Chance for Tufts Engineering ED II?

Just wanted to see where I stand. Thanks guys.

WEIGHTED GPA (out of 5): 4.88

CLASS RANK (new rank will be out beginning senior year but I expect this to either stay or move up 1 or 2): 14/363

AP (Soph): APUSH 4
AP (Junior): Chemistry [5], World History [5], English Language and Composition [5]
AP (Senior): Physics C, English Literature, Microeconomics, Spanish, Psychology, BC Calculus

Course load included a variety of all honors classes and is rigorous

SAT (Will be retaking in Oct and ACT this Sept): 2190 (670 CR/780 M/740 W)

SAT II: Math II [780], Chem [800], US History [720], Biology [730], Physics [690 will retake], World History [670 ARGHHKJGJKSDHKJ]

VOLUNTEER ~300 hr
-Peer Tutor in Chemistry, Algebra II, and Geometry
-Chinese School Badminton Teacher Assistant
-NHS/other clubs Service Opportunities
-Assistant Badminton Coach for my local club
-Translator for Asian Senior Citizens

-Raised awareness/some funds for Colony Collapse Disorder (Bees) in school

SUMMERS
-Boston Leadership Institute Green Chemistry Research Program 2015
-Annual Badminton Training Camps/Assistant Coach

-Annual Trips to China to connect with family/culture/visit an orphanage

AWARDS
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Massachusetts State Science Olympiad Scrambler Event Second Place
-Multiple Regional Badminton Tournaments 1st 2nd 3rd place (all years)
-Principal’s List (all years)
-National Honors Society

-IBM Master the Mainframe Round 1 Completion

WORK
-Currently work at my local badminton club as the receptionist/desk manager
-Summer/School around 22 hrs/wk

-Clean courts, help coach, offer recommendations, handle transactions, enter data, check up on sign ins and memberships, etc

ECs
-our high school Badminton Club [Founder/Head/Coach]
-Captain of our high school’s Badminton Team (I take the team to an annual regional high school tournament)
-our HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) chapter [Co-President/Social Media Liaison]
-National Honors Society
-Global Learning Initiative (Awareness Club)
-Red Cross
-Gives Back (Volunteer Club)
-Freshman/Varsity Math Team
-Spanish Honors Society
-Science National Honors Society
-Science Olympiad
-Peer Tutoring
-Asian Senior Citizen Translation (Meet once a week to help teach necessary English phrases/concepts)
-Asian Culture Club (Discussion about cultures)
-Know C++ and a tiny bit of Python

Outside of School:
-Art Studio (3 years)
-Chinese School (Have been going for 11 years)
-Competitive Badminton (Regularly train under coach and play regional/national tournaments. Went to Lake Placid Olympic Center once for a week training)
-Work

-Going to start into MITx Introduction to Solid State Chemistry course Sept. 8

RECs/Essay
Counselor: Idk have to make an appointment to catch up but probably 7/10 at best
Honors Physics Teacher: 8.5/10 Would usually talk to him about science stuff after class/he is one of SciOly coaches
AP Chemistry Teacher: 9/10 Knows me/admires my character a lot
AP English Teacher: 7.5-7.9/10 at best idk but he really liked me as a student in his class

Essay: Writing is decent but stuck on ideas argghh probably ~7.9-8.6/10 at best

OTHER
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Intended Major: Engineering (Chemical)
Weaknesses: Being Asian Middle Class male in engineering, SAT could be better, No “research internships” or major awards, no real music, not engineer-heavy stats
Hooks: sorry

Will the fact that I don’t have any “research internships” or prestigious summer programs (or any worthwhile summer activity at all) hurt me a lot? Thank you!

You will need to get this up to ~8.76 - 9.87 to have a good shot. :-).

More seriously, the essays ARE really important.

Maybe you could try relating Engineering to one of your other interests such as Art or Badminton…

You might want to look into this. I don’t know what to make of it because I could not find any information on a team…

https://www.recruittalk.com/recruitment/tufts-university/badminton

Essays are key. Have you thought about doing a video to make you stand out from the pack of local/regional candidates with a profile similar to yours?