<p>I am a sophomore in high school, and I've decided to start preparing for my college applications. I go to a public school that is very competitive in the state, and I will probably apply to one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or UPenn for ED.</p>
<p>Class rank: 2 or 3/500 (It's probably going to be either salutatorian or 3rd)
GPA: 4.70 (w)
3.95 (uw)
AP Classes:
Soph: AP Calc BC1 AP US 1
Junior: AP Stat, AP Calc BC2, AP Chem, AP English, AP US 2</p>
<p>Awards from 8th or earlier (don't know if colleges want to have this)
NJML- tied for 1st place ind. in state
CTY Talent search- tied for second in state in math section
AMC 8 perfect scorer
and many others, but I don't know if I should include this at all. Please help.</p>
<p>SAT II's: Bio- 790
New PSAT- This year: in the 210's (hard math--72 ^^) I'll aim for a 235to make finalist next year (anyone know what the qualifying score is usually around?)</p>
<p>New SAT 2005: I'm predicting something like this:
800M (maybe I'll make no mistakes this time)
750V (hopefully higher... wait till spring to find out)
720W..? (I need to work on my essays)
So around 2270 this year, and I can see what I need to improve so I can possibliy boost my score to over 2300 next year maybe?</p>
<p>Awards from freshmen year and this year so far:
AMTNJ Contest-tied for 4th (hon. mention) in state
Math team (Therefore, I competed in every competition our school partic. in)
Spanish team 9th and 10th (I expect to be on it for the next 2 years too)
Won a couple of small regional math competitions (don't know if I should mention them on my app?)
Qualified for AIME (but did not make it to USAMO, unfortuantely , got a 5 i think )
Chem team- participate both as a team and inidividual in the state comp.
Science Olympiad-Hopefully, I'll start working on something for this soon.</p>
<p>EC's from freshman year and beginning of this year:
TSA (president,)-only main activity we did was go to some state convention thing and compete in some things, nobody seriously prepared, as this was the first year of the club
LEO Club- on the committee (kinda like officer)
FBLA- member (^^)
Student Tutors-member</p>
<p><em>Awards</em> that I'll strive for (from now to beginning of senior year)
Place top 5 nationally in two FBLA competitions (1 for this year, and 1 for jr.)
Place
NJ Chem league (both soph and jr. year)- (will try to make top 5 individually in the state, our team is strong so we should make top 3 as team)
Qualify for USAMO this year and next year (I think (pray) I'll get 8 or higher on AIME this year)
Maybe compete in the USACO?</p>
<p>I would really appreciate any suggestions from you guys, as I don't have a clear idea of what the top colleges really want. Many people who have better qualifications than me have been rejected, so I am seeking any helpful advice that any of you may possibly have. Thanks in advance, and if you guys need more information from me, feel free to ask. Your help is appreciated!</p>