<p>EC
Student Body President
Volunteer Hours (200+)
Two years work experience (25 hrs/week)
Chess (2436 ELO rating, could be IM rank if I were to pursue a chess career)
4 year Varsity Football
Founder of Astronomy Club
Founder of Debate Club
Founder of International Club</p>
<p>Financial Aid - Yes, please ($25K income)</p>
<p>Schools: (reach/safety/match)
Columbia (top choice)
Cal Tech
MIT
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
U’Chicago
Duke
Williams
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Add Rice for good money as well. From OK you would probably be in at most schools anyway, URM makes it a lock most places. Are you active in a tribe? Some schools will ask, others won’t. Some will place you with a native URM student or recruiter, so comfort zone might be an issue. Yale will send you a card to fill out for tribal affiliation, Harvard won’t. You will have excellent choices. Most will pay for your trip to visit. GO. You need to visit and see how you feel at all of your top choices. They are all different. My D had similar options and ended up at Harvard. </p>
<p>Get some qualified readers for your essay/personal statement. You don’t want to blow a great record by coming off wrong there.</p>