<p>What are my chances for these schools? Is UB safe enough?
Yale (deferred EA)
Cornell school of Engineering
Northwestern
Brown
Columbia Engineering
Tufts
Northeastern
University of Boston</p>
<p>White male from Southern California
Weighted GPA: 4.79/5
Unweighted GPA: 3.94/4
All A's since freshman year
Rank: 17/~600 (top 4%)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2260 (reading 760, writing 760, math 740)
SAT IIs: World history 800, Physics 800, Math II 800
ACT: 34</p>
<p>APs: (all fives)
World history
US history
Human Geography
Physics B
Calculus BC
English language
(taking now):
Calculus BC
US government
Macroeconomics
Biology
English Literature
All other academic classes in high school were honors. </p>
<p>ECs: 4 years high school water polo (2 varsity)
4 years varsity swim team
6 years club water polo
Mock trial
Co-president and founding member of our robotics club, we participated in an international competition last year and had a paper published at a conference on educational robotics
~200 hours community service, from food bank to tutoring and many things in between
Congressional campaign work
Babysitting
Mentoring underclassmen
Math Superbowl coach for 4th-6th graders</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: I know both teachers really well and they both have reputations for writing great recs. One from my physics teacher who I've had for three out of four years, and is the advisor for robotics club. The other from my gov/human geography teacher who volunteered to write it for me.
Counselor rec: Big school, so probably not very personal, but she's one of the best at my school, and I've gotten to know her this past semester through navigating national merit and apps. </p>
<p>National merit semifinalist
Engineering award
A few minor writing awards
AP scholar with distinction
Coaches award for water polo</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>