Input on my college list

zbthsjunior
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 05:38:54 +0000

General Info:
White Male
Poor Public High School
Illinois
Income ~200k
Applying for financial aid

Statistics:

Weighted GPA: 4.67
Unweighted GPA: 3.90
APs: APUSH (4) English Lang (3) Physics 1 (3) Chemistry (3) All taken Junior Year
Senior Courses: AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP World History, AP Biology, Spanish 4
My major will either be cognitive science, neuroscience, or some type of behavioral science depending on the school.

ECs and Awards:

My main extracurricular was baseball. I played travel for 6 years and I have played on my school’s team for all four years. I played basketball freshman year. I am a freshman mentor, part of the student athlete leadership team, worked two summer jobs: 35 hrs a week a one and about 10 hours a week at the other. I played piano for 2 years.

My awards are high honor roll, Illinois state scholar, Grit Award, All-Conference Academic, and Student athlete academic award.

Essays/Recs:

AP Chem teacher: 7/10
AP Lang teacher: 8/10
Counselor: 7/10

My common app was about how the diversity at my school has influenced me as a person
I feel like my supplements were all decent.

Schools I have applied to/am applying to:

Northwestern ED: Rejected
Case Western Reserve EA: Deferred
Fordham EA: Accepted (awaiting financial aid)
Miami University (OH) EA: Awaiting decision

Schools I applied to RD:
Tulane University
Vanderbilt University
WashU
Rice University
Dartmouth College
Carleton College
Vassar College
Hamilton College
Colgate College
U of Rochester
U of Richmond
Carleton College

I know that it’s a lot of schools but I have worked hard on all the essays and I feel that having more options is better than having none. What are your guys thoughts on my list and maybe my chances at some of these schools. Thanks !