Chance Me at Selective Schools

ambitious2
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:27:50 +0000

White male, Wisconsin.

Please chance me at these schools: Stanford, Dartmouth, MIT, Harvard, Cornell, Northwestern, WashU, UPenn, Colgate, Yale, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago.
Also: is it worth taking SAT again for these schools? Currently a Junior.

UW GPA: 4.0 Freshman, Sophomore, Junior (No weighting at my school)
No ranks at my school, but top 1%
APs: CompSci A, Chemistry, World History, PhysicsEM, Spanish Lit, English Language, APUSH, Stats, BC Calc, Economics, English Lit, AP Bio, Spanish Language

Independent study in CompSci, Journalism, Spanish

SAT: 2190
-CR:700
-W:710
-M:780
Only taken once. Have not yet taken ACT.

Recs:
Very favorable; English and Science

Clubs:
-4 years FBLA (Leader 2 years)
-3 years ModelUN
-3 years Investment Club (Founder / President) - gained 20% student membership
-4 years FIRST Robotics (leadership role 2 years)
-Various community service clubs, leadership role in 2-3 of them
-3 years Math Team

Awards:
-National Spanish Exam Gold Medal (3 times)
-1st Place Regional and State math competitions
-AP Scholar with distinction
-National Honors Society

Sports:
-4 years XC (2 years varsity)
-4 years competitive sailing

-1st place at Midwest Regatta

I have ~200 hours community service
-participate in Church Work Trip (40 hours annually)
-local soup kitchens
-5k organization for charity

Passions/Hooks

Programming:
-have developed and published several iPhone apps
-very comfortable in Java

Journalism:
-schools newspaper (two years)
-editor (one year)

Tutoring:
-peer tutor at school (2hrs/wk)
-tutor underprivileged children (3hrs/wk)

German:
-been self-teaching for two years

Is there anything crucial that I am lacking? Thanks.