<p>Hi, I'm new on CC. I'm an incoming senior going through the stress of college apps. It'd be greatly appreciated if the experienced members of CC could give me some advice on my chances, ED/EA decisions, and maybe recommend some more schools. </p>
<p>I'll give some stats and ECs.</p>
<p>Chinese Male</p>
<p>GPA: 3.97 UW /4.31 W (or hopefully by 1st semester senior)</p>
<p>SAT I: Took once, Math:770, Crit: 800, Writing: 800 Total: 2370</p>
<p>SAT II: Chem: 770, Math II: 800, Bio: taking october, hoping for at least 770</p>
<p>AP/Honors: listed chronologically</p>
<p>Taken:
Hon. Geometry
Hon. Freshman English
Hon. Global studies
Hon. Algebra II
Hon. Sophomore English
AP Psychology
AP World History
Hon. Precalculus
AP English Language
AP Chemistry
AP Statistics
AP Biology</p>
<p>Will take senior:
AP Physics
AP Economics/Gov't
AP Calculus BC
AP US History
AP English Literature</p>
<p>Some ECs I plan on putting down:</p>
<p>-UC Berkeley/ LBNL internship: interned with Head of Materials Science Dr.Ramesh on Berkeley's Helios project.
-Started and currently coaching a science program/team at my local middle school for Science Olympiad/Science Bowl
-DECA Vice President, raised a couple thousand for Haiti, led members to win Internationals.
-UNICEF President, raised money
-Science Olympiad gold team member 4 years
-Piano, National Piano Guild, about 8 years
-Taekwondo almost 4 years
-Professional tutoring job</p>
<p>Some awards:</p>
<p>-Northern California DECA CDC First place in International Business Plan
-State DECA CDC First place in International Business Plan
-First place at Tri-valley Science and Engineering Fair
-Honorable Mention in Toshiba's Exploravision science competition
-Regional silver in Science Olympiad's robot ramble
-National Merit Semi-finalists: will try for Finalist etc.
-First place at California State Talent Show for piano (BS award, I don't know why it's called that)
-First place TKD patterns at Nevada State Championships (again BS award)
-Will attempt Siemens and maybe some other competitions with the results I've gathered from Berkeley internship.</p>
<p>Recs: Decent
Essays: Hopefully will be good.
Samples of my raw writing on my tumblr: bwu.tumblr.com, but will try to do a lot better.</p>
<p>Applying to: HYP, Stanford, MIT, uPenn, Columbia, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD</p>
<p>My major will be in engineering, but not sure exactly what yet. I'm looking into EECS at UCB, but my dream is Stanford (definitely a reach).</p>
<p>Thanks for reading. Some insight on chances, other schools I could be applying to (related to engineering and rank), which engineering programs are good in my current list, and ED/EA choice would be greatly, greatly appreciated.</p>