Chance a Polisci Major for T20’s

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Junior
Indian Male
Intended Major: History/ Polisci
Applying to Ivies, Stanford, UCB, Duke

GPA: 4.82 (top 1% in class, school doesn’t rank)
SAT: 1540, 1560 super score

No SAT II yet

EC:

Founder and Executive Director of a Nationwide Nonprofit organization that educates children’s about a specific subject. More than 5,000 students reached through our programs. Managed funding, partnerships, built website, reached out to elementary schools where we implemented the program, recruited a team. Featured in a Forbes, NPR.

Research: Polisci research with a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. May be published in a Top 14 University Law Review. I was accepted into a Polisci conference at a university for this research.

Martial Arts: I am a third degree black belt, have done it for 12 years. I am also a certified instructor and teach children martial arts. I am a founding member and leader of an initiative at my martial arts studio that performs martial arts to raise money for local charities. Helped raise $30,000 through this.

Debate: Captain, Haven’t been able to do many tournaments this year due to scheduling conflicts

Mocktrial: Founder, Captain

DECA: Went to internationals, 1st in state

Senate Campaign Policy Intern - Only high schooler on campaign

Working with a behavioral economics professor over the summer, likely to be published

Stanford Precollegiate Summer Studies: After freshmen year

AWARDS:

Scholastic Gold Key
DECA First in State
Kung Fu 3rd degree
(More, national level awards are hopefully going to come)

LOR: Harvard Professor (Got to read the LOR he has already written for me, it’s super good!) Martial Arts instructor, My old high school principle (has known me for years and is an advisor for my nonprofit) AP Seminar Teacher: she really likes me and I know her super well, as she’s my Mock-trial coach.

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You are definitely a very competitive applicant. However, it is always a crapshoot at these elite schools. I am currently a HS senior, and I was in the same position as you. I am also an Indian male who was interested in political science. I encourage you to see my recent thread for full stats. My SAT score was only a 1490, but I had very similar extracurriculars and GPA to you. I was waitlisted at 9 T20 schools, but I will be attending Cornell in the fall. So definitely be hopeful, but expect the worst.

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I couldn’t find your EC’s, maybe it’s because I’m using CC on mobile. What type of EC’s did you do?

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At thing at this point, the best you can do is write stellar essays. With my SAT score on the lower end of the spectrum, I put a lot of effort into my essays.

Extracurriculars:
President of Model Congress, elected President at national conference
President of Model UN
Editor in Chief of School Newspaper (focus on political editorials)
Political Economy research project with local professor
Math team( ranked top 20% in County math league)
Wind Ensemble President (also member of jazz band, orchestra, All county jazz band, section leader).
Assistant Field Organizer for local State senator reelection campaign
state senator government office internship
Paid part time job as field organizer for local Democratic Party.
On school safety committee with local DA
Sunday School teacher and Altar Assistant
President of School National Honors Society
President of School Social Studies Honors Society
Varsity Badminton Team

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@gluestick2 how did you get a research internship in polisci