<p>Hi there, just wondering what thoughts you guys had about my chances for upper tier schools at this point.
Junior at Brophy, most competitive prep school in AZ (or around there) </p>
<p>Academics:
4.45 GPA (2/390) 3.98 unweighted, winner of AMDG award at school (top junior)
Already taken 9 APs by the end of this year
Biology: 5 European History:5 Human Geog: 5 Envt Science: 5
Yeah those are weak, but only Sophomore offerings…- recognized AP scholar
Junior classes: Ap Calc AB, AP Chem, AP US, AP Psych, AP Eng
Senior: Ap physics, Ap Music, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Econ
Only taken SAT II Bio as freshman: 780
Will take Math IIC, Chem, Hist June
Testing: Sophomore SAT: 780V 710M, 1490 total 1520 if can combine w/ new
I feel ■■■■■■■■ I did worse this march, but i had the flu: 740 v 740M 770W
total 2250 or if you can combine scores 2290
222 on PSAT so i will be getting NMSQT/semi-final</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Debate is my main thing, I spend countless hours and at least 2 wknds a week during the regular school year at tourns or etc.
President of LD Debate squad since Soph year, Treasurer Junior year of overall club (100+membs) President senior
Attended Yale, Stanford Berkeley, ASU, other tourns in WA, UT, and TX.
Champion of 4 Arizona Debate tournaments, ASU Champion 2 years in a row, octafinals or quarters of most national tournaments i’ve been to
5a state champion Jr year. Attending NFL Debate Nationals, and Tournament of Champions in KY. Semifinalist Extemp speaking TOC soph year.
My other main thing is Key club. Over 160 hours since Freshman year, (9-12) Vice-President of Brophy Key club Jr. year, Organize March of Dimes and SSBTR, this year i was elected District Secretary Treasurer of Southwest Key Club District (covering all AZ, NM, most TX key clubs about 1000) and international Key club representative.
Others: NHS (10-12) Executive Board Member as Jr, President Sr +60 hrs service
Science Club/other: Treasurer Jr year, VPresident Senior Year. 2nd Place at State in NDE National science bowl competition+
2nd place Molecular biology Arizona science fair soph year
Working as research assitant at Mayo Clinic scottsdale this summer w/ Dr. Rafael Fonseca on Myoplasma genomes in brain cancer (prolly 300 hs) will enter Siemens project and maybe Intel
School Newspaper/Newsletter: (10-12) Regular reporter, most likely assistant editor next year.
Mock Trial (11-12) not well established at our school, but got 4th state this year
Spanish Honor Society (10-12), Big Brother/Freshman Leader (11-12) retreat organizer
Other Service: 200 hours on Community Action project (junior school requirement) at St. Vincent De Paul, 15 days in Juarez building houses (Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos)
Summer stuff: Participant at Yale Ivy Scholars program last year, Presidential Classroom, People to People Ambassador and Global Ambassador soph and jr year respectively.
member of NSHSS, National Honor Roll, Whos Who Presidential scholar yeah i know those are dumb.
I do rockclimbing and hiking almost every day, but no sports per se in school so no idea how that factors in.
My dream school is yale, followed by Brown, stanf, cornell, uchicago, rice, amherst, what do you think?
Also if it is relevant I am as middle class as middle class can get, and white (haha).</p>