<p>And now I'm really nervous. So spur of the moment, I want to know my chances, and wrote this (when I should be studying for finals, yay!)</p>
<p>Asian Male living in Texas. Upper Middle class family . Looking to major in Biology and go pre-med.</p>
<p>I actually went to two different high schools, one public, another, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) as a special program that accepts about 200 kids a year, allowing me to go to college early for 2 years (Junior and Senior) for college credit and to finish my high school diploma, so all my junior/senior courses count for college credit if I went to any public Texas school (UT Austin, A&M, etc.) But they definitely wont count for first tier schools.
TAMS actually sends lots of kids to nice schools. Last year, a few people went to Harvard, one went to Yale, a few went to Stanford, (one actually got into all 13 schools she applied to, including HYPSM, but went to Stanford in the end), and around 10-15 got into MIT. Rice U takes about 20 every year as well.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT:
SAT: 800CR, 800M, 760W, 10 Essay
ACT: 36English, 35Math, 33Reading, 33 Science, 11 Essay (The test proctors didn't know what the were doing, and wouldn't let us use the restrooms during breaks)</p>
<p>SAT Subjects:
MathII: 800
BiologyE: 790
Chemistry: 760</p>
<p>Freshman/Sophomore:</p>
<p>GPA:4.2UW
Rank:16/1000something
Very competitive high school, 25% Asian students, mostly GPA-obsessed ones. </p>
<p>Freshman:
Biology Honors-96/100
English I Pre-AP/Honors- 94/100
Wind Ensemble (Band)- 100/100
Humanities I Honors- 93/100
Algebra II Honors- 96/100
Geometry Honors- 96/100
French II Honors-99/100</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Chemistry Honors-97/100
English II Pre-AP/Honors-95/100
Wind Ensemble (Band)- 100/100
Humanities II Honors- 96/100
Pre-Calculus- 97/100
Human Geography AP- 93/100-> 5 on AP exam, our city split high schools strangely, so we didnt really have the opportunity to take mass AP's till 11 and 12th grades.
French III Honors- 99/100</p>
<p>College program:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0/4.0
Rank: unranked
Once again, very competitive and academic-focused school</p>
<p>All courses are technically "Honors level"</p>
<p>Junior first semester:
Fundamentals of Biology I Honors: 4.0
Biology Lab: 4.0
Calculus I: 4.0
Fundamentals of Chemistry I: 4.0
Chemistry Lab: 4.0
Writing about Literature II: 4.0</p>
<p>Junior second semester:
Fundamentals of Biology II Honors: 4.0
Biology Lab: 4.0
Calculus II: 4.0
Fundamentals of Chemistry II: 4.0
Chemistry Lab: 4.0
Writing about Literature II: 4.0
Intermediate French lvl2: 4.0
Research: 4.0</p>
<p>Senior first semester:
Fundamentals of Physics I 4.0
Physics Lab 4.0
Multivariable Calculus
US History
World Literature
Micro-Economics</p>
<p>Senior second semester (tentative):
Physics II
Physics Lab II
Differential Equations
US History
World Literature
Rhetoric and Argument
maybe some more if I register during winter break</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Research for 2 summers and throughout my junior year. I got Siemens Regional Finalist, but am also applying to Intel STS and ISEF, and science fairs.
Also sticking my research abstract for supplementary materials in my college apps
I founded a volunteer organization for my school to go to the science museum, and have a group of about 10 volunteers go every Saturday.
I am the Chemistry chair of our school's Research Organization, and we help students find research opportunities.</p>
<p>Saxophone for 7 years. Won a bunch of stuff, principal player, etc. all-region, area (missed state by 1 chair twice, sigh), UIL state "outstanding soloist award" (1% of those who enter this competition get this award), division 1 ratings for solos. I also entered TAMS because the university it's located on has a very strong music program. My private lesson teacher that I auditioned for is the secretary of the International Saxophone Committee.
I've also been in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony, a highly competitive music organization, and have been a principal saxophonist as well as a guest soloist for their concerts.
I did marching band for 2 years and was a saxophone squad leader.
I also taped the Paul Creston Sonata for my college supplements.</p>
<p>I will have over 300+ community service hours, from tutoring at a local elementary school, and a lot from being an assistant counselor at a leadership camp. I also plan to volunteer at a camp for the physically handicapped.</p>
<p>Leadership positions (I am scared of these):</p>
<p>Chemistry Chair- Research Organization
Principal Saxophone- Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Committee head of museum volunteering
Saxophone squad leader- Marching Band</p>
<p>Organizations:</p>
<p>NHS 2004-2008
marching band 2006-2008
Texas All-Region, area 2006-2008
Greater Dallas Youth orchestra 2006-2008
Research Organization 2006-2008
Leadership Camp- 2007</p>
<p>I'm pretty confident in my writing skills. I had a session with a retired AP english teacher who told me my essays had a lot of voice and were very original and witty (in my opinion very gimmicky)</p>
<p>I spent a lot of effort writing and revising, and getting peer reviews for my essays, except for Stanford (reasons later), and intend to do so for the rest of the colleges on my list. </p>
<p>My rec letters were from my Humanities teacher from 9-10th grades and the Dean of TAMS. They're both good rec writers, and have written recs for kids who got into nice schools before.</p>
<p>Lastly, my interviewer was very confident I would get in, said that I was pretty much a sure bet. He said that Yale definitely fitted my major and my intended activities there. So our interview went mostly like "When you get there, take my advice and do <em>_, _</em><em>, and _</em>, etc."
So can you tell me my chances for:</p>
<p>Yale (SCEA)
Harvard
Princeton
Cal-Tech
Stanford<- I finished this app in one day, because I didnt find out till the day that it was due that if I intended to submit music materials, I would have to submit them by Nov.15, not the regular deadline. I was so lucky that my Sax. professor agreed to complete the rec letter in time.
Duke
Northwestern (HPME applicant)
Washington University in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins
Rice U (Rice/Baylor applicant)
University of Southern California (Double Legacy)
University of Texas Austin</p>
<p>I think the top 6 are probably reaches
Rice and USC match?
Austin safety?</p>
<p>And lastly, thanks for taking the time to read this.
Alright guys, thanks and good luck with your apps too!</p>