Chance an Econ Snake for t20 schools (HS Junior)

Chance me for these schools? Also any advice on how to strengthen my application other than test scores. I would appreciate it :))

Schools: Rice, WashU, UT Honors (Out of State), Notre Dame, Columbia, UPenn, Vanderbilt, JHU, Brown, Princeton, Yale, UChicago, Stanford

Demographics: Lives in Southwest, Middle Income (Qualifies for Aid at most of these schools), Asian (Adopted), Declared Religion: Presbyterian (Notre Dame)

Major: Economics

GPA and Class Rank: 4.0 Unweighted, 4-5/440

ACT: Took once got a 33 (32,30,34,36)

Past AP: Human Geography (No Test), Psychology (5) (Virtual Test)
Current AP: Biology, Calculus AB, English Language and Composition, Spanish Language and Culture (No class, just test)
Future AP: Government, Statistics, English Lit and Comp

No AP Economics at my school :frowning:

College Classes At State University:
Current: 2 Intermediate Spanish Classes (7 Total Credit Hours)
Future: 2 Advanced Spanish Classes (8 Credit Hours Approx.)

Non Economics EC:

Eagle Scout with Project: (Cumulative 50+ Hours on Project)
Track And Cross Country Varsity
Camp Counselor at Sleep-Away Camp (9th-11th)
Program Working with City Chamber of Commerce (11th Grade)
Science Olympiad District Representative for Club (9th-11th) Multiple State Level Awards
Taekwondo Kukkiwon Certified 2nd Degree Black Belt
NHS Student Tutor (Tutor Students K-8 Weekly)
NHS Vice President
Humane Society Volunteer (11th) (50+ Hours)

Economics EC:
Foundation for Teaching Economics: Economics For Leaders Summer Program at Tufts (College Credit) (20% Acceptance Rate)
Summer Internship With Government Affiliated Workforce and Economic Development Organization
College Independent Study on Economics under Economics Professor at State University, assisting with research (nothing published yet)

Pending EC:
State Level Bilingual Seal
Summer Leadership Seminar about Economics at University of Notre Dame (Low Acceptance Rate)
Assisting with implementing a financial literacy class at my school (next year)

I can’t chance you, but congratulations on your achievements. Your list includes nearly all reaches. Utah OOS is a match, maybe a highly likely, not sure how selective honors is (could be a reach, depending).

I would suggest you add some match schools. Do you have an affordable safety?

Yes I did not list my safety’s here: My mom is a professor at my State University, so I get half tuition, that’s basically my safety. I will also apply to Texas A and M and ASU Honors where I can afford it without much issue

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With respect to your interest in economics, these resources may help you refine your choices:

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.usecondept.html

Should you want to add additional reaches or high-matches, consider highly ranked NESCACs and Claremonts.

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I have a friend at Harvey Mudd and they love it, I haven’t looked into the Claremont Schools economics programs, thanks

Be sure to open the links above, which will help you in your research.