<p>Hi, thanks for reading this .. :) </p>
<p>major: biochemistry/chemical engineering/pure chemistry
ethnicity: Asian (girl) </p>
<p>10th grade GPA: 4.2/4.3 (Unweighted)
classes taken: 10th grade english, honors chemistry, AP Calculus AB, Modern world history, Chinese III, Chamber ensemble
(my classes here were kinda easy, but still challenging, considering the fact that this was my first year at the states...+ i think i was the first sophomore ever in my school to take AP Calc)</p>
<p>11th grad GPA: 4.09/4.3 (Unweighted)
classes taken: honors english, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Calculus BC, honors chamber ensemble, chinese IV, research class
(there no advanced classes for chinese, and I was the only junior taking research class)</p>
<p>AP score:apcalc ab -5, apcalc bc-5, apenglish-4 (selfstudied), apushistory-3, apchemistry-5</p>
<p>SAT score: 2240, math:790, reading-720, verbal:730, essay score:!2/12
SAT II score: math IIC -800 chemistry-800, chinese-750, Physics-750 (selfstudied)
by the way, im not chinese</p>
<p>rank in school: 1/400 during 10th grade and like 3-4/400 during 11th grade
toefl: 113/120</p>
<p>extra curriculars: - ever ecs, ive done it for 2years and planning on to do another year
first chair in my school's chamber emsemble</p>
<p>did an research in genetics with a professor in new york, will participate in siemens and intel competition, and will publish the paper soon in a science magazine
-with it, i went to LA to give my research presentation to another school</p>
<p>-our math team ranked first in NEMOL competition (new england thing)</p>
<p>-MVP in volleyball team, and MIP in softball team</p>
<p>-lots of volunteering at an hospital (300+ hrs) and club work (3 in our school- once which i am the assistant editor of our school's journals)</p>
<p>others:
-ive worked at a small school in NJ for two weeks, teaching math, english and grading papers
-went to ssp 09</p>
<p>awards:
math team rank 1 in New england
won the wellesley book prize
won renssalaer medal for distinction in math and science
was top 10 in our school or two years
won two school prizes for math, language
part of the cum laude society
and two school awards for taking advanced classes + receiving lots of effort grades</p>
<p>so basically this is me. and this is a case of a girl who had a second chance to her life after coming to the states..compared to my past record like grades from 9th grade, it shows considerable improvement.....
anway sorry for this messy list...but these are the colleges that i am considering..:
and I chose these schools putting a wide range...from safety to reach schools</p>
<p>rice, washington university in St.louis, umichigan, UCLA, UCSD, UCberkley, emory, duke, carnegie mellon, northwestern, upenn, johns hopkins, columbia, stanford, harvard...</p>
<p>right now, im considering ea at stanford...
can anyone please tell me if I am going to the right way? are these colleges a good fit for me? are they too high? what schools would you think that I might get in as of now?
Thanks alot for reading my thread i really appreciate it</p>
<p>another question (sorry!): will the bad AP US history score affect my entrance to a college?!</p>
<p>our school: is not dat sompetitive with academics, I tried to take as many courses that were challening to me though..and as for rec: math teacher's one will be great since I am sooo close with him, and english: good, and I have another supplement from my mentor which will be great...i think..since I know her really well and she knows that I work hard..and try to bring up new ideas during my reasearch..</p>
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