Chance for Stanford (EA), JHU, USC, Duke

Demographics: -Male half white-asian (vietnamese), incoming senior, Michigan, small rural private school.

Academics:

-SAT:1450/1600, (730CR,720Math), 21/24 Writing.

-ACT: 33

-No SAT II

-Class rank:Probably top 1%

-GPA: 3.98 UW.

-Coursework: Took most challenging possible courseload all 3 years. AP Calc BC (5), AP Chemistry (4), AP Comparative Government (4), AP US History (3), AP Psychology (5)

Extracurriculars and Awards: -2 years Track and Field. 4xAll-conference, 5xAll-region, 3xAll-State in track&field as a sprinter. Member of state-champion 4x200 relay team. Academic all-state. Member of Vietnam junior national team.

-2 years Varsity Baseball. Academic all-district and all-region, District&regional champion.

-2 years Model UN. Named Honorable mention delegate twice at MUNUC.

-1 year Science Olympiad (Current school doesn’t have a team): Member of team that placed first regionally, second-state wide, and ninth nationally. Medaled in anatomy.

-NHS: 2 years. Some volunteer work every month, amount varies.

-Summer lab assistant at Vietnam National Institute for Genetics. (Helped primarily with imaging and electrophoresis, did some PCR work too, primarily for lab experience)

-3-month long Intern at National Biotechnology institute, (for more lab experience)

-Volunteer at local hospital: 12 hours a week, primarily working at the gift shop.

-2xQuiz bowl member: Captain and Voted team MVP.

-AP Scholar with Distinction.

Misc.:

-Fluent in three languages.

Schools, preference from top to bottom: Stanford

Johns Hopkins

USC

Duke

Umich

UChicago

Kalamazoo college

Purdue

Any advice would be appreciated as well

I think you have a good chance at all of them, but even though you have a very high ACT score I would get it up a little maybe a 34/35 if you can.

Take your time on those essays (especially at UChicago) and I think that you will get into at least one. What do you want to major in? If it’s computer science your chances at Stanford just got cut in half.

Umich is for sure.