Hello! I am a high school senior who is applying to Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, U Chicago, Cornell, U Penn, Columbia, UC Berkeley , UCLA , UF , and University of Miami.
GPA
Unweighted:3.4 - will be a 3.5 by midyear report (I know I know shoot me)
Weighted: 4.4- will be a 4.6 by midyear report
School doesn’t rank
School Type - Competitive small public school - ranked in the top 20
I have taken 12 APS of the 14 I could have possibly taken, I missed 1 in freshman year and 1 because I am taking 6 this year and my schedule didn’t work with another one. I have also taken multiple honors and dual enrollment classes (including some outside of school hours) so my worst case scenario is I go to UF or some local school for a year and graduate with my bachelors. (i have that many credits)
SAT: 1980 (760 CR 640 M 570 W) This is an old score (I recently took the SAT and have consistently been receiving a score above 2100.
SAT II:
Biology 730
US History 770
ECs: Perhaps my best shot at getting in
Congressional intern for 2 years.
Chairman of County wide political organization
President of School Government, served as treasurer previously
Eagle scout - BSA 7 years - SPL, ASPL , etc… - collected over 1200 dollars in first aid and landscaped poor school
ESSAC committee student representative and treasurer
Principals intern
Artist - won a bunch of different awards locally , recently National Portrait Teen contest Honorable mention - hoping to kill scholastics ( will be submitting a portfolio and have a website to link)
I play violin - member of a youth symphony, been a member of a few groups done some volunteer work at elderly homes playing music.
Swimming - Ive been swimming for 3 years recently joined a local club’s swim team.
Volunteer service - more than 1,000 hours
Tutor - both for biology and at my temple teaching hebrew etc.
Im probably forgetting something …
Awards
Nothing too major…
Eagle Scout
Senate Youth Scholarship delegate in florida so it was much tougher than it is many smaller states (for this year)
Presidential Service Award Gold level
Congressional Recognition for Service (I have a bunch of these)
Honor roll repeatedly
AP Scholar with Distinction
Won a scholarship at my school for my art to attend a pre-college in NYC all expenses paid this summer.
A bunch of art and creative writing awards - nothing to big
Essays
Common App 9/10 wrote about a deformity and how it effected me - was generally well written and thought out.
Supplements - personalized for each school so far so good I think.
Recommendations
AP Biology teacher - 10/10 Ive been a tutor for her students for years
AP Gov teacher - 6/10 - well written but not too personal - more of just a summary of my resume
Additional Rec from my principal - was her intern - really nice recommendation that was personal and i think looks very nice.
Hooks - Hispanic
I know my chances for these schools are low -I dont expect to get in but aiming for it anyways! Thanks for chancing me !