<p>Colleges i'm considering are: Caltech, Harvard, Princeton (ED), Yale, U Penn, Cornell, U Mich, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana</p>
<p>Me: dual citizen of both India and America, i've lived here since i was 1. I'm 15, but i'm a rising junior because i skipped a grade. </p>
<p>School: I go to a school which opened my freshman year, and I've been with it and will be with it until senior year. A lot of stuff is different going to a new school, but so far i've been trying to create opportunities that i wouldn't normally get at a regular, established public school.
GPA: 4.5 (w), 3.79 (uw)
Rank: School just took away their rank system, but i know that i'm in at least the top 5% of a 650 student class. </p>
<p>SAT: The last one i took was in freshman year, I did pretty badly....2000. Math 720, Reading 620, Writing 660. I'm in a bunch of classes to improve that though, and the last practice test result i have is a 2200. </p>
<p>SAT II: Haven't taken them yet, planning to take Math II and Physics or Chemistry. </p>
<p>APs: Human Geography - 5; Computer Science - 4, still waiting on European History scores from this year, but probably a 5. </p>
<p>Future APs:
Junior Year - Chemistry, Physics, Language and Composition, Calculus BC, US History
Senior Year - US Government and Politics, Comparitive Government and Politics, Biology, Chinese, Literature, Macro, Micro, and PROBABLY Art History and Psych. Also, it doesn't count as an AP, but I will be taking a Calculus III course in conjunction with the University of Illinois as my math course in senior year. </p>
<p>Extra-curricular:</p>
<p>Science Olympiad: Extremely involved, i'm mainly an Astronomy guy, but i also do Technical Problem Solving and Protein Modeling, and whatever else my coach tells me to do. I'm co captain junior year; when the other co captain graduates, i will be the full time captain. </p>
<p>Math Team: Math is a passion of mine, and i've been an officer since sophomore year. Made it to state freshman year, won second at regionals freshman year, 2 of my teams won 3rd at confrence sophomore year, and that list will undoubtedly increase in size as i move to higher levels. </p>
<p>Scholastic/Quiz Bowl: Probably my most involved activity, started as a backup jv player in sophomore year but worked my way up to top varsity. guaranteed a captain in senior year. Part of the squad that won the 2011 Regionals, 2011 Confrence, and came 3rd place at Masonic regionals (earning us $200). Also, I earned All-Tournament Status at a 2011 Turnabout Tournament site. I've gone to a quiz bowl camp over the summer and i plan to at LEAST double my achievements by this time next year.</p>
<p>Tennis: I played on the team freshman year, but didn't make it sophomore year. it's pretty much a hobby for me, but i've gotten lots of coaching and will probably actually make it junior and senior year. 1 JV letter. </p>
<p>Volunteer work: FEA tutoring branch at my school, and Feed My Starving Children (around 40 hours in total, not much, but will increase). </p>
<p>Summers: Went to a nationally-renowned quiz bowl camp over sophomore year. </p>
<p>Other information of high importance:
My involvement with Chinese class is HUGE. Delegates from Beijing have visited out school in a program that joins American and Chinese public schools, and I was chosen as one of the few people who translated for them. It was an incredible cultural experience, and i learned a LOT about the chinese educational system and chinese culture. </p>
<p>I have been involved with a Chinese speech competition for kids in Illinois as well, and have recieved a gold medal for two years and counting. My gold medal streak probably won't stop, as i have won these competitions with relative ease. </p>
<p>Next year, I will probably earn a fully-paid scholarship to study in Taiwan over the summer, because of my speech competition skills. </p>
<p>PLEASE, help me figure out what my next steps should be to be on the right path towards my desired colleges! Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>EDIT: I can speak English, Telugu, a bit of Hindi, and Mandarin Chinese. </p>
<p>ALSO, I would like to go into Astophysics, Physics, or Applied Math, but i think i'd want to minor in Chinese. </p>
<p>My ACT from sophomore year was a 32....i barely knew what the ACT was at the time of taking it. it's gotten even better now that i know what it actually is, though :P</p>
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