Chance me at Case Western Reserve University, George Washington University, WashU, Notre Dame, and Northwestern.
I’m currently a junior in high school.
My weighted GPA is a 4.63 and my unweighted GPA is around a 3.85.
ACT: 30 (27 27 33 32) I am taking it again in April.
I’m taking 4 AP Classes this year. (AP Chem. AP Physics I. APUSH. AP Lang&Comp)
Next year I’m going to be taking 6 AP Classes. (AP Calc AB. AP Bio. AP Gov. AP Psychology. AP Lit&Comp. AP World History)
I want to major in Chemistry and Premed.
Some of my most consistent extra curriculars: Baseball Frosh, Sop, Junior, and I will play senior year. Basketball freshman year. BEE leader at my school (mentors freshman). Student Athlete Leadership Team. Travel Baseball for 8 years. Summer Baseball with my school for 3 years. Minor volunteering positions. I have received a few awards at my school but nothing major. (High honor roll, Student Athlete award).
I’m White. Male. Income: >200,000. I live in Illinois.
I think you are a very strong applicant for many colleges. Given your courseload, decent ACT, and good EC’s, I think you are a match for GW, and Case Western is a safety. As for WashU, Notre Dame, and Northwestern, these schools are reaches for just about everyone, and I think it might be difficult for you to get into them.
That said, I am going to give you the advice that I have been given. Look for leadership opportunities in the areas that YOU enjoy. You could search for an internship involving chemistry, start a club relating to your passions, do some service involving baseball in poor communities, etc. Anything helps, but you must make sure that it is something you enjoy and something that you can genuinely write about with passion – here is where you strengthen your essays and whatnot.
And even if you are unable to get some of the opportunities I mentioned above, I wouldn’t completely rule out your reaches. You live in Illinois, so maybe apply ED to Northwestern to improve your chances (I am not really familiar with in-state acceptance or ED vs. RD acceptance percentages at this school, but I’m sure it helps!)
I wish you the best of luck! But, I will be the first to admit that I am not entirely certain about how this process works – I am a junior in high school too, so don’t take what I have said as things you must do. That said, I hope my advice is helpful!
Thanks for the advice.