<p>Please give me an honest chance at Stanford SCEA, and if you think I have very little chance, please tell me whether I can get MIT EA or CalTech EA.</p>
<p>Academics:
Asian Junior at a strong school in minnesota
Unweighted GPA: 3.88, ranked 4th in class of 445
Weighted: 4.34, ranked 1st in class
All A's except one A- and one B+
I've been in an accelerated math program since 7th grade at the university of minnesota, and I am currently taking junior college calculus 3 classes.
PSAT: only 217 but I should be a semi-finalist based on the last 5 yr's cut-off mark
SAT: 2240 CR 700 M 800 W 740
ACT taking in 2 months
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, going to take chemistry expecting mid-700s
I've taken every AP class my school offers and I've scored 5s on 4 AP tests, and 4s on 3 AP test, and I plan to take 2 more AP classes next yr
On that note...I've taken the hardest curriculum possible at my school </p>
<p>Employment: None
Volunteering:I've volunteered over 300 hrs at local hospitals and libraries. </p>
<p>Research: Summer internship at the University of Minnesota doing individual research under a post-doctoral.</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>Varsity math team
Varsity science olympiad team
Minnesota Youth Symphony (played in both the 2nd and 3rd highest levels of 4 levels)
School's chamber orchestra 2 yrs (not a class, our conductor selects a few people to play with him)
National Honor Society
JV Cross Country Running
JV Track and Field</p>
<p>Honors and Awards</p>
<p>Science Olympiad:</p>
<p>2nd Place in Ecology at 2008 National Science Olympiad competition
9th place in Food Science at 2008 National Science Olympiad competitions
3 Sliver medal at Regionals
Three 1st place wins and seven 2nd place wins in Invitational Competitions</p>
<p>Math Team:
Sophmore yr:
27th in the State High School League
2nd Place in my division
MVP at my school</p>
<p>Junior yr:
not ranked :(
6th in division
3rd at my school</p>
<p>Math League: 5nd Place in state this yr, 3rd place last yr, MVP both yrs</p>
<p>State-wide Math Competition at a nearby university: 1st Place of about 1000 competitors this yr, 5th place last yr</p>
<p>Another state-wide competitions at a university: 4th place last yr, top 5% freshman yr</p>
<p>Passed AMC every yr since 9th grade and has taken the AIME every year. Highest score on the AIME was a 9</p>
<p>Captain nxt yr</p>
<p>Sports: A few JV medal, personally i dont think they are that impressive, maybe just shows I have diverse interest? one 2nd place medal, three 1st place team ribbons, 1 23rd place JV meet. </p>
<p>So plz let me know what you think! thanks so much.</p>