Hey guys, just wondering what my chances were at getting into my reach schools. Also, I apologize for my poor formatting.
Demographics: Asian male, middle class
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering (maybe physics idk)
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.49 W // couple B’s freshman year (super lazy back then), A- and above from then on
Standardized Testing: 1550 SAT (800 M, 750 r/W, 24 essay), 36 ACT (35 E, 36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 10 essay) 800 SAT II Math/Chem/Physics
APs: Freshman year: 5 AP Calc AB, Sophomore year: 5 AP Calc BC, 5 APUSH, 4 AP Chem, 4 AP Physics 1, 4 AP CSP
IBs: Junior year: 6 IB Further Math
Extracurriculars
Model UN - Member 4 years, President 2 years, grew club from 8 members to 20, Outstanding Delegate + 2 verbal commendations
Founded an organization to teach physics to underprivileged children in Oakland, working with the Boys&Girls Club in 3 branches (past 2 years)
Basketball - Varsity all 4 years (not good enough to play ball anywhere but Caltech lol)
Science Olympiad - just for fun, 3 years
Interning at a research lab at UC Davis, created an application in Python to help researchers analyze data, currently working on a research project on diamonds and defects.
Invited to MIT’s Astronomy Training Camp (Think MOP but less prestigious), top 6% in the country
Awards/Certificates
First Place in Mechanical Engineering at County Science Fair
Invented a device that could potentially save lives, working on patenting it (so expensive tho)
Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award
250+ hours in a year
AP Scholar with Distinction
Work Experience
Tutoring in math and chemistry
Other
Letters of rec will probably be good I hope, I’m not that great of an essay writer but I started early so I hope they turn out well.
I know I have great test scores, but my main concerns are that my ECs are kind of cookie-cutter and that a lot of the good stuff on my application (research, interning at a lab) I started junior year. I literally got the research project last week.
I’m trying to figure out which of my reach schools I have a decent shot at so I can prioritize (I’m not trying to write like a 100 essays lol). If there are any match schools that could fit me, I would greatly appreciate those as well. Thanks in advance!