<p>Race: Asian American
State: New Jersey
Current Grade: 11
Rank: 39 out of 300
Current GPA: 4.1 (weighted since my school doesn’t do unweighted)
SAT: 2150 is my highest (I only took practice tests not the real SATs yet)
ACT: n/a
Intended Major: Hospitality Management (more specifically, hotel management)</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
World Civilizations Honors
Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
Japanese I
English I Honors
Concert Band
Life Skills</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
U.S. History I
Algebra II Honors
Chemistry Honors
Japanese II Honors
English II Honors
Wind Symphony (pretty much the same thing as Concert Band)</p>
<p>Junior Year:
U.S. History II
Precalculus Honors
Physics Honors
Japanese III Honors
English III Honors
Wind Symphony
(I wasn’t able to take any APs because I had no space in my schedule due to Wind Symphony)</p>
<p>Plan for Senior Year:
Economics
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Japanese
Humanities
Wind Symphony Honors</p>
<p>Work Experience:
10th-12th: Kumon
11th-12th: Waiter at a sushi restaurant</p>
<p>Activities:
Hand in Hand Club (9th-12th)
Chinese Club (10th-12th)
Japanese Club (9th-12th)
- will be president next year
FBLA (11th-12th)
Prom Committee (11th-12th)
Glee Club (9th; got disbanded)
Tri-M Music Honors Society Club (10th-12th) - secretary (11th)
Marching Band (9th-12th) - received varsity letter this year</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music; music program recognized by the Queen of England)
- completed grades 4-8 (there are eight grades)
Volunteer for KACE (Korean American Civic Empowerment) - received over 200 hours of volunteer
- got the Presidential Award
EdX Berkley (Online Course: Principles of Written English)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Course: Crafting the Essay)
Civic Leadership Institute - received another 50+ hours of volunteer
NJMEA/Region I Band (9th-11th)
Bergen County Band (9th-10th)</p>
<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (6 times out of 9)
1st Place in Orlando Saa Foreign Languge Poetry Recitation (Intermediate Korean)
1st Place in Orlando Saa Foreign Language Poetry Recitation (Advanced Korean)</p>
<p>I really really want to attend Boston University. It is my dream school. Do I have a pretty good chance in getting in?? Thanks so much for your time and feedback guys! I really appreciate it :)</p>
<p>(PS: Cornell University is second choice. If you could tell me whether I have a good chance getting in there would be awesome! I know I put this under Boston University but I was just wondering :D)</p>
. I will say the only thing that may hurt you is 1), your extracurriculars are very “artsy” oriented, so if you are applying as a social science, music, or LA major, the extracurriculars suit you well. But if you are applying as a science or math major, these extracurriculars are not as attractive. Secondly, BU really lieks APs, as do most tier 1 schools, but especially BU. BU is on par with ivies in terms of how much they appreciate APs. They would rather your GPA be slightly lower with more APs, then the reverse. Nonetheless, you have taken lots of honors courses and you are still in a good place. BU is all about opportunity as well, it is taking advantage of your surroudings. For example, if you were offered 4 APs 11th grade, and did not even take one, they may look down upon you for that. I had 1 AP offered freshman year, 2 Sophmore, unlimited junior and senior. So I have taken about 15 APs</p>