Chances for top schools

hotcrossbuns
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:03:57 +0000

Hello everyone, I would really appreciate if you could chance my brother. :)

Objective:
SAT I : 2330 (740 R, 790 M, 800 W) (2 sittings; 1st sitting 2300 [740,790,770])
SAT II: 800 Bio M, Math II 780
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 Weighted: 4.57
Rank: top 1% of >700 (most likely 1 if everything goes well for this 1st semester)
AP: Chem, Bio, Physics C, English Lang, USH, Art History, Stat, Econ (Mic/Mac), Spanish
Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar w/ distinction, NM Commended, National Hispanic Recognition Program, Gold Medal - Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards in Science for a certain region, National Ventures Scholar.

Extracurricular:

Jazz Band (4 years)
Officer (4 years) A biology and healthcare oriented club
Started a faith-based club (personally most important/influential extracurricular for him; 4 years founder/president)
Youth Group Worship Leader
Science Olympiad - 5th team in states, 6th in an event for states
State Chemistry Olympics (not chemistry olympiad) - 1st in Chemistry Research
Debate Club (4 years)

Work Experience: Private tutor/work with family business

Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at hospital, library volunteer supervisor
Summer Activities: Biology course at county college; The High School Honors Science Program (HSHSP) @ MSU (About - High School Honors Science Program - Michigan State University)

Teacher Recommendation: AP Biology teacher’s will be absolutely amazing (teacher told him), AP English will be a little less personal, but she/he is known for awesome letters

Counselor Rec: will talk about his involvement in activities and ethic/life philosophy

Additional Rec: From his summer research professor/mentor

Additional Materials: Research abstract and executive summary

Other:
School Type: Public/competitive, acceptances to all Ivies and equal-caliber schools, etc.
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <50K
Parent Education/Employment: Dad Bachelors business owner, Mom high school and unemployed for 3 years.
Language: English is first but Spanish at home
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (hispanic) (i’m a 5050 mix with asian and plan to put both on the common application)

Schools: His intended major is Biology with a minor or major in Economics or a minor in political science. MIT (EA), Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, JHU, thinking about UPenn Roy Vagelos Life Sciences & Management (LSM). He has safeties and targets, which I won’t name here. Are these schools realistic goals for him? What would you say are his chances?