<p>I posted the same thing in a different chance me thread but I figured I could come up with a more specific title and add some more info about myself.</p>
<p>I'm a white guy (if that's relevant) and I'm graduating high school in the class of 2014, so I will be applying to colleges this Fall. I'm finalizing my list now, so I figured I could use some help in determining what schools I should consider reaches, matches, and safeties. I'm also not sure if I have enough safeties on my list, so it would be great if you could suggest some.</p>
<p>Intended major: Something in the area of Business, Politics, Economics, and Law. I plan to get a JD/MBA after college</p>
<p>GPA:
3.6-3.7 UW (hasn't been recalculated since junior year has ended so this is my best estimate)
4.3W
4.6 UC GPA</p>
<p>Courses: Always the highest level available, which includes almost all honors and AP courses besides classes like Health, Drama, and PE.
APs I've taken:
AP World History - 5
Chemistry - 5
Physics - 5
English Language - 5
US History - 4
I'll be taking AP Latin, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, AP Economics (Micro and Macro), and AP English Literature during my senior year.</p>
<p>Class Rank: My school does not give ranks, but I would assume fairly high. We only have about 1 or 2 kids every year with a 4.0 or above but we still have fairly high admit rates for good schools.</p>
<p>Standardized Tests:
2300 SAT (800 CR, 750 Writing, 750 Math)
800 Chemistry SAT II
800 World History SAT II
800 Math 2 SAT II
34 ACT</p>
<p>College Essay (Yes, I've already written my common app essay): I've gone over it with a few teachers and they've all said it's very good, and I trust them enough to tell me if it's not. I also showed it to a friend who got into Harvard last year and he said it was definitely better than his, so I'm feeling good about that.</p>
<p>ECs:
- Boy Scouts (8 years) - Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader (Leader of the troop)
- Track and Cross Country (5 years Varsity) - Multiple local awards, team captain, likely to make states every season as a senior (xc, indoor, outdoor) and nationals for both track seasons, good enough to possibly be recruited at DIII schools and some lower level DI programs, could probably walk on to any team and I plan to do so.
- Model United Nations (4 years) - President and was the first to add a second annual conference to our club's schedule
- Founding Member of school meditation club (3 years)
- Officer and original member of school Pencils of Promise Club (2 years)- raises money to build a school for underprivileged children in Laos
- Officer in Film Club (3 years)
- Habitat for Humanity - spent spring break in New Orleans doing community service
- French Exchange - was only person allowed to go from a lower level French class
- Math Team</p>
<p>Summer Work:
- Camp Counselor for 3 years (2009-2011)
- Tennis Court Manager for 2 years (2012-2013)
- Worked compiling a research database for a law school over the summer (2013)
I have saved almost all of the money I've made and I plan on using it to contribute to my college tuition.</p>
<p>Awards:
National Latin Exam: 2x Summa Cum Laude ; 2x Magna Cum Laude
Cross Country and Track & Field: 3x All League ; 4x All League HM</p>
<p>Extra tidbit: my grandfather was a former Congressmen and Governor, but I'm not sure how much that helps or how I could possibly work it in if it does. Any advice there?</p>
<p>My List:
Yale University
University of Pennsylvania
University of California at Berkeley - out of state
University of Southern California
Claremont McKenna College - Division III
Georgetown University - aunt and uncle went here if that counts for anything
Johns Hopkins University - Division III
Villanova University
Boston College - legacy
Tufts University - Divison III
Harvard University
Stanford University - my mom is friends with a former member of the board of trustees and the current head of the Alumni Association. How much could this help? I feel like Stanford is the the kind of school that doesn't take this kind of stuff into account as much.</p>