<p>What are my chances at these colleges:
Stanford
UC Berkeley/LA/SD
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
Johns Hopkins
NYU
McGill
(other suggestions?)</p>
<p>Asian Male, 2nd generation
Potential majors: biology, chemistry, something science-y
Public High School (very well-known for rigor)
California</p>
<p>GPA:
+Unweighted: 3.85 (4 semester B's total)
+Weighted: 4.15
+UC Weight: 4.1
+School does not rank, but will probably end up in top 20%</p>
<p>SAT: 640 CR, 770 M, 740 W = 2150 (retaking in October)</p>
<p>ACT: 36 English, 32 English/Writing composite, 35 Math, 35 Science, 30 CR = 34 Composite</p>
<p>SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Bio M, 700 Chem, 590 French w/Listening</p>
<p>AP:
Biology: 5
BC Calc: 5 (AB subscore, 5)
To be taken: Statistics, Chemistry, English Lit, Psychology</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Stats
AP Chem
AP Eng Lit
AP Psych
Teacher Assistant for BC Calc
Newspaper
Science Research Projects H</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
+Lab internships at Stanford (10, 11, 12):
10: paleogeochemistry
11: archaeology, but did involve lab work
12: bioarchaeology
+Newspaper (one of top in nation) (11, 12): staff writer, Opinion Editor
+National Honor Society (11, 12): startup member, treasurer
+Math Tutor at school (10, 11, 12): generally tutor precalc and calculus
+California Scholarship Federation member (9, 10, 11, 12) (our school does very little for this)
+Red Cross Community Service (9)
+Library Volunteer (10, 11)</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Mainly studying for the following year's courses, some SAT studying, travel frequently out of country. Took online economics course through U Nebraska's Independent Study High School program last summer to satisfy graduation requirements.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Mainly through the internships. I do plan on taking up a seasonal job at maybe Border's this winter though to start making my own pocket money.</p>
<p>Honors/Awards
Not too impressive, departmental awards in biology A, chemistry AC, world history, accelerated english II</p>
<p>Recs/Essays
+Recs should be decent; I'm rotating three of them- one from science teacher I've had for 3 years, one from mentor at Stanford in junior year, one from newspaper adviser.
+Essays should also be decent. I do need to get out of my habit of writing completely to the point, though, and get into the habit of more descriptive writing.</p>
<p>Potential Weaknesses and Red Flags
+I dropped French after French 3H
+Got worse grade-wise in BC Calc due to stress (A first sem, B second sem)
+Failed to join Science Olympiad, and I want to go into a science career
+B+ in Physics A, all the way.</p>
<p>Extra tidbits
Both parents graduated from UC Berkeley</p>