Hi I’m a rising senior from Texas. Now that it’s time to apply to colleges I’m a bit nervous and I’d appreciate any feed back yall have. Thanks again.
Colleges I’m applying to (mainly engineering and some finance)
:
UT Austin
Texas A&M
UCLA
Stanford
MIT
UPenn
Columbia
Princeton
SAT: 2150 (730 Reading, 710 Math, 710 Writing)
SAT II: 2330 (790 Math Level 2, 780 Chemistry, 760 Physics)
ACT: 32 (34 Math, 33 Reading, 31 Writing, 30 Science)
AP scores: 5’s for Chemistry and Physics 1&2. 4 for APUSH and 3’s for Comp Sci, WHAP and English (planning to retake Comp Sci)
GPA: UW: 4.00 W:4.35
Class rank: non ranking high school
Will take 13 AP Classes by the time I graduate with an emphasis on STEM(lots of math and sciences)
Ethnicity: Indian (dot not feather)
Family income: $200000+
Extracurriculars:
Member of NHS and local community club (not an officer or anything)
Relay for life team founder. The team is a bronze level team and has raised over $10,000 over 5 years.
Hospital Intern at local hospital only 40 hours so far.
ILPC Journalism Awards for Individual Multi-Topic spreads (2 of them)
AP Scholar with distinction (over 3.85 average AP score needed)
National Merit Scholar Commended (208 PSAT)
Helped set up the technology systems (all the hardware and such) at a rural school in India and set up all the security systems too. (My aunts school)
College Essays:
Pretty good. Wrote about cyber security and about the recent OPM hack and was really passionate about it.
Good rec letters.
One last thing. I’m pretty happy with my SAT/ACT score but I took both when I was pretty sick. Should I retake them or just be done with it?
thanks for reading, I appreciate your honest feedback.