Demographics: Middle Class, Asian/white, male.
Intended Major: Undecided.
Academics: 4.0 Unweighted GPA, 4.57 Weighted. Ranked 1/around 250. (not a very competitive school, not awful, but not competitive.)
I’m bilingual in Spanish and have been in immersion since elementary school.
APs: Pretty much everyone available at my school except Bio and APES. Mostly 5s and a few 4s.
SAT II: Yet to take. The plan is Math II and Physics. My guess is 760+ on both but we’ll see.
I took the AMC and did alright but not well enough to move on. I’ll be trying again next year!
ACT: 35 (35, 33, 34, 36)
Awards:
A few small, local writing awards. Likely a NMSF. School department awards. Yeah, not much here.
Extracurriculars: I could go into more detail if anyone wants but this should give the general idea.
Founder and president of Creative Writing Club.
Lead editor and publisher of our school’s literary magazine.
Youth Learning and Outreach Intern at the Library.
Reporter/Writer for the local town Newspaper.
Second Reader for Polyphony H.S.
Youth representative for our a local government committee.
I’ll be in the editor of the school paper next year and contribute to it currently.
Part of the Teen Advocates for Science and Communication at the Academy of Sciences.
Volunteer as a registrar and translator at a free local healthcare clinic.
Volunteer helping patients as a part of a hospice company.
Volunteer as a Healthy Living Ambassador, working with elementary schoolers.
I’m a contributor to multiple well-known but not like crazily well-known magazines/online publications.
I’ve had a decent amount of work accepted for publication beyond the continuous places I’m involved in.
Part of physics and robotics club at school.
Recommendations: I’d guess that I’ll have one glowing one from my physics teacher who I have a really good relationship. Probably a decent one from my writing club advisor. Beyond that I’m not sure.
Essays: I think I can do pretty well here but we’ll see. Just for the sake of the hypothetical, let’s say I write some pretty good essays.
Schools: Any top schools. I have a small legacy at both Stanford and Columbia. Thank you in advance! I’d also love any advice or tips you have. Help understanding what my reaches, matches, and safeties are would also be much appreciated.