Hello, I am a senior hoping to get into the Ivies + Stanford. I am fully aware that these are schools that I can only dream of but why not give it a shot!
Stats:
SAT: 1510
ACT: 35
SAT Subjects: Math 2 - 800, Chemistry - 790, Biology M - 760
APs: Environmental Science - 4, Biology - 4, World History - 4, Calculus AB - 5, Chemistry - 5
GPA (W): 4.35
Rank: Top 1%
ECs:
Captain of the Varsity Tennis Team
Secretary General (President) of MUN Team
Captain of Science Olympiad Team
1st Chair Violist in Orchestra (Don’t want to name it, but it is pretty good)
Hospital Volunteer
Caltech Lab Intern (researching Embryology)
Awards:
CIF Champions Division 1 Tennis Team
Music Scholar (for low income but advanced musicians)
National High School MUN Award of Excellence (and a lot of other MUN awards)
Theres are kinda the big ones
Other:
CTY Summer program 9th-11th grade
Yale Young Global Scholars (BBS) 12th grade
I forgot to mention that I am in the IB Program! The courses are hard and I just finished writing my EE on Embryology research that I did at the lab!
Your Embryology research seems to be your biggest EC. For Stanord+Ivies, your clubs need to have accomplishhed something either very big, or very unique. 1rst chair violinist is very impressive. If you write great essays, you have good chances at Cornell, Brown, etc, but nobody can really say anything about Stanford.
Yeah is there something you’re particularly passionate about? The list certainly comes off as well rounded–and this isn’t in theory actual criticism since that’s just the nature of the list–but I don’t have the greatest sense of who you are/passions.
I would say you have a great shot at Cornell, Upenn, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia; solid shot at HYPS–just will come down to essays.
What is your unweighted GPA? Weighted GPA is computed so differently at different high schools that is is meaningless to try to compare it.
Generally you should understand that the top ranked universities get a lot of applications from students with nearly perfect stats. Also, the various Ivy League universities vary quite a bit and you have a better chance to get admitted if you can identify the schools that are a good fit for you, and also can describe clearly why particular schools are a good fit for you.