White Junior from Riverside, California
GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.5+ W (Class Rank 1)
SAT Superscore: 2280 (750 reading, 800 math, 730 writing)
Class Load:
Freshman:
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Chemistry
Honors Biology
Honors Intro to Lit
French 2
Water Polo / Tennis
GPA: 4.00/4.17
Sophomore
AP Chemistry
French 3 Honors
AP European History
Honors World Lit
Honors Pre-Calculus
Water Polo / Tennis
GPA: 4.00/4.67
Junior
AP US History
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics 1
AP Language and Composition
AP Art History
AP Psychology
Tennis
GPA: 4.00/5.00
Senior (projected):
Multivariable Calculus
AP French
AP Government and Econ
AP Biology
AP Literature
Water Polo / Tennis
Extra Curriculars:
Clubs:
French Honors Society (Secretary [and President next year])
CAPS (Founder and President)
(A club based on the concept of collaborative studying and crash course seminars)
Photography Club
National Honors Society
SAVE Club
Cycling Club (Treasurer)
California Math League (#1 in school)
League Tennis for 5-10 years at my local club
Varsity Water Polo
Varsity Tennis (co-captain)
Volunteer at Art Museum
Volunteer at Chemical Engineering Lab at UCR
Coding Experience in Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and C
Attended Summer Camp for Engineering at Stanford
Built 3D Printer in 8th grade
[I fear this category for a lack of national recognition]
Deeply interested in a career and major of Chemical Engineering and considering a double major with Psychology
Any contribution is appreciated even if not a chance (i.e. any suggestions to enhance a resume).
I’m wondering if my dream school of Stanford is so out of reach or if manageable because every says I can do it but I’m not quite so sure if I need a punch of reality.
You present a deeply impressive résumé; I would say that maintaining your sterling grades and score records and writing strong essays should prepare you for admission at least to any UC, three of the six top universities you mentioned (Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, Columbia, and Brown) and one of the two liberal arts colleges (Pomona and Harvey Mudd). While I cannot guarantee this at all (I am far from any “insider”), I think that your consistent and successful devotion to academics and your extracurricular activities cast you in an attractive light, and that although I have seen similarly qualified candidates rejected from these top institutions (shockingly, in many cases), you will be accepted to at least a few.
You are definitely a competitive applicant for those Ivy Leagues. Low Match- Safeties for the UC’s because of your grades (and maybe SAT), Pomona - low reach, Harvey Mudd - safety. Stanford is mid-high reach just because it is so selective.
I would suggest adding CalTech to that list, especially if you want chem. engineering (really good program, but a LOT of work ). Of which, that is a low-reach
@yummyGumballs thank you I appreciate the input! I actually forgot to include MIT and CalTech in the article though I am very interested in them @Corinthian@LKnomad@paul2752 While I don’t agree that Harvey Mudd is a safety, ironically enough I had just recently removed Pomona College and Harvey Mudd from my list upon further review of both the student life and focused majors.
In addition if anybody has any school suggestions, I am all ears. I might be blindsided by all the hype surrounding the Ivy Leagues and similar schools that I could be ignoring some other great schools hidden along the way.
Any help is supportive and welcomed and I hope students similar to me lurking on this post (haha) can gain something from this as well. Best of luck to all applicants and have a nice day!
I’d love to see some more insight on my profile considering there are newly accepted students to these universities (congrats class of 2020) so bump I guess
Not much has changed besides I no longer do water polo but I’d especially love to hear some ideas on what else I can do to improve my high school career and maybe some ideas as to what to do during summer besides college touring and volunteering! Much appreciated. Have a nice day and a special good luck to those like me panicked about AP tests at the moment!
P.S. I can chance back to the extent of the knowledge I have just let me know!
). Of which, that is a low-reach