Chances for UCs, Ivies, prestigious universities?

daisy2000
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:40:28 +0000

I’m a junior right now and in a bit of a special circumstance. My family doesn’t have a lot of income and for most of my high school career, I’ve been working tutoring jobs to help out my mom. I’m also an immigrant to the U.S. and the first person in my family to go to college. Any advice on how to make my app stronger right now or any anecdotal experiences from people in a similar situation as well as just general chances for UC schools, Ivies, and other prestigious universities would be greatly appreciated.

My Stats:
-SAT: 1540 (790 Math and 750 Reading/Writing)
-GPA: 4.0 (UW)
-White female from a big city in the Northeast
-APs: a 4 on the AP Euro exam and will be taking the exams for AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Physics 1, AP USH this year as well as AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Gov and AP Calc (not sure if A/B or B/C yet)

ECs:
-Member of the Debate Team
-Member of the Blood Drive Committee(hoping to gain a leadership position)
-Member of my school’s theater community (Art/Set Design)
-Played piano for 6 years
-Tutor (paid employment from people in my neighborhood)
-Studied abroad w/ financial aid (summer 2019)
-hoping to gain a hospital volunteer position for this summer but I don’t know if this will happen because of the current situation with COVID-19