Senior Year Course Load: (We couldn’t take APs until Junior Year)
AP Calculus AB
AP Macroeconomics
AP Physics 1
British Literature
Symphonic Band
Latin 4
Student Government
Major Awards:
Presidents List and Honor Roll
Latin Magna Cum Laude (9-11)
1st place Drum Major
Extracurriculars:
Marching Band [Drum Major (12) and Section Leader (11)]
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony (1st chair Concert Master)
District Band (7-12)
All State Band (8-12)
Jazz Band (8, 11-12)
Pit Orchestra (10,11)
Janfest (9-12) Honor bands (9,11)
Chamber Ensemble (9-11)
Marched in the Outback Bowl (9)
Marched in the London New Year’s Day Parade (11)
Student Government [Secretary]
Spartan Service League (10-12) [Co-Founder]
New Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra (10-12) [Teacher(12)]
National Honors Society (11-12) [Public Relations Officer]
Student Advancement Leadership Team (11-12)
JV Tennis (9-11)
Mu Alpha Theta (11-12)
Varsity Math Team (9,11,12)
Tri-M Honors Society (10-12)
Beta Club (9-12)
Volunteer/Community service: 160 Service hours
Summer Activities:
London and Paris Study Abroad (9)
China Mission Trip(10)
Taught myself Saxophone to play in the Jazz Band (10)
Helped with New Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra (10,11,12)
Accepted to Columbia Summer Business Program (11)
GCSU Marching Band Camp (11)
Played in Carnegie Hall (11)
Intended Major: Business
State: Georgia
School Type: Private Christian
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 300K+
Colleges I want to apply
Cornell University (ED CALS)
UC Berkeley
NYU
Northwestern
Boston College
University of Southern California
UGA
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Emory
You have the stats, which is great. Your ACT is great! Your GPA seems pretty good for most for these schools. The fact that your ECs are not only extensive but also focused (music) greatly stands in your favor. I think for most of these schools you stand a great-excellent chance, except for maybe Northwestern and Cornell, which are of course tough to get into. Although you will stand a better chance at Cornell considering that you are applying ED. Overall, you’re an excellent applicant!
I think youre a strong applicant all around, with good test scores and grades that will be pretty good for most of your schools and also pretty unique EC’s. I think your chances at Cornell are as good as any other top applicants, just because its so selective— but since youre doing ED, I would estimate a 50/50 shot which is pretty good! The northwestern RD rate is very low, so it will be pretty unpredictable, but you at least stand a good chance there. I also think you will probably get into the rest of the schools on your list, but there may be some surprises just because there is so much competition. I wish you the best of luck!!
Cornell University (ED CALS) - High Match (ED will help you)
UC Berkeley - High Match, but OOS admission to UC, UT, UV, etc. can be bizarre
NYU - Match
Northwestern - Low reach
Boston College - Safety
University of Southern California - Match
UGA - Acc
University of Michigan - Acc
Georgia Tech - Match
Emory - Low reach
Cornell University (ED CALS)- reach
UC Berkeley- low reach
NYU- high match
Northwestern- reach
Boston College- in
University of Southern California- low reach
UGA- in
University of Michigan- in
Georgia Tech- match
Emory- match
I think you have good odds at all these schools and I can see you getting into a good number of them. Your dedication to band definitely shines through. Good luck!
I feel like our apps are remarkably similar :)) haha fellow musician!!
Your stats and ECs are great. I think you have a solid shot to anywhere you apply!
Cornell - low reach. Your anti-hooks may hurt here
GT - low match. Good chance here.
UCB - low reach. Out of state is weird.
U Mich - match
Northwestern - No idea.
Emory - match
USC - match
BC - safe
UGA - safety
Really great stats! EC’s are focused and show passion so that’s good.
Cornell University (ED CALS) - Low Reach
UC Berkeley - High Match/Low Reach
NYU - Match (Unless you are applying to Stern - then low Reach )
Northwestern - Reach
Boston College - Match
University of Southern California - Low Reach ( USC has been getting DAMN difficult to get into recently )
UGA - Low Match ( probably safety )
University of Michigan - Match
Georgia Tech - Match
Emory - High Match
