Hey guys, I was hoping you could give me some advice while I start applying to colleges. Here are some of the schools I am planning on applying to (excluding state safeties): Penn (Wharton), UCLA, Berkeley, USC, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, NYU, and UChicago.
Basic info:
Male
White
Midwest
Income around 150k-200k
School Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 4.00/4.00 (hs doesn’t weight)
Class rank: 1/350
ACT: 35 (English-36 Math-35, Reading-33, Science-36, Writing-11)
AP Scores: US History-5 Euro History-5 Lang-4 Microecon-5 Macroecon-5 US Gov-5
I have taken seven semesters of dual enrollment classes on top of my APs.
Senior year: AP Comp Gov, AP Psych, AP Stat, two dual enrollments, language
Awards: AP scholar w/ distinction, governor’s action award, Herbert Hoover uncommon student award, finalist in state “Know Your Constitution” contest, x3 academic letter winner, x6 varsity letter winner, math awards, etc
Extracurriculars:
Varsity team for golf, tennis, and swimming since sophomore year
Yale Young Global Scholar (International affairs)
Summer program at Brown over economics
Lt. Governor at Boys State
Four years of Student Senate, served as VP and president
President of my school’s history club (most active club in my hs)
President of a school group that works with students to prepare them for life beyond hs
Boy Scouts (will be eagle by deadlines)
Raised +$10,000 for my eagle scout project, which brought the community together to accomplish something
Made a few video productions for community organizations
Volunteered at hospital for many years
Japanese exchange program in middle school
Thanks in advance. I still have not finalized what colleges I will end up sending applications to. I am worried about paying for some of these schools I would like to apply to a few more matches where my cost will be next to nothing. I am open to any suggestions on where to apply to (I am interested in economics and business). I know many of these schools are extremely competitive, but I think my stats are decent enough to give me a chance.