<p>Odd choice of schools.. what do you guys think? I'm not very confident.. but I'd like to apply EA to Yale and the rest (obviously) are RD.. </p>
<p>I'm an asian-american (parents from taiwan) living north of boston.. gonna be a senior next year..</p>
<p>Cumulative Unweighted GPA - 3.57
Cumulative Weighted GPA - 4.21/4.49
Cumulative Weighted GPA (used for rank) - 8.54 / 9.5-10 ish?? (we are the first class that they are using this new gpa system on)
Rank-in-Class - 8 / 306</p>
<p>My school only allows seniors to take AP courses. I've taken all honours courses so far and pulled a few strings freshman year, so I completed AP French this year (This gives me a significant weighting boost which accounts for my low unweighted and high weighted GPAs). I really like foreign languages so I skipped French 2, Spanish 1 and Spanish 3.</p>
<p>Senior Year Courses:</p>
<p>AP European History
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
Honours Idea of Man (12th grade English, no AP courses offered)
Honours Spanish IV (maybe a scheduling conflict.. but we'll see)</p>
<p>SAT:
M-770
W-710
V-610 (retake? this was on my second try.. i came up from a 600.. so i'm not sure how drastic a change a retake would bring)</p>
<p>SAT II E. Bio - 640 (freshman year)
SAT II Chem - 710 (sophmore year)
SAT II French - 740 (junior year)
SAT II Physics - 730
SAT II Math IIC - 760</p>
<p>AP USH - 4
AP French - 5
(APs listed above coming up and possibly self-studying macro / microeconomics)</p>
<p>I speak English, Mandarin, Taiwanese (Hakka Dialect), and French fluently (or close enough). And I'm studying Spanish currently (not fluent at all.. I know the grammar.. but I speak Spanish about as well as Bush does.. and that's not saying much)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Cross Country- 9,10,11,12
Volunteer Work at Local Chinese School - 10,11,12
Piano at New England Conservatory Prep School - 9 years
Tutoring Two Chinese Girls Adopted by American Parents in Chinese- 9,10,11,12
Tutoring Chinese to an American Middle Schooler (just started this summer.. plan to continue next year)
Founder / President of Young Republicans - 11,12
Republican Advisor to Current Events Club - 11,12
Community Service Club - 10,11,12
International Club - 11,12
Spanish Club - 11,12
Elected Delegate to Student Gov't Day at State House - 11
Campaigned for local GOP candidates
The Young Republicans also put out a bi-weekly conservative publication (i'm the editor). </p>
<p>I work at a coffee shop and during the school year I work about 6-12 hours / wk.. although last summer i had been scheduled for 60 hours my first week and 47 my second.. i averaged around 36 hours / wk that entire summer (isn't that illegal as a 16 year old?) anyway.. that manager left after the summer and went bak home to bratislava.. haha</p>
<p>I also got the Colorado School of Mines Award for Math & Science.. kind of odd isn't it?</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, because of the newsletter, some teachers were a little peeved and my application to join National Honour Society was rejected due to "character flaws." I brought it up with the administration and the decision was overturned.</p>
<p>BTW.. mom works at Tufts.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>