<p>Hello! Thanks already for opening this thread. I am a rising junior and I would like some info on my chances at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Georgetown. Those are my top choices... Should I even bother visiting/applying? Okay here is my info. (BTW This is a massive post, extremely long. If you can make it all the way through, congrats to you and most of all thanks!)</p>
<p>I am an Asian male, rising Junior, who attends a very competitive school in NJ. </p>
<p>Overall GPA: 3.91 uw, 4.4 w (weighted is lowish but wasn’t allowed to take many Accel/AP classes as underclassman)
•Freshman GPA: 3.89 uw, 4.25 w
•Sophomore GPA: 3.92 uw, 4.55 w</p>
<p>Notable classes
•Freshman: Accel Bio, Accel Geometry, Accel Spanish 3
•Sophmore: AP Chem (5), Accel Precalc, AP US History (4), AP Macro/Micro (Both 5's), Accel Spanish 4
•Junior (will be taking): AP Physics, Accel Organic Chem, AP Calc BC, AP World History, AP GovPol, AP English 3, Accel Spanish 5</p>
<p>ACT: Composite: 33 (taken December 2009 as an 8th grader for CTY, plan on retaking as well as taking SAT in next year)
Reading: 36, Math: 35, Science: 33, Writing: 28 </p>
<p>Leadership/Community Service EC's:
•Elected Class/Grade President in Junior and Freshman Year
•Represented my high school at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership seminar (only 1 representative per school)
•Leader of a community service group, mainly aimed against bullying but also hosts a variety of other events/causes
•Volunteered in the impoverished XinJiang region of China to help with donations of supplies to children at a local school</p>
<p>Speech, Debate, Language EC's
•Attorney for the Mock Trial Team
•Active member of the Model United Nations team, received Honorable Mention award at Seton Hall University Model United Nations, and Verbal Commendation awards at Princeton Model United Nations Conference and the North American Invitational Model United Nations
•Co-anchor for the weekly school broadcast
•Placed 38th out of thousands in the rhyming poem category of the 80th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition, an international competition for adults; also published in Cicada magazine, a national teenage writing magazine, and local arts council magazine
•Graduated as top of the class/valedictorian from HuaXia Chinese School; also the debate team captain, leading the team to 1st place in the region and winning number one debater in the region; emceed both Spring Festival and Graduation</p>
<p>Mathematics, Science EC's
•Co-Captain of the Math Team
•Scored 126 on AMC to qualify for AIME, scored 6 on AIME
•Represented PHS in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT) twice, and various local Delaware Valley competitions, placed 9th and 10th in the Team B competition
•Placed first in New Jersey in Math League competition in 8th grade with perfect score
•Applied and got accepted to the Columbia University Science Honors Program in Freshman year</p>
<p>Once again thanks for even reading this massive post. I would really appreciate some advice/info/input on my chances at top universities. This will affect where I apply and visit so thanks so much!</p>