Literally want just one Ivy. Everything is as it is on my Common App
Demographics: Male, white, Virginia, public school near Richmond
Intended Major: Computer Science
SAT: 1430 720/710 (Should I go test optional to some of them, how much will that affect me?)
GPA: W- 5.02/5, UW- 4/4
Rank: 4/472
Coursework: (APs) World History, Environmental Science, Comp. Sci Principles, US History, Bio, Lang, Lit, Calc AB, Physics 1, US Gov, Psych, & DE Pre-Calc
Awards:
- Honor Society Selections (NHS, NEHS, SNHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa, Tri-M), School
- VBODA All District Bands Selections (9, 10, 11, 12), State/regional
- Virginia Tech Honors Band Selections (Represented school at Virginia Tech Honor Band Festivals) (11, 12), National
- Junior Marshall Selection (Top twenty in class, aid in senior graduation process), 11
- National Latin Exam: maxima cum laude award (11), National
Extracurriculars:
- Marching Band (9, 10, 11, 12), Drum Major (12) / Section Leader (11), 14 hr/wk for 20 wk/yr
- Show Band (9, 10, 11, 12), Caption (12), 12 hr/wk for 22 wk/yr
- Work (Dairy Queen, 9, 10, 11, 12), 6 hr during school/wk, 20-30 in summer
- Leadership Intern: Camp Invention (11, 12), 40 hr/wk for 2 wk/yr
- George Parks DM Academy (12), 60 hr/wk for one wk
- Community Service music instruction for school (10, 11, 12), 1.5 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr
- Tri-M Vice President (Music Honors Society, 12), 1 hr/wk 40 wk/yr
- Freshman class president, 4hr/wk 40 wk/yr
- Piano/piano recitals (10, 11, 12), 4 hr/wk for 40 hr/yr
- Ice Hockey (9, 10, 11), 4 hr wk for 35 wk/yr
Essays: Personal essay is fine in my opinion (should probably have more ppl look at it)
LOR: Pre-Calc teacher 6-7/10 (I feel like it could be good or bad, I was the top student in all her classes but didn’t talk to her much), AP Bio teacher 9/10 (5 on Bio exam and she gave me the AP Bio student of the year award)
Schools: As I said, literally any Ivy but mainly Brown, Princeton, UPenn, and Cornell