<p>I go to a magnet school, ranked 22 in the country by Newsweek</p>
<p>GPA: 4.753 / 4.000</p>
<p>Rank: 1 / 90</p>
<p>Critical Reading: 700
Math: 710
Writing: 780
(Will retake 2 more times really hoping for 2300+ ha)</p>
<p>Junior Schedule:
AP Psych
AP Chem
Chem Research
AP Language
AP Calc AB
AP US History
+ 2 college courses at UF (Honors Seminar on Medical Neurosci & Lab research)</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Bio
AP Lit
AP Computers A
Multimedia (mandatory)</p>
<p>ECs:
Big Brothers Big Sisters (President)
School Newspaper
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Speech and Debate Honor Society (Degree of Honor)
Math Honor Society /Mu Alpha Theta</p>
<p>Awards and stuff: </p>
<p>National Merit (Commended)
Intel ISEF finalist The Inhibitory Effects of Taste on Pain (Medicine & Health)
Designed and raced model hydrogen fuel cell car
1st in state competition qualified by interview to rep. US at internationals
International Youth Fuel Cell Competition:
1st place performance in fork-lift competition
1st place engineering
2nd place Quiz Bowl
3rd place vehicle race
Exhibitor at several expos on renewable energy/conservation</p>
<p>Summer programs:
2 summers at Duke TiP ~ courses on neuroscience and astrobiology
University of Florida SSTP-CPET
High school / college credit
Research w/ mentor on Taste and Pain (7 weeks 200+ lab hours)</p>
<p>Volunteering: 100 hours Big Brothers Big Sisters
100 hours as teacher assistant at local science center summer program</p>
<p>taking SAT three times!? dudee once more should be enough... your scores are already great - once they're 7__, it doesn't really matter anymore....</p>
<p>haha a "GREAT chance" at Harvard? Definitely was not expecting that!</p>
<p>I was pretty disappointed with my math score, which is low for the engineering school at Duke and for possible merit scholarships at Vandy. I'm pretty sure a 2300+ would improve my chances with Harvard too (if even slightly)?</p>
<p>None this current year, our val was rejected from UPenn-Wharton. 1 got into Yale the year before I believe. I think a few more get into MIT...but overall not a lot get into top tier schools. Our magnet program was just recently considered a separate school from the traditional, and only got a spot on Newsweek last year. Plus our magnet class sizes are around 100. Ha maybe those are the reasons, but I'm not positive?</p>
<p>your GPA is pretty good in connection to the rigor of your courseload. However, your SAT's could be more impressive (they are not bad by any measure). Your EC's are pretty good too. Make sure you trim the focus of your EC's to really represent your research and involvement in science. Overall, I say as good a shot as anyone else.</p>