Rising Jr. Needs Admissions Advice

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<p>I'm a rising Jr. at a super-competitive, rigorously grading, small top-5 newsweek HS. We attend class 7:30-4. Almost no on-campus ECs, no school athletics and few facilities. We have to take all AP classes - 7-8 full year academic classes ar required. Here are my current stats:
PSAT(sophomore): 205 ..I should be able to exceed the NMS cutoff in my state this year
SAT: around 2150 (practice) - I know I can get it to 2350+
(scored 1820 as an 8th grader)
GPA: By end jr. year will likely be unw 3.6 (All As with 2 Cs), weighted = 4.4
AP: 10th grade: AP Eng Lit - 5
AP Bio - 4
AP Macro - 4
AP Micro - 3
AP Calc AB - 3
AP Euro - 3
9th grade AP US Govt - 4
8th grade AP Comp Sci - 3
One of about 420 sophomores in US to get AP Scholar with Distinction
ECs:
Summers 2010/2011: Mayo Clinic HS Summer Volunteer Program - Nuclear Medicine
Summer 2011 Stanford Univ. Extended Program for Talented Youth - Artificial Intelligence
2009-present: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth - JAVA Programming, Anatomy/Phys
2010-present: National Society of HS Scholars
2011: Founder/Pres. Computer Science Club
2011: Founder/Pres. Competitive Writing/Literature Club
2011: Founder/Pres. Key Club (service club related to Kiwanis)
2011: Founder of corp. that helps non-profits with computer/web applications
Martial Arts: Brown Belt
Competitive Weightlifting
Entering several essay competitions</p>

<p>11th Grade courses: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP USH, AP Eng. Comp, AP Comp/Sci, Hon. Phys., Spanish IV, Fine Art</p>

<p>Major area of interest: Comp Sci, minors: English/Literature/Writing/Accounting/Finance</p>

<p>What are my chances for admission and what should I do to increase them?</p>

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<p>how are you getting such poor AP scores if you’re getting mainly A’s at a “super-competitive” high school…?</p>

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<p>It looks like you took a bunch of AP classes too early and did poorly on the tests</p>

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<p>Thx, nubswitstubs. I really appreciate the honest feedback. Everybody at my school is congratulating me on getting AP Scholar with Distinction as a sophomore with a better than 3.5 average on 8 AP exams. However, your perception is that even though I had to take 6 AP exams this year as a sophomore, plus take Honors Chem and Spanish III, the fact that I got 3s on 3 of my 6 AP exams (as well as a 3 on AP Comp Sci in 8th grade) is considered to be poor performance. If AdComs agree with you that it doesn’t matter how young I was or the fact that I had a double load of 7 academic classes, then it seems like my new HS’s experiment in academically overloading all of us and making us take AP courses too early will have been counterproductive. I wish I were at a conventional HS where I could have an UW 3.9 and 3 AP scores of 5 at the end of sophomore year, but I have to deal with where I am at. Let me know if you have any suggestions about how to improve chances at UM…I am out-of-state, but very interested becuase of the stroing CS dept.</p>

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<p>You’re doing great - Mich adcom don’t look at the AP scores.</p>

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<p>yea dont most schools not consider AP scores in admissions including umich</p>

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<p>Hahaha, your mom posted a chance thread about you earlier today</p>

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<p>As long as you aren’t one of those snotty private school kids I welcome you to umich</p>

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<p>Tip, you’re in good shape but ask your gc about naviance, your expected rank, and the approximate number of student from your school who are accepted each year. Umich likes to pull from the top ten percent in many cases, but perhaps takes more from well know programs like yours. You gc will have the data to better assess your standing.</p>