Which early?

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<p>Sup. I haven’t posted here in a while (procrastination really does take a precedent) and I really want to know what early I should do (because I’m lazy, and I want to get in early so I don’t have to do any more college apps). Because college apps suck and I have really bad senioritis.</p>

<p>I’m deciding between Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED</p>

<p>Asian guy
School: pretty competitive school in NJ
GPA: 4.3 weighted, estimating a 3.8 unweighted (top gpa is 4.7ish and is doing Harvard EA)
Class Rank: our school doesn't rank, but im probably top 4%
SAT: 2300+ (Math: 800, Verbal: 800, Writing: 700+)
SAT II: Bio - 800, Chem - 800, Math II - 800, US History - 800, Chinese - 800 </p>

<p>*AP's: *
-Calculus AB: 5 (self-study)
-US History: 5
-Chem: 5
-Bio: 5
-Env. Sci: 5 (self-study)
-Stats: 4 (self-study)</p>

<p>Schedule: broke school record for number of aps in a year (max before was 6)
*Senior Year: *
AP Physics B
AP Env Sci
AP Stats
AP Government and Politics
AP European History
AP English
AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars *
*In School *
-Math Team (4 years)
-FBLA (4 years), State board Vice-president
-Science Olympiad (3 years)
-Science League (3 years)
-NHS (2 years)
-French Honor Society (2 years)
-AMC and AIME math competitions(3 years)
-Varsity Swimming (4 years)
-Co-founder Frisbee team (1 year)
-volunteered as tutor (2 years) </p>

<p>Out of School
-Co-founded organization that goes to local nursing home every Saturday for 2 hours to teach the elderly English
-Volunteer at various hospitals and local Chinese school (over 1000 hours)</p>

<p>*Honors, accomplishments etc. *
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT: 237), most likely finalist
-All-State Orchestra (4 years)
-State FBLA Vice-President
-USA Biology Olympiad Camp Member (top 20 out of 7000+ students nationwide)</p>

<p>*Work Experience *
-Interned under a doctor who specialized in diagnosing various cancers of the bone marrow and blood
-Worked as a lab assistant and fellow researcher (more like slave laborer) with a neuroscientist</p>

<p>*Random Stuff *
-Sending a music CD with a bunch of violin songs recorded on it
-Attended 6 years of CTY, studied biology, chemistry, physics, writing, model UN, game theory.
-Attended Partners in Science for 2 years (a research program that has a 15% acceptance rate. Basically matches people who are aspiring scientists with mentors. You write a paper and make a presentation at the end at Liberty Science Center)
-Attended NJABR (a biomedical program that you tour various labs and hospitals and universities around NJ. We got free stuff from Wyeth. Woo hoo. not really)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs should be good (I’m sending about 4-7 recs). Essay (about research, person who influenced me, and a humorous piece) should be decent, at least. </p>

<p>So yea. Which EA/ED (out of Harvard EA, MIT EA, Stanford EA, Upenn (Wharton) ED, and Princeton ED) am I best matched to?</p>

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<p>which violin pieces are you going to send on your CD, and why are you sending a bunch of pieces? :)</p>

<p>you have a very good chance for every school on your list.</p>

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<p>i was thinking of Bach's Fuga (in the big book thing of bach's partinis and concertos), Sarasate's Andalucua (spelling?), and another big piece thing. the reason why i'm sending the cd is because i have played 13 years of violin, and i consider it to be an important part of my life.</p>

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<p>are interviews mandatory for harvard? should i sign up for one soon...before or after i send in my application?</p>

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<p>According to the Harvard site:
"When and where possible, we try to arrange for applicants to meet with alumni/ae in or near their school communities. No candidate is at a disadvantage if an interview cannot be arranged."</p>

<p>and...</p>

<p>"Applicants will be contacted by a local alumnus/a to schedule an interview once their application has been received and processed at the Admissions Office. If an applicant has not been contacted with four weeks of sending his/her application, he/she should call the Admissions Office. "</p>

<p>So don't worry about it now; after you submit your app that should be taken care of for you.</p>

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<p>also does defer and then regular decision the same as just regular decision? do they completely reconsider you?</p>