Chance Me?

Chance Me / Match Me
1

I’m a rising Junior and although this may be early, but am planning for the road ahead. I plan to apply to the schools below:

Chicago
Duke (Legacy)
Penn (Legacy)
Princeton
Stanford
Harvard
Berkeley
Yale
Two State Schools I won’t mention

Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 (No weighted GPA, no AP classes available)
SAT: 2220
SAT Math II: 750
SAT Spanish, Chemistry: Taking this June

Junior Course Load:
Advanced Calculus
Advanced Physics
Advanced Spanish (Seventh year student)
American Literature/History (Required Classes)
Public Speaking
Macroeconomics
Directing
Computational Modeling
Advanced Biology
Data Science
Gym

Selected Classes I Took Last Year as a Sophomore:
Advanced Computer Science
Latin American Studies
Modern Middle Eastern Studies

Calculus
Statistics
Nuclear Physics

ECs:

School Soccer- Captain of Varsity soccer team since freshman. I formed the school’s Junior Varsity team as freshman and coordinated other soccer related events at the school.

Club- I’ve also played club soccer competitively for seven years, with my team recently winning the state tournament. I volunteer for our club to help younger teams during practices and tryouts.

Work with underprivileged children at soccer camps over the summer, and have worked with organizations that help bring infrastructure for soccer fields and leagues to Africa along with financial support.

Finance- I’ve interned at a local money management firm the last two years, and analysed equities there. I gained some recognition through a paper I wrote as a Freshman on European wealth dynamics, and economics as a whole is what I am very passionate about and hope to study in the future.

School Debate Team- Debate Captain for two years, and founding member of school’s competitive debate team, that has won several local competitions and now competes around the country.

Nuclear Fusor Team- Helped to build nuclear fusor with school’s team for two years.

Worked on School’s internal software with a team on a research grant to head mapping the school using triangulation. Worked as both front end engineer and head of non-technical execution.

Spanish Tutoring- I tutored students taking Spanish one on one and as a general tutor to gain over 75 hours of community service.

General Tutor- I also served as a general tutor for our school, working with the School’s education department to provide support to students with accommodations. I tutored primarily in Science and Social Science departments.

Member of School’s Robotics Team- Working to finish seventh in the state as one the team’s engineers.

Male
White
No Financial Aid

2

What are these two “state schools that you won’t mention?”

Berkeley: Match/High match

Everyone else that you did mention is a reach (ED at one of Duke or UPenn if you want to take advantage of legacy)

3

You seem like a good applicant to me, and legacy will help you at Duke and Penn. But keep in mind there are many kids like you! I wish you luck though!

4

I know this isn’t your finalized list, but ultimately you should pick a few reach schools that are your favorites and fill in the rest with matches (aside from your two state schools, which I’m assuming are safeties).

5

Will you have AP classes available to you as a junior or senior? If not, that’s unfortunate. Elite colleges do like to see that you took a tough course load. Your unweighted GPA is perfect, and your SAT is very solid. I would imagine that if you took that SAT again as a senior that you might do even better – lots of learning for you between now and then still, and that WILL help. Get that SAT up to 2300 with a 4.0 unweighted, and you are a strong candidate. Those are all tough schools though, and you aren’t guaranteed admission to any of them. You are on the right path though…keep the focus and you have a shot. Good luck!

6

A fair chance at Penn and berkeley!