Hi. I am currently a senior attending a competitive upper-class public high school in CA. Be brutally honest 
UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, UCI, UCSD, Chicago, Princeton, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Harvey Mudd, Georgetown, and Wash in St. Louis
South Asian, Male Income ~150k
SAT Superscore: 2300 (CR 780 Math 770 Writing 750)
SAT Single sitting: 2260 (CR 780 Math 730 Writing 750)
SAT 2: Math (800) Physics (Haven’t taken, expecting 750+)
GPA: 4.63 W, 3.73 U
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Courseload:
Freshman: Spanish 2 CP, World history H, Geometry H, English H, Bio H
Sophomore: AP European History, Spanish 3 CP, Alg 2 H, Chem H, English H
Junior year: AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP English, AP Chem, CP US History, H Math Analysis
Senior year: AP Art History, AP Physics 2, AP Calc, AP English, AP Government
Awards etc.:
National Merit Semifinalist (almost guaranteed finalist)
Selected as Alternate Rep. for Boy’s State (One of two in school)
Scholar athlete award (9-12)
EC’s:
(Most important to least important)
Paid summer research internship at Princeton University for 5 weeks, published paper (Summer of 11th grade)
Taught English to kids in Morocco for 3 weeks (Summer of 11th grade)
Tutored disadvantaged adults in inner-city NJ for 6 weeks (Summer of 10th grade)
Soccer (10th 11th JV, 12th Varsity)
Track and Cross country (9th)
Club soccer (10th)
Writing Center Tutor (12th)
Physics Club (10-12)
Recommendations:
English 11AP (8)
Chemistry (7)
Counselor (9-10)
Post doc researcher with whom I was working during research at Princeton (8-9)
Hook: I am very exposed/have adapted to lots of change (lived in NJ, moved to Syria for 6th months, moved to LA 9th grade, moved to current school 10th grade)
Essay: ~8-9
Other: Parent went to Columbia, Parent, Aunt, and Uncle went to Princeton