Hi everyone! I’ve read a lot of CC articles throughout my life but I figured it was finally time to make my own account and post my own stats now that I’m a senior. Any and all advice is appreciated! 
Background: My interests have wavered between music and science since middle school. I’ve finally decided on science and I’m grateful for the life I’ve had that led me to this decision, but I almost feel like I “wasted time” on music when I could’ve been developing a science “spike.” I still love music though. I specifically like conservation science and public health because I’m super into helping people and conserving the natural world. I’m looking for an enlightening education that will help me help others. I also really like chemistry and comp sci. I’ve been deferred from Harvard and rejected from MIT so far, and JHU comes out the day after I post this. I’ve been accepted to FSU and UF, both on full rides and automatic acceptance to honors. I applied to most of the ivy leagues as well as Vandy, Duke, Emory, JHU, and some others. I’ll post the stats that I specifically put in my college applications.
Gender & Ethnicity & Home State: Female & Half Caucasian/Half Chinese & Florida
School Type & Income Bracket: Regular public school & ~$120,000
Standardized Testing:
-SAT I: 1550 (790 Math, 760 reading/writing) & 17 on essay (one sitting, though I wish I retook)
-ACT: 35 (35 reading, 35 english, 34 math, 36 science) & 9 on essay (one sitting, wish I retook too)
-SAT II: 800 on Bio M, 790 on Bio E, 800 on Math II, 790 on Chem
-GPA & Rank: 4.0/4.0 UW, 4.66/4.0 W & 13th out of 488 (not a single B on transcript)
-APs: 5s on Enviro, Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Lang, HUG, Music Theory (both subscores), psych, USgopo; 4s on Macro, Stat, APUSH; 3s on Physics 1, Physics 2, World History
-Senior year classes: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, orchestra, externship, Programming for Majors (FSU Dual Enroll, Fall), Conservation Bio (Fall), Marine Bio (Spring), Genetics (Spring)
Awards:
-School Orchestra: Principal for 3 years; Best Leader sophomore year; President senior year
-National Merit Finalist
-National AP Scholar
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction
-Honors Performance Series Carnegie Hall Finalist 2017 & 2018
ECs:
-MUN: 3 years (skipped sophomore year); VP senior year; 2 Best Dels, 2 Honorables, and 1 Best Paper at various FL conferences
-Science Olympiad: co-founder & co-president senior year; 2nd in Ecology, 3rd in Game On, and 4th in Herp at regional comp
-NHS & 100+ documented hours of service, mostly through music outreach
-local youth orch: 5 years participation; 3 years principal violist
-Brevard Summer Institute 2016 & Eastern Music Festival 2017
-Florida All-State: 5 consecutive years;
-internship at MagLab: Temporal Study on Acidic Species from Deepwater Horizon Tar Balls; started senior year; I noted my name would be on a published article about this research
-Science Fair 2018 (research at MagLab): 2nd place at regional in chem category; Stockholm Water Prize recipient; going to state
-Rowing: sophomore year only 
3rd in state in Junior 8+ and 3rd at erg sprints as lightweight novice
Recommendations: I got lots of recommendations from STEM and music teachers alike. I think the recommendations from my high school teachers were 7/10 (I chose not to see them) but I eventually got recommendations from my college teachers. Programming teacher was probably 10/10 and conservation bio was probably 7/10. Music teachers were no less than 8/10. Counselor recommendation was probably average. Additional rec from Lab mentor 8/10.
Essays: I think both my common and supplemental essays were true to who I am, but I’m generally bad at writing essays (see test scores above) so they were probably average. My dad liked them at least…
Supplements: I submitted art supplements and research supplements everywhere I could.
Whew that’s it. It feels like I just gave birth. Looking forward to everyone’s feedback!