<p>This is not meant to be entirely a chances post. I have questions at the end, and am looking for advice.</p>
<p>Stats: Senior this fall (sorry about the inaccurate sn)</p>
<p>232 PSAT</p>
<p>SAT I: 1410/1600 (8th grade 800-M),
2300/2400 (800m750cr750w),
2320/2400 (760m800cr760w)
[does that mean my composite score is 2360?]</p>
<p>SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC
780 on Bio-M,
730 Math IC,
720 US History
660 World History</p>
<p>ACT: N/A</p>
<p>GPA: 4.9 W, 4.1/4.5 UW scale (this doesn't make sense?), but I've had maybe 5 B+s (3 were junior year :-/)</p>
<p>Rank: 3/500</p>
<p>APs: 5 on World History AP
waiting for the mail on: US Hist, Eng Language, Calc BC, Psychology and Music Theory.... ahh, my mom won't let me call!</p>
<p>Senior year courseload:
Sci Research 3
Govt AP, German AP
MultiVari Calc (EPGY-Stanford? maybe)
Graph Theory (local university)
Economics Honors (looking for a possible online course for AP level instead), Physics AP
English Lit AP</p>
<p>ECs/Awards for each: (all long-term involvement)
Academic Team-student govt rep (9th-11th) (VP or Prez next year, probably), National Academic Championship Semi Finalist Team Member (2006. I was actually an alternate, and didn't end up having to participate)
DECA (1 year)-2nd pl regional/top10 state 2004 on Business Law
FBLA- Treasurer 11th, President 12th
German Club- VP 11th, President 12th National Exam Medal
Marching/Symphonic Band & Orchestra
Science Research Internship
Job at National not-for profit Organization (apprx.~10 hrs/wk)
Math Team- student govt rep (9th-11th), hopefully Prez this year
AMC 10 school award (got 108, 117.5, 9th and 10th grades, bombed AMC 11 ), New York State Math League participant annually since 10th grade,
Mock Trial- VP for half of 11th grade (then time constraints, it was unfair and I gave it up)
Music:
Clarinet at school (hopefully 1st clarinet, 2nd chair this year-3rd chair this past year)
Piano outside of school for 12 years,
For piano, I attend a music school outside of regular school (approx. 12 hrs/wk). I'm part of Honors Program there. Unfortunately, I am not extraordinary at piano, but very, very involved/passionate anyways
I have some performance creditials, i.e. a world premeire of a quartet, masterclasses with NY Philharmonic and a handful of world-renowned solo pianists, etc.
Pit Orchestra
Chinese School: first graduating class 2005, various local word bees/essay contests, one regional public speaking award
Youth Organization of Chinese Americans: (it's a county-wide thing)Outstanding Chinese American High School Student Grand Prize Award ($100), VP of YOCA 12th grade
Chinese School Newspaper: Editor (10th), Editor in Chief (12th) (~60 hours a year)
Youth and Govt (2 years)
Community Service = ~200 hours by the time I graduate</p>
<p>Honors:
NYS Science Honor Society
German Honor Society? (we were never formally inducted)
National Honor Society: VP of Finance, Captain of Relay for Life Cancer Fundraiser NHS Team </p>
<p>Other Achievements:
Golden Apple Community Service Award
University of Pennslyvania Book Award
Publication in CTY's IMAGINE magazine
Part of JHU's Study for Exceptional Talent</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
CTY (2004)
"Root-Seeking" camp in China (2004)- travel/culture/immersion, pretty highly publicized program in China
Outbound Ambassador Scholarship, Experiment in International Living (2005)
Piano Recital Performances in New York (not NYC) and Shanghai, China (2006)
Internship/Employment at the March of Dimes (2005 & 2006)</p>
<p>Sports:
JV Tennis- Team Spirit (9th) and Sportmanship Awards (11th)
V Tennis this fall? hopefully.</p>
<p>Demographics:
Location: upper middle class suburb, NY
School Type: Public ~2100 students
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Random: I skipped a grade in elementary school, and so I'm a year younger than most people-but that doesn't matter, does it?</p>
<p>Ok, so there are all my stats. </p>
<p>and here's my plan:
I am debating between applying Harvard SCEA and UPenn-Wharton ED. I'm pretty much undecided right now, but considering business/finance, the likes. I've weighed the pros and cons of these schools, and am basically obsessed with both. I can't decide. Let's hear a debate.</p>
<p>Other Schools Regular Decision:
Yale
JHU (can that count as a safety/backup?)</p>
<p>Schools that I've thought about (as in found their pages in the Fiske Guide or been suggested by my guidance counselor (amazing person, but others question her choices), I haven't visited any, and won't be getting a chance to-I'm leaving the country in two weeks and won't be back until September and still have to work before then). So any input on these schools that can help me eliminate/rank would be SO VERY appreciated. Please keep in mind that my optimal schools would be either Harvard or Wharton-UPenn. Also, I'm curious as to how my stats would fit in (aka Impossible/ Reach/ Match/ Safety/Not Appropriate) [though I can only think of one school on this list that I've been considering as possibly "not appropriate" because of being too low-tiered]. Also, some of these colleges are really urban, and/or not co-ed or within driving distance (all characteristics that I do not prefer, but if somebody can prove to me that the school's worth it, I am willing to reconsider)
Here are the schools in alphabetical order:
Amherst Barnard Brown
Caltech Carnegie Mellon Case Western
Colgate Columbia Cornell
Dartmouth Haverford Lehigh
Northwestern Oberlin Stanford
Swarthmore Wellesley Williams</p>
<p>I am open to new suggestions as well.
Wow, this was a long post. Thank you so much! (I will update the AP scores once I receive them in the mail)</p>