Hi everyone,
I have to decide soon what colleges to apply to, and I was wondering my chances. So far I have made the following list for my “reach” schools. Btw, to clarify, just finished junior year.
Harvard
Columbia
Berkley
Stanford
Chicago
Princeton
Brown
Northwestern
Penn
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1590 (new SAT) Math- 800 Reading/English-790 Writing- 8/8/8
ACT (breakdown):36
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 760 Math II, US History 800, Literature 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Physics 1 (5), AP Human Geography (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP English 3 (5), AP Spanish (5), AP Macro/Micro (5,4), AP World History (4), AP Stats (5). AP US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest school has to offer, 6 AP classes, one study hall
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Quizbowl- numerous local tournament all-star team and championships, HSNCT nationals 2nd place, 3 state titles, 2nd team all star nationals. Davidson Fellow, MIT INSPIRE finalist, National Merit, US geography olympiad 1st place and 2nd place, 3 state titles from BPA and FBLA, 3 second place finishes at state finals for chess, National AP scholar, economic challenge regional winner
Subjective:
Extracurricular: (place leadership in parentheses): FBLA (President 11th), History Bee Bowl (founder and pres 9-11), NHS (president), Quizbowl (JV captain 9,10), Chess (Captain 10,11), BPA
Job/Work Experience: account for small corporation over the summer (legal the way it is set up)
Volunteer/Community Service: local volunteering with many charity races (organized 14 of them), tax preparer and specialist at economic center for progress (3 years)
Summer Activities: Internship at Northwestern
Essays: Haven’t started yet but probably will be decent
Teacher Recommendations: Haven’t read yet
Counselor Rec: Haven’t read yet
Additional Rec: Haven’t read yet
Interview: not done yet
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, extremely competitive (top 10 on many nation rankings)
Ethnicity: Multiracial (White, Indian, little Black) Does multiracial help at all?
Gender: M
Income Bracket: top 2%
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, multiracial (?)
Thanks