Athletics:
Varsity Table Tennis
Varsity Tennis (Two times state champions) (6 years)
Varsity Tennis- Captain 2017
USTA, represented section in Zonals under 12, 14 and 16 age group
USTA, ranked in Top 10 in under 12,14 and 16 age group in section
MVP Award – Boys Varsity Tennis 2016-2017
US Congressman – Letter of Recognition for Tennis Excellence
Science Research:
Multiple Special Awards – Regional and State Science Fair Competition (Multiple years)
Scholars of Distinction in Science – State Department of Education
Stem Communicator Award – Paper Published
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) – Top 10 Papers Award
Siemens Competition Semi-finalist
Shared Research with Indian Medical Association
Clubs and Leadership:
Member of the National Society of High School Scholars 2017
Member of National Honors Society 2017
International First Robotics Competition Team 2015-2016
Voluntary service hours (100+ hrs)
Shared Research with Indian Medical Association
Philanthropy grant to build wildlife in a local school
Music:
Guitar- 8 years
Saxophone- 3 years
I understand that I gave a lot of colleges and a lot of information, but I would really appreciate if you could evaluate my chances at these schools. Please let me know if you need any more informations.
For tennis, maybe not Division 1, but Harvey Mudd and Wash U are Division 3, but both have very good sports programs (Harvey Mudd combines with Claremont McKenna (CMS)). You may be good enough to play in Division 3. It’s still very competitive and the play at the top-ranked Division 3 schools is very high, but you should at least give it a look. Being a recruited athlete in Division 3 won’t get you any money for school, but it will help immensely in getting accepted. Other great school D-3 programs are Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Emory, Pomona (I’m missing a few, but you get the point).
@Kpap don’t sell yourself short for tennis. That is your hook/ticket to most of your schools. You have the grades/test scores and you’re only a junior, but there will be a lot of students with similar academic credentials. You have the USTA sectional ranking along with your academics and that should count a lot.
Agree with the above poster that D3 schools are a good option. UChicago has a pretty good D3 sports program and they are in the same league as WashU.
You might not be recruitable for Stanford (unless you are the next Nadal/Jokovich) but Ivies are D1 and you could contact a coach.
I have already reached out to these schools, and most of them replied by saying that I would need to increase my rank substantially. This thread mainly is for the normal application process rather than being recruited. My only options for tennis would likely be school outside top 20 for D3. Thank you for your input though.
I think low reach for WashU and Mudd. Others are reaches/high reaches just because of the acceptance rate.
You are a pretty balanced/competitive applicant. Asian male is the worst demographic, but you have quality and quantity in your ECs that set you apart.
@Kpap most of your state public schools should be a match.
Since you have pretty high stats, look into Rice and Vandy as target schools. Especially Vandy since they don’t get as many Asian applicants compared to most schools of the same caliber (although that might have changed by now).
Rice and Vandy are reach-range too – reach or low reach for the OP. Match-range schools for you are going to be universities ranked roughly 30-80 and LACs ranked roughly 20-70. Beyond about #80 on the US News U ranking and about #70 on their LAC ranking, you’re moving into low match and safety territory. (*with Reed as a glaring exception), and selective OOS public schools – they are harder than their admit rate for OOS applicants.
Examples (high matches and matches):
Wake Forest (not as selective as their rank suggests)
Tulane
Boston College
Brandeis
Lehigh
SMU
U of Miami
Boston U
Case Western
NYU
Northeastern
Bates
Lafayette
Holy Cross
Bucknell
Trinity (CT)
Colorado College
Oberlin
Union
maaaaybe USC
etc.
Now, you still need to check admit rates and how your stats compare to admits (check last year’s CDS…) in order to verify whether a school is probably a match – what i said about rankings and selectivity was a rough guide.
If your stats are average among admits and the school has a 30% admit rate, it is a high match.
If your stats are average and the school has a 10% admit rate, it is a reach.
If your stats are average and the school has a 50% admit rate, it is a match.
If your stats are above or below the mean by a fair bit, you can possibly figure that you have a better (or worse) chance than the admit rate, remembering to also take into account the round you are applying in (RD is harder than ED/REA/SCEA pretty much everywhere but MIT and Georgetown), hooks, ECs, etc.
I don’t think you need to retake the SAT, although if you feel as though you can get higher, go for it. Your stats and ECs are good. You have depth in your ECs which is better than breadth. Your science achievements you should focus on more if you cannot get recruited for tennis. Start another science club in your school for leadership. Do research this summer. Start a YouTube channel about science, etc. Anything relating to science that shows your passion will help.