Chance me (Penn, WUSTL, UMich, UChicago, Cooper Union)

Demographics
Straight white male
$140,000 house income
Missouri public high school

Stats
ACT: 35 (36E, 36R, 34M, 33S)
GPA: 4.5
Rank: 2 of 350

Courses

  • APUSH (4)
  • Physics 1
  • Bio
  • Calc AB
  • Lang/Comp
  • Government

Senior Year Schedule (To be)
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
AP Physics 2
AP Stats
EDD (PLTW independent engineering project class)
Independent Research
AP Literature

Awards
very minor things here and there but nothing notable

Extracurriculars

  • Technology Student Association (Reporter - manage PR and advertising), (President) 3 years
  • FIRST Robotics Team (CAD team co-leader, team representative) 2 year
  • Scholar Bowl (varsity captain) 2 year
  • Assistant Student Council, 2 years
  • Varsity Tennis, 2 years
  • Founder/Pres. of STEM Volunteering club
  • 100+ service hours with club above and other
  • self-study Physics C with my AP teacher
  • jobs here and there

Any chance at Penn ED? or maybe WashU ED? Still not sure which to do, love both so much. But also UMich, UChicago, Cooper Union, Columbia? All reaches, but which is best/worst for me? THANK YOU SO MUCH, if anyone wants a chance back let me know, I’d be happy to help.

Also my FIRST Team is super good, 3 finalist medals this season and relatively well known.

I suspect your stats are good enough. Really don’t know the rest without knowing you better. But, your chances are better if you apply than if you don’t. You will be going up against a ton of competitors with the same ECs and grades. You need to present a complete picture of yourself and sell how you help them meet their mission.

If the rumors that WashU is going to have ED2 next year is true, you can ED Penn and ED2 WashU.

You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools