Chance Me: ED for UChicago, RD EA for Amherst, Middlebury, WashU, Emory, Tufts as a recruited Athlete [Canadian, 3.8 UW, 1490 SAT, Econ/Finance]

[winston5]

Demographics

• State/Location of Residency: London, Canada
• Canadian Citizen
• Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Top Ontario Highschool, Public, Graduation class size: 350
• Gender/race/ethnicity: Male/Mixed/Polynesian
• Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.) : Recruited athlete for tennis.

Intended Major(s)
Economics/Finance

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

• Unweighted HS GPA: 3.8
• Weighted HS GPA: 4.12
• Class Rank: My school does not report class rank, but the school counselor said he believes I’m in the top decile.
• ACT/SAT Scores: 1490 (710 RW, 780 Math)

Cost Constraints / Budget

• Able to pay in full for every school.

List your HS coursework

• Took all pre-AP course in grades 9 and 10, and took 3 AP courses in grade 11. Very up and down grades for grades 9 and 10, but averaging over 95 for grade 11. Planning on taking AP Calculus and Vectors, AP English, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, and Advanced Functions. Also self-studied 3 AP exams where I got a 4 on all of them, AP Micro, AP Macro, and AP Statistics.

Awards

• AP Scholar
• Canadian Economics Case Competition: Honour Roll
• Canadian Economics Olympiad participant.

Extracurriculars

• Recruited athlete(tennis) to UChicago, Amherst, Middlebury, WashU, Emory, Tufts.
• Investment Club Member
• Food Bank Volunteering: I have volunteered over 50 hours at a local food bank, organizing food donations, packing parcels, and assisting with registration.
• Writing Letters to Seniors: During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, I wrote dozens of letters to seniors at local retirement homes, sharing personal stories, advice, and entertainment.
• Coaching Tennis: I have coached over 150 hours of tennis for beginners and intermediates, teaching fundamental skills and techniques.

Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)

• Have not written essays or gotten recommendations yet, but should be good.

Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if unsure, leave them unclassified)
Trying to apply ED to UChicago, and EA or RD to rest of the schools.

[BKSquared]

If he is a true recruited athlete, he will be offered an almost guaranteed admission at the schools you listed, provided he commits to one and applies ED there.

If what you mean by recruited athlete is that the coach has said nice things to you but has not offered full support, these schools will be reaches with GPA and test scores at or below median. You can Google “CDS[name of school]” to see where your son stacks.

[cinnamon1212]

This isn’t how athletic recruiting generally works.

[arcadia]

Nearly all recruited athletes apply ED. Have any of these coaches offered you support through the admissions process?

[Publisher]

FWIW Atlanta, Emory University’s location, has one of the most active tennis communities in the USA.

@winston5

Able to pay in full for every school.

As you are probably aware, the schools will expect to be paid in US dollars. (My attempt at humor.)

You have a list of outstanding schools, but might–due to your interest in tennis–want to consider some more warm weather colleges and universities (located in states like Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Arizona, and in Southern California).

https://tennisnerd.net/tennis-travel/top-10-tennis-travel-locations-in-the-usa/34473

[Navo]

@Winston5: as you’re a recruited athlete, could you confirm the list of schools at which you have successfully passed your pre-reads?

It is then for you to ask each coach to confirm whether they would give you their strongest support if you apply ED (including the number of recruited this year, your tank amongst them, which position you would play, single and/or doubles), and then tell one coach that you’re applying there ED, and inform the other coaches accordingly.

Best of luck.