orchestra in school; Won Honors in the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Competition
Alzheimer’s Treatment Researcher
Conducted research on nanotechnology that can replace defective Tau proteins on microtubules in the neuron skeleton to prevent neurofibrillary tangles.
Extra Note: I missed one month of school during my junior year because of a sickness and also my mother went through multiple surgeries throughout the year.