Chance me! (Columbia, Cornell, UNC, McGill, etc)

<p>ACT: 34
SATII: Bio E - 720 US History - 790
AP (those without scores are senior year APs): Calc AB (5), US History (5), Bio (4), Stats, Calc BC, US G&P, Environmental Science, Literature and Composition
GPA: 4.378
Class rank: Top 15% (very competitive high school)</p>

<p>ECs:
Editor-in-chief of high school newspaper (11,12)
---> Led effort to redesign rebrand, and upgrade the content
---> Was in charge of sports section senior year
Cross Country and Track (9,10,11,12)
---> Did all three seasons (XC, winter, spring) all four years
---> 3 x varsity
---> All-Conference (expected by app deadlines)
Professional online sports writing (9,10,11,12)
---> 500k daily views
---> Statistical analysis articles
---> Media credentialed for Major League Baseball games
---> Learned some HTML, CSS, PHP script
Summer job at learning center (9,10,11,12)
---> Taught chess, robotics, other subjects to campers
---> 30-40 hours/week some summers
National Honor Society (11,12)
---> Did peer tutoring, campaign volunteering for required hours
Youth track volunteering (10,11,12)
---> Helped with local rec. league</p>

<p>Essays: Solid, but nothing spectacular by Ivy standards</p>

<p>Recs: One very good one good</p>

<p>Schools:
Columbia (RD)
Cornell (RD)
UNC (EA)
McGill (RD)
Rutgers (EA) - chances for honors college/presidential scholarship?
Northeastern (EA)</p>

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