Chance me, please (Ivy + UC + Others)

<p>Hello Everyone.</p>

<p>I'm a rising senior who wants to be reasonable on where I'm applying.</p>

<p>Could someone chance me for Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, U-Chicago, Washington U, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, Berkeley?</p>

<p>Safety: Embry-Riddle</p>

<p>SAT I: 2380 (800 Reading 800 Math 770 Writing 10 Essay), first try
SAT II: 750 Chemistry, 770 Math II, 740 World History, 690 Latin
Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
Weighted: 4.8
Rank: School does not officially rank, in the top 1% of class of 340
AP: 5 Lang, 5 Chem, 5 US History, 5 World History, 4 Music Theory</p>

<p>At my school, most AP classes are only available to seniors, and most classes taken as soph/junior are honors. </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Macro/Micro
AP Latin
AP Gov
AP Lit</p>

<p>Awards:
Book award (school)
Won some regional essay competition
Won a national history essay competition
National Latin Exam: Gold (grades 9-11)
National Etymology Exam: Gold (grades 9-11)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (Ranked by importance):
Latin Club (9-12): held state office and now hold a national office. Also on quiz bowl team, consistently places 1st, 2nd, 3rd at state competition
Editor for Local Newspaper (11-12); (originally wrote for school paper from 9-10)
Student Council: (12): vice president
Science Olympiad/Science Bowl (10-12): Science Bowl captain
Mock Trial (10-12): co-captains for two years
Congress Debate: (10-12)
Model UN (9-12): president for two years
Intramural Soccer: (9-12)
Cyberpatriot: (11-12): Founder</p>

<p>Outside of Latin Club, none of the competitive activities I'm in do that well apart from local awards.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service:
Coordinator (appointed by staff) and volunteer at a service site for children: (4 hours a week during school/ 36 hours during the summer for 5-weeks)
Peer Tutor: grades 9-11
< 400 hours total</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Summer camp at service site: 9th-11th
Internship at Law Office: 10th
Latin Convention: 9th-11th
Italy Cultural Trip: 11th
Washington Trip (all expenses paid for by winning essay competition): 11th
Writing Project Program at University: 11th</p>

<p>Job Experience:
Law Internship (stated above)
Service site coordinator (stated above)</p>

<p>Essays: Not sure how well I do. My essays are usually hit/miss.
Teacher Recs: Latin teacher and either English or chemistry teacher. Had chemistry teacher for 2 years but didn't talk to much but knows how I struggle outside of school. English teacher, I had one year and complimented me on my versatility. Had discussions a lot.
Counselor Rec: Counselor likes me, I sometimes went to my counselor for personal problems just to let it out, (not sure if good or bad)
Supplemental Materials: Can I submit writing samples?</p>

<p>Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: History/Classics or Engineering (Not sure)
State: CA
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Your stats are pretty impressive… however, so will the other 20,000 students who will be applying to these schools in the fall. What makes you stand out from them… You need community service to show you will do something for others and not yourself both at the school and afterwards. Essays are huge. And not trying to be glass half empty, but being an asian from CA is a pitfall… Lots of these people applying to Ivys :(. It is good that you know your counseler though! good luck!</p>