<p>Also these schools
1. MIT
2. CalTech
3. University of Chicago
4. Harvard
5. Columbia
6. Princeton
7. U Penn
8. Yale
9. Cornell
10. UC berkeley
11. Duke
12. Rice
13. Northwestern
14. Tufts
15. USC
16. UCLA
17. NYU
18. Boston College
19. Carnegie Mellon
20. UCSD
21. University of Washington</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in computer science</p>
<p>Background:</p>
<p>I am hispanic.
My parents got divorced when i was 8 years old and ever since then I have had to change schools and states every 6 months (should i write about this in my essays?). So i have moved around A LOT during highschool and it was fine freshman year, but sophomore year it was not. For the first semester of sophomore year i went to a block schedule school. The second semester i went to a 6 period school. Since i moved halfway through the year, i was forced to take only semester classes.
Here are my schedules:</p>
<p>Freshman:
1. World history
2. Spanish 1
3. English 9
4. Double honors alg2/trig
5. PE
6. Physical science</p>
<p>1st semester soph (block schedule)-
Pre ap english
Writing/art
Honors geometry
Spanish 2</p>
<p>Second semester soph-
Art
Personal finance
Food and nutrition
Business management
Team sports
Basketball
(I also took a biology class online)</p>
<p>Junior year:
1. CHS pre calc</p>
<ol>
<li><p>AP language </p></li>
<li><p>AP statistics</p></li>
<li><p>AP US History</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish 3</p></li>
<li><p>Physics</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Senior year:
1. AP Calc AB</p>
<ol>
<li><p>AP english 12</p></li>
<li><p>AP european history</p></li>
<li><p>AP Spanish 450</p></li>
<li><p>AP physics</p></li>
<li><p>Contemporary national/world issues (required course)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Will my weak second semester classes during my sophomore year look bad on college applications?</p>
<p>GPA:
UW- 3.94
W- 4.33</p>
<p>ACT- 35C, 36E, 36M, 32R, 36S</p>
<p>AP classes with scores:
Junior year:
Statistics- 5
Language and comp- 5
APUSH- 5</p>
<p>Senior year:
AP Calc AB - ?
AP english 12 - ?
AP european history - ?
AP Spanish 450 - ?
AP physics - ?</p>
<p>SAT 1 - 800M, 760CR, 770W
Total- 2330</p>
<p>SAT subject tests:
Math 1- 800
Math 2- 800
Biology- 800
US history- 790
World history- 780
Spanish- 780
Literature- 770</p>
<p>Ec's:
Varsity Basketball (2 years)
Varsity Football (2 years)
200+ hours community service
FBLA (2 years)
President of Math club (2 years)
Key club (2 years)
NHS (2 years)
Basketball summer camp (2 years)
Passed AMC 12 math test
Passed AIME math test
USAMO
Plan to be a National merit finalist
Plan to be a National hispanic scholar
Business Week
I'm fluent in four languages:
English- first language
I taught myself french and german
I learned spanish from school and self-taught</p>
<p>I also started an ACT prep business that earns me about $6,000/year</p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into these schools?
Will my weak 2nd semester classes from sophomore year look bad even though i had no other choice?</p>