Strat728

1. Brown
2. Cornell
3. WashU in St. Louis
4. Johns Hopkins
5. University of Michigan (Rolling dec.)
6. Columbia (Legacy)
7. NYU
8. Tulane (Safety and Legacy)

Unweighted GPA: 3.85 Weighted: 4.01
Class Rank: Top 5% (school doesn't rank) class of 175 people
Top 75 US High School in NY
Looking to go Pre-Med, but also minor in Political Science or Ancient History

SAT: 730 CR 700 Math 680 Writing (2110/1430

SATII: World History:750 (Will take Molecular Biology and US History SAT II's)

AP's: 6
World History:4 (Will have Language and Comp, US History, Economics, Literature, Physics B)

EC's:
I've played the saxophone and clarinet for 10 years in Pep Band, Jazz Band, and the Wind Ensemble.
I have played jazz guitar for the past 2 years as well.
Latin Club- 4 years- Class Officer
Economics Club- Stock Exchange team leader
Varsity Golf and Baseball- 2 years

Honors/Awards:
High Honor Roll: 12 times (Through Junior Year)
High School Honor Society
Molecular DNA Center Senior Scholar- working under a molecular biologist
Researched a gene on the smell and perception of sweat molecules in my molecular biology class.

Volunteering:
I have volunteered for an optometry organization for the past 2 years and I help to write lenses for people in third-world countries. I plan to go on one of their retreats to South America this summer.

Essay: I have a speech impediment (called stuttering) which I've battled throughout my whole life. I plan on talking about how I "found my voice" and became a liberal living in a conservative community where I felt comfortable voicing my opinion. Stuttering has shaped who I am as an individual and I would like to showcase how this makes me different from everyone else applying to these top schools.

Godfatherbob

Your chances are the same as the last 10 times you posted this.



Applying to Brown, Cornell, WashU (Will chance back)
Chance me for Brown and I will chance you back if you leave a link
Chance me for Brown and I'll chance back (interesting essay)
Chance me for Brown and top schools and I'll chance you back (Interesting Essay)
Chance me for some top schools and I'll chance you back
Applying to Brown, Cornell, WashU (Will chance back)

OdeToMaybe

pretty good grades and scores and such..not exceptional, no offense, but top few schools on your list might be iffy about them.
extracurriculars are solid but maybe a little common sounding (except optometry work..thats good and unique)
essay sounds like it could definitely be good but you have to be careful with how you write it. you dont want to sound like youre being overdramatic.
id say:
brown--reach
cornell--lower reach
washU--high match/low reach
JHU/Umich/NYU--most likely in
Tulane--in
Columbia--I dunno how much legacy matters there so too hard to say.