<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I've listed my stats below and am hoping that all of you could comment on my chances and what I should try to improve to prepare for the college admissions process next year. I really want to participate in a joint program between Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. So, if you all could comment on what you think my chances to Columbia, Cornell, USC, University of Washington, and Washington State University are that would be great. Right now, I am planning to get my bachelors degree in general mathematics and then go on to graduate school for engineering.</p>
<p>Essays: This is where I am hoping I can "shine." I've had a lot of really great things happen to me in my life and I am hoping to craft almost all of them into a unique essay about me. Basically, I'm hoping to write about how my struggles being born partially deaf taught me determination in school and sports. In turn, this determination opened new doors for me and allowed me to train at the Olympic Training Center a couple weeks in taekwondo and I got to spend my rising junior summer at NASA SHARP:)</p>
<p>Recommendations: Expected to be pretty good. Hoping for a recommendation from my supervisor at NASA SHARP (Assistant Dean to the medical school), my mentor at NASA SHARP, my Spanish teacher, and probably a couple other teachers</p>
<p>3.65 Unweighted (hoping to improve to 3.8 by end of junior year by improving study skills)
PSAT (Sophomore Year, no prep): 189
Expected PSAT (with prep): 210+</p>
<p>Classes
9th Grade (at Junior High)
Highly Capable English (B+/A-)
Highly Capable History (A-/A-)
Highly Capable Integrated Math 2 (B-/B)
Introduction to Physical Sciences (A/A)
Symphonic Band (A/A)
Spanish I (A/A)</p>
<p>Summer
Integrated Math III</p>
<p>10th Grade
English 10 (A-)
AP European History (B)
Pre-Calculus (B+)
Biology (A-)
Sports Medicine (A)
Spanish II (A)</p>
<p>Summer
NASA SHARP :):):)</p>
<p>11th Grade
Dual Enrollment Program (15 credits qtr.)
Community College
College Strategies 101 (Fall)
Calculus I (Fall)
English 101 (Fall)
Chemistry 120 (Fall)
Calculus II (Winter)
US History to 1865 (Winter)
English 102 (Winter)
Calculus III (Spring)
Intro. to Web Authoring (Spring)
US History from 1865 (Spring)</p>
<p>Summer
Applying to more summer programs and back-up plan is an intensive language program at the local university</p>
<p>12th Grade
Community College
Differential Equations (Fall)
English 201 (Fall)
Astronomy 101 (Fall)
Spanish 201 (Winter)
English 251 (Winter)
Chemistry 142 (Winter)
Nutrition 110 (Spring)
Statistics (Spring)
Physics 101 (Spring)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars
Taekwondo (10 Years)
-Captain of Washington State Junior Elite Taekwondo Team
-Captain of Washington State National Taekwondo Team
-Won local, regional, national, and international taekwondo tournaments
-Selected to represent Washington State at Olympic Training center for national camp
-Washington State Best Female Taekwondo Athlete</p>
<p>Varsity Cross Country (Just started this year, so only two years total)
-Expected Sub-20 5k this year (this is my first year on cross country but I have spent most of this summer training)
-Goal of Sub-19 5k next year</p>
<p>Volunteering
-Planning to restart the science fair at my local elementary school (it was cancelled back in the 1980s due to budget cuts)</p>
<p>Community High School of Jewish Studies ("Hebrew High")
-Basically in this program, I'll select two classes each trimester to attend every wednesday night. I am hoping to take a beginnning hebrew class and a class about the impact of the holocaust this trimester.</p>
<p>National Honor Society (Predicted)
-6 Years</p>
<p>P.S.: Sorry about the very long post! Anybody who suggests schools I might be able to go to can have a free G-mail invite. (if anybody even wants one anymore)</p>