<p>My parents (well, my mom mostly... Asian parents haha) is pushing me to apply to pretty much all the top schools. I'm a little sick of it, but I do have a few on my mind. Here goes...</p>
<p>Stats:
-Asian male
-GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.11 UW
-Rank: 1/367</p>
<p>Tests:
-ACT:
1) 35 English, 36 Math, 31 Reading, 36 Science; 35 Composite
2) 35 English, 35 Math, 32 Reading, 35 Science, 8/12 Essay; 34 Composite
-SAT: 730 Verbal, 800 Math, 770 Writing; 2300 Composite
-SAT II: 780 Chemistry, 780 Math 2, 710 US History
-PSAT: 222 - National Merit Scholarship semifinalist</p>
<p>Courses:
-6 AP classes completed, 9 total by graduation (counting AP Calc AB & BC separate)
-5's on AP Human Geo, AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry
-4's on AP US History, AP Lang & Comp (= hell, just saying haha)
-Also taking 3 science classes this year</p>
<p>ECs: eheh. I'm pretty weak here, but anyways...
-Orchestra (main EC; Youth Orchestra of the Rockies, Western States Orchestra 2008 & 2009, Colorado All-State Orchestra 2008, chamber orchestra camps, orch letter + 3 bars, pit for school musical)
-National Honor Society (lot of work for Leukemia & Lymphona Society - why didn't I apply for an officer position?!)
-Science Bowl (It's my only science EC ever, but I can barely count this one. I literally started a week ago, so I'm hesitant on putting it on apps)</p>
<p>Other stuff:
-Majoring in chemistry/chem engineering (hence why I'm worried about no science ECs)
-I'm ranked #1 now, but I'm tied with 3 others and one of them's sure to beat me out. Minor detail.
-If it helps, my friend was accepted to Stanford last year with pretty much the same academic background (and he's also majoring in chem!). However, he had way more ECs.</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (my parents don't want me to apply b/c of financial aid, but chance me anyways)</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>University of Colorado (fallback)</li>
</ol>
<p>As you can see, I'm set when it comes to schoolwork and test scores, but I think my relative lack of ECs will hurt a lot. But hey, be brutal!</p>