<p>still a junior.. looking at Emory, Washington U, and Vanderbilt.. if any of these are reaches after reading what i wrote ...tell me what the heck i need to do to at least increase my chances...</p>
<p>top 5% of school
GPA: 3.87
middle of nowhere school
financial burdens.
Self thought myself Japanese and Korean
1st generation in America
SAT score: not out yet but hopefully high
Violin 13 years.
2 years in the best orchestra in my state. (sounds egotistical...)
1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one (concert master)
4 years in state's orchestra competition and concert master
2nd place national chess champion in my division
25th place international chess champion in my division
8th place state champion in my division
1st place in Robotics in state
2nd place in Robotics in southern central America
1st place in Robotics in state (2nd time)
southern central robotics American qualifier
various math competitions awards
JCL awards
countless chess awards
HOSA (1st year)
Robotics (2 years)
Founder of Art Club (process of creation; revolves around creating a partnership with a company)
Debate club (2 years)
chess club president (2 years)
Quizbowl (2years)
photography club (2 years)
tennis (2 years)
Vice president of math tutoring organization
teaching violin
150+ volunteer hours
guided new volunteers at a company.
NHS
Beta club
dog walking business.</p>
<p>letters i have a really good relationship with my AP biology and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter but ii still have 1 year...</p>
<p>college letter literally no idea...</p>
<p>i am still a junior so please tell me what the heck i need to do...</p>
<h2>AP's</h2>
<p>our school only allows us 1 AP during our sophomore year and i couldn't take it due to my time schedule because our school only has 4 periods each semester....</p>
<p>1st semester:
no AP's
2nd semester:
AP calc
AP physics
AP english
AP biology</p>
