I am currently a junior enrolled at a large public school (2500+ students) and would like to know my chances at some top schools (sorry for long post in advance)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): taking in december (expecting 1500+ based on practice tests and PSAT)
ACT (breakdown): taking in the spring
SAT II: will be taking biology, math II, and literature in spring/summer
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 103.8 out of a 110 scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~647
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Biology (4), Microeconomics (5), European History (5), Lang (5), Psychology (5), World History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Latin, AP Physics C, AP Statisics, AP Lit, AP Research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lol!
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
HOSA (Founder of school’s Chapter and President) (2015-present)
Organize and plan meetings, instruct and lead officers and 100+ members, plan events (Health Fair, Blood Drives, Fundraising, Conferences, etc)
Cross Country (Varsity and JV) (2014-present)
Track and Field (Varsity and JV) (2014-present)
Science Olympiad (Team Captain) (2014-present)
Plan meetings and study sessions, lead members, compete in competitions (2 first place regional medals)
Science Bowl/Club (Assistant Team Captain)
Help plan meetings, serve as second seat for Team A, help plan study sessions and lead Exploravision Research Competition team
Korean Club (Founding Member and Vice President )(2016-present)
Learn about Korean language and culture, in absence of president, lead meetings and teaching basic korean
GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) (Vice President)
Helped revitalize and expand the club, as well as organize events and meetings based around LGBTQ+ issues and other social problems, advocate, and provide a safe space for marginalized groups.
Latin Club (2015-present)
Honor Societies (Science National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta) (2016-present)
Beta Club (2015-present)
self study languages on my own (Korean and chinese), currently applying to a few summer abroad language immersion programs)
Job/Work Experience: babysitting last summer (2015) never again… just never. again.
Volunteer/Community service: AP Biology Tutoring, miscellaneous club stuff
Summer Activities: studying languages, volunteering at nursing home, babysitting, (next summer in 2017 i might be at a summer abroad program, Governor’s Honor Program, interning at a doctor’s officer or doing hosa stuff.)
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup! (gonna try for questbridge)
Intended Major: biochemistry, may double major in korean or chinese
State (if domestic applicant): in the South
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: very big (2500+ students)
Ethnicity: black/asian (im 1/4 or 1/8 asian, should i mention this? idk because its on my dads side)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st Gen, single parent house hold (father got deported), gay
Reflection
Strengths: i have a lot of leadership i guess and my background is pretty unique (gay blasian buddhist lolz), my grades
Weaknesses: havent done much outside of school, no test scores as of yet
Schools I plan to apply to:
Stanford University
Emory University
University of Southern California
Columbia University
Cornell University
Uchicago
UGA (safety bc of rank)
Yale University
Harvard University
Princeton University
thank you so much in advance!!!