GPA: All A’s (4.5/4.5)
SAT: 2370 (800 M, 800 W, 800 R)----1 Sitting
SAT Subject Tests: 750+ in US History, Biology, Chem, Math 2 (800), and Spanish
AP: 4’s and 5’s in 8 APs; taking 6 APs in Senior Year (one is a 1 semester one)
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank—probably top 5-10 out of around 475-550 People
EXTRACURRICULARS:
—Helped Start a Nonprofit Organization (President)
trying to expand and get into news
—Co-President of Debate Team
Top 5 at State Tournament; A Few Speaking Awards
—President of Key Club
----Trading Stocks (on NYSE)
—Secretary of Math Honors Society; President next year
---- Intern on US Senate Campaign for 6 months; maybe volunteering for Presidential Campaign in upcoming year?
— will Intern through School at either Law Firm or Business
----Archery (not through school)
—Volunteering 100s of hours at local organizations in the area (pretty generic)
Awards:
—Top 5 in State HOSA Competition 2 Years in a Row; competed at HOSA Nationals
—likely National Merit Scholar and AP Scholar
— local archery tournament 1st place finishes
—Debate Local/State Awards
SUMMERS:
—science research for 6 weeks at state university
—tutor at Kumon and intern at Telecom. Company
—studying foreign language abroad on full scholarship
Intended Major: either International Relations/Business, Economics, Finance or Public Policy depending on school
Income Bracket: too high for financial aid
Ethnicity: Asian
Hooks: NONE. NADA.
Location: Midwest United States at competitive high school
PLEASE CHANCE ME FOR TOP SCHOOLS AND TELL ME OF THE PROS AND CONS OF MY APPLICATION (OR WHAT I SHOULD’VE DONE IN RETROSPECT). I’d be happy to chance back!!! Thanks.
Are there some extracurriculars/activities that i should not mention in my app to make my self look more direction-oriented?
I think your app is impressive, however, I would apply to some “safer” schools. HYP, UPenn, Duke, and Stanford are all very risky schools that even reject great applicants since there are so many students applying, and especially since some of them are Ivy leagues.
I think your activities and ecs are great since they show that you are well rounded as well as being interested in business and gov’t (stocks, us campaign). Also, make sure you can afford the colleges you are applying to since you probably won’t get a good fin. aid.
Your grades and SATs are great, which you obviously know, but when applying to the top tier schools that isn’t really a selling point, it just gets you taken seriously as a viable applicant. At that point they’re going to look at everything else about your application, which is where you really need to stand out.
I would say that your EC’s are awesome and I don’t see anything that you should exclude. They show that you are well rounded AND that you have focus. In my opinion, it’s going to come down to your essays. You write that you don’t have any hooks, but you have to really dig deep and figure out a way to write an essay that makes you stand out. Show your schools that you’re unique, and a valuable asset.
I think Georgetown and Duke are matches, and the rest of your schools are reaches (as they are for everyone), but that you do have a chance at them.
Good luck, and congrats, your application is honestly amazing!
thanks for the reply… I will be applying to many safety schools but I think I am good to go in terms of admission there; thats why i wanted to ask about the top level schools.
@mayajumbalaya in terms of essays, should i talk about my extracurriculars shaping me or attack them in another manner?
I think you’re a shoe-in anywhere. You should obviously apply to 1-2 safeties, given the Ivy League lottery. What do you wanna study in college? You should orient some ECs/Awards towards that. What specifically did you get on each AP and subject test? You should also fix your given SAT score, It doesn’t really add up.
@baller55
sorry i meant 770 Reading, Im stupid ----for subject tests i got 800 Math and like high 700s in the other ones… AP Calc, Bio, World History, Human Geo-- all 5’s… Im waiting for thise years results but im assuming all 4’s and 5’s.
Also, i put the majors im interested in in the original post, so which ECs/Awards do you think i should orient toward that?
All of those are great schools and very hard to get in but you have a solid app, maybe Duke and Georgetown would be matchs/high matches and the rest reaches
Good luck
your ECs and test score with 2370 SAT seem to be pretty good but i think being Asian obviously works against you… im not sure about leaving activities off or things like that… maybe someone else will have a better idea about that?
