<p>Allow me to clarify.</p>
<p>When I say mediocre, I don’t mean that it’s bad. I believed I apologized in advance for giving it a quick glance, but if I remember correctly:
Your varsity sports is great. It should only be a plus.
But community service - lots of people do as much as you, if not more.
I think one has to really stand out when it comes to community service.
Also, the internship at that company for many years is great, since it shows continuity.
Individually, you are super qualified.</p>
<p>I just had some reservations since its just that competitive out there.
Think about it - unless you have hooks, or outstanding achievements (which I suppose are in themselves hooks), the applicant pool is filled with thousands like you.
Valedictorians, 2300+ sat, sports, instruments, clubs, internships…</p>
<p>Places like Cornell would be fine and match schools for you just based on your merit.
With great essays and recs, brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and the like are also within your grasp.</p>
<p>But, the yales and whartons of the world (sry, don’t remember what schools were on ur list again) are truly reach schools, unless you can seal the deal by donating money.</p>
<p>Schools are eager to accept student who donate lots of money, especially so if they are as academy suitable as you are. I am not too familiar with these cases, but I think you should talk to your school counselor about it. They may know how the process works.
I think people donate 5-20 million dollars? Then again, I’m not too sure, but this is the easy way to get into ur dream school.</p>
<p>As an added bonus, you should consider ED. With ED, your stats and ECs, and the added bonus of donating money, the schools should be falling at your feet.</p>
<p>Once again, I may caution you over experiencing inferiority complex once you get to college, but, since your so qualified, you may not.</p>