Before I say anything, I’d just like to acknowledge that I am well aware that admissions to top colleges is a crapshoot and that anything less than an acceptance letter doesn’t guarantee admittance to these colleges. This post is not meant as a flex or ego boost but a way to get opinions from outside my friends and family about how strong my application is. With that said, let’s begin.
Race: African-American Male
Income: ~90,000
Academic Interests(in order): Materials Science and Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, German
School: Normally noncompetitive(any student ranked 6 or above would be valedictorian in 9/10 of any other year) ~2000 student public school in a pretty well off small city in Southern California
GPA: 3.92 UW, 4.64 W
Class Rank: 4/395(by weighted GPA)
Senior Schedule: AP German, AP Physics I, AP Gov/Econ(switches after 1st semester), AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Art 1, Soccer(Varsity+maybe Captain by RD), dual-enrollment Elementary Statistics class at local CC
APs(Predicted in parentheses): AP Euro-5, AP Chem(4/5), APUSH(5), AP Lang(4/5), AP Calc AB(4/5)
ACT: 35(33, 35, 36, 36) - waiting on the essay score Also waiting on Math Level II and Chemistry subject test scores
ECs:
2.5 years of school soccer(all except for the first semester of junior year)
Co-Founder and President of a college preparatory club(started in 11th)
Co-Founder of a STEM mentorship and tutoring program helping disadvantaged local middle school students(started in 11th and linked to the college prep club)
Co-Founder of the Mu Alpha Theta Chapter at my school(starting in 12th)
FIRST Robotics Team(2 time regional winners, went to Houston national competition prior to me joining)(joined in June 2019)
Club Soccer(Spring+Fall of 2017,Spring 2019)
Awards:
2nd highest score on the ACS Olympiad local exam in school(lost a coin flip to stop from advancing)
Junior Usher-led the procession of the class of 2019(top 4 Junior class rank)
Summer Programs/Classes:
Stanford IFSS - 2 week shadowing a Stanford Chemistry grad student Summer@Brown - One week Introduction to Engineering class at Brown Stanford Online - CS 101 & Game Theory(will get certificate of completion for both) - Self-paced online classes
Recommendations:
Chemistry Teacher(10/10)-Loves me and I love him. Has recommended me before.
German Teacher(6-10/10)- Had her since my Freshman year. Definitely likes me, but it’s hard to say how much she does. Super passionate and cares a lot about her students.
Please chance me for: Stanford REA, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, CalTech, Brown, UCB, UCSD, UCSB
Thanks for reading!