<p>Hi, I'm a rising senior and I'm thinking about applying to Princeton SCEA, Stanford, Harvard, UPenn, Vanderbilt, Tufts, WashU St Louis, Northwestern, Boston College and University of Michigan(in state). Please chance me, here are my stats.
ACT 35 (35 Math 34 English 34 Science 36 Reading)
SAT II's 770 Math 2 800 Chem
AP's
US 4
Chem 5
Lang 5
Taking micro/macro, physics, bio, and calc bc as a senior.
I've taken all honors and APs except for one class basically in 4 years
GPA 4.06 weighted 3.98 unweighted
Class rank - schools doesn't rank
Top 5 public hs in our state(if that matters)
EC's
Sailing(top EC)
4 years varsity sailing
(Captain senior year)
5 years competitive summer sailing
(8am-4pm Monday to Friday, so basically giving away my summer)
3rd place at Bemis Quarterfinal for my area.
(Coaching next summer, if applicable)</p>
<p>Solar Car Team
Member for 2 years, member of the inaugural team, with potential leadership this year.</p>
<p>Soccer
2 years soccer for my school
8-9 years of travel soccer
Potentially coaching/assistant coaching this year</p>
<p>That's basically it for my committed EC's, so please chance me, thanks CC members!</p>
<p>Strong passion for sailing, and soccer, great GPA/ACT. I’d say it’d be better if you were part of some academic teams or things related to your major, but I’m sure those two sports took up all of your time. You stand a strong chance at Princeton SCEA because I feel you chose your ECs based on something that matters. But you’ll have to convince Princeton that they should pick your for your academic passion, not just athletics. Nonetheless, I’m sure you’ll get into 3+ of your choices.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. Smarty, you’re totally right about sailing and soccer, along with hard classes in school, eating up all my free time, but how do I show that I’m academically involved enough more than taking a rigorous schedule of ap’s and getting A’s?</p>
<p>I think you have strong chance at all of the schools you listed- it is not up to me to decide what is a reach or match or whatever- that is for an admissions officer to decide. However, your profile looks pretty competitive. Obviously the schools you’ve listed are ultra selective (Harvard and Princeton), highly selective (WUSTL, Vandy, and Northwestern), and very selective (Tufts, UM, BC). Essays may help at many (WUSTL and Vanderbilt) have not had supplemental essays.</p>
<p>I’ll put my support for WUSTL as my son is starting their next week, but really the main issues are what you want to study and how you feel about the schools. Don’t go by published school rankings, as they can be quite misleading. Go to the school where you feel you will thrive (and not just academically).</p>
<p>Princeton SCEA: reach
Stanford: reach
Harvard: reach
UPenn: reach
Vanderbilt: high match/low reach
Tufts: high match
WashU St Louis: low reach
Northwestern: low reach
Boston College: match
University of Michigan: low match</p>
<p>Princeton SCEA: reach
Harvard: reach
Stanford: reach
Penn: reach
Vandy: high match
Tufts: match
WUSTL: high match
NWern: low reach
BC: low match
Mich: low match</p>
<p>Pay attention to your essays because they often make the difference at top schools. ECs show passion - write about it. Your gpa and ACT score are very competitive. </p>
<p>Might also look at Holy Cross-very similar to Boston College both Catholic/Jesuit schools(imo holy cross is more liberal). hc has one of the better sports programs for a selective LAC and a tremendous alumni network for jobs.</p>