List of reach schools I am applying for (not including my matches and safeties since I have a good idea of my chances there): Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, Stanford, Northwestern HPME, Brown PLME, Rice, Rice/Baylor, Johns Hopkins
Objective:
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[]SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (770 CR/W, 800M) 18 Essay (5/7/6)[/] ACT: 34 (36E, 35M, 34R, 32 S) -2 on science was 32…yikes (Not submitting unless needed)
[] SAT II: Biology M 770, planning on taking Math II and Chemistry []Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/870 [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Physics I (4), Spanish IV (3), will take Comp Sci A, Calc BC, Art 2D, APUSH, Chemistry, Eng Lang []IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A []Senior Year Course Load: Eng Lit, Art 2D Studio AP, World Geography, Gov/Eco, Stats AP, PE/Health, Physics II AP[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not “major” but[/li]
AIME Qualifer, Science Olympiad State/Regional/Invitational Medals (25+ overall), UIL Science Regional Qualifer, District medals for 1st Place Biology, 2nd place Chemistry, and 3rd Overall, Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Artwork published on book cover by Celebrating Art, Rodeo Art Contest 1st place category 2x, Best of Show Northwest Art League Contest, probably NMSF, School Science Fair 1st place[/ul]
Subjective:
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[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad 9-12 (Captain 10-12) for which we hold an invitational every year that hosts nearly 80 schools and raises nearly $10,000 profit a year, Mu Alpha Theta 9-12 (Vice Pres 10-11), Science Bowl 9-12 (Captain 11-12), National Art Honor Society (9-12), Science National Honor Society(11-12) []Volunteer/Community service: Held a shoe drive to donate pairs of shoes to kids going back to school, Volunteered at Hospital [] Summer Activities: Summer Research in Pediatric Oncology Department, Hopsital Volunteering, 4 years program known as Houston PREP (basically summer courses in STEM) []Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering []State (if domestic applicant): TX []Country (if international applicant): USA []School Type: Public [] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian []Gender: Male []Income Bracket: 90k [*]Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): None[/ul]
You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools
Why so many reaches? What appeals to you about those schools?