Be brutally honest and I’ll do the same.
Schools applied/applying to:
• University of Texas at Austin
• UCLA
• UC Berkeley
• Georgetown - got accepted!
• Univeristy of Michigan (Ross) - got deferred
• Notre Dame - got deferred
• Carnegie Mellon
• Cornell
• UPenn Wharton (dream school)
• Duke
• Northwestern
• Brown
• Stanford
Major: Business or Economics (for colleges that don’t have business schools)
SAT: 1510 (770 math, 740 reading)
GPA: 4.0 (5.4 weighted)
AP: 12 AP classes total
Ranking: Top 9%
EC:
• Ambassador for non-profit Well Aware - helped raise $175,000 for clean water initiative, worked with chairwoman
• Started own non-profit “Tutoring for a Cause” - all proceeds donated to Save the Children
• Varsity Theater (for 3 years), been a part of 10+ productions with several lead roles, takes up most of my time (2-5 hours per day)
• DECA business competition - advanced to internationals twice, state once
• Incubator - entrepreneurship program, currently developing start up idea, will pitch to real investors soon, work weekly with mentors
• UT Lab Research - was accepted as 1 of 5 high school students to help professor with behavioral research
• HOSA medical competition - advanced to state once
• Student Council - president, VP, secretary (started a partnership with a local business)
• Red Cross - officer (corresponded with Red Cross representative to change training policy, led Hurricane Harvey relief efforts)
• Relay for Life - Entertainment Committee Head (led sponsorships with businesses, ended up raising $75,000)
• Community Library - Children’s Dept. Head (after volunteering for 2 years)
Negatives:
• I will receive 3 B’s (for the first time in high school) in AP classes for 1st semester senior year. 2 classes are B+ but I have a B- in AP Calculus (bad for business major)
• No SAT subject tests scores (too low)
• Lower end of SAT score for Ivy Leagues
• Asian, $130k income