<p>Applying to Washington University in St. Louis, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Stanford, Yale, USC, Pepperdine. I'm doing Notre Dame EA.</p>
<p>Intended major: Economics with finance and possibly poly sci.</p>
<p>Stat's: ACT 34. Subscores: English 35, Math 36, Reading 34, Science 32.
GPA: 3.98 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted. (1 B+ in Sophomore Year)
Rank: 9/670. Large Public High School.
I will have taken 8 AP classes by the time I graduate. So far I have gotten a 5 in Euro History and U.S. History, and a 4 in English Lang. and Comp.</p>
<p>EC's:
I am a member of Scholastic Bowl, Mathletes, NHS, History Club. We went to Washington D.C. over summer for history club.
I caddie at a local country club.
I am a peer minister in my local Catholic youth group, which is a leadership position.
I go on an annual mission trip to do volunteer work through my church.
I mow several neighbor's lawns on a weekly basis and rake leaves for them in the fall as supplemental income.
I assist at my local church's food pantry.</p>
<p>Distinctions:
AP Scholar
National Merit Commended
Won a competition at WYSE</p>
<p>Unless we know <em>what</em> AP classes you’re taking, we can’t really comment on them much, but, as long as you’re taking pretty much the most (or, heaviest courseload) that the school can offer, you will be fine in that regard.</p>
<p>Your ECs are quite weak/okay. I don’t see anything that makes me go “Wow!”, which is something that Yale, Sanford will want. If you like econ, you have a <em>ton</em> of opportunities. Try research, tutoring/teaching or, maybe (even though this isn’t <em>really</em> economics), you can try the financial markets.</p>
<p>In fact, if you set up a website that taught people the basics of economics (e.g. supply side economics vs demand-side), and, you really put a ton of effort into it, that could be an excellent EC. </p>
<p>Again, I’m not trying to tell you exactly what you should be doing, but, I hope you get the general gist of things.</p>
<p>Your grades are above average for the enterring class
Your ACT is above average for the enterring class
Your ECs look fine (I disagree with en garde here)
Essays and Recommendations – Unknown.</p>
<p>So, these are the kind of schools that you should be applying to if you’re so inclined.</p>
<p>Now, the bad news – most of these have ridiculously low acceptance rates. Yale and Stanford, especially. There are many students with similar stats as yours that apply to each of these schools. Some will be accepted more will not. </p>
<p>However, if you apply to enough, you have a reasonable chance of getting into at least one or two of them.</p>
<p>The only school that looks like a sure thing is Pepperdine – however, I don’t know enough about this school to say whether it is a true safety for anyone.</p>
<p>You have done some great things, great academic stats. You just need more schools because selective schools are a roll of the dice. You need more rolls!</p>
<p>thanks for the input guys, i really do appreaciate all of your opinions. In response to engarde, I don’t know too much about opening websites but I know it costs money to buy a url or whatever the term is. With econ and finance I actually know a lot about it and trade stocks regularly with real money, it’s actually my college money lol!!! But thanks again for your opinions.</p>
<p>First of all, for the website, it literally costs $5-$7 to buy a domain.</p>
<p>Secondly, if you’re trading stocks (and, turning a profit) definitely mention it in your application! That’s something that really shows your interest in econ and finance.</p>