My Stats (in state) are:
GPA: 3.4893 UW/4.35 W (There is strong upward grade trends here, as my gpa freshman year was 3.0w/3.8uw)
Rank: 13.5%
SAT: 1310 670 Math 640 Reading
15 AP Classes (5 science and 2 math)
Very strong, glowing hot letter of rec
A good essay in which I outlined how I overcame a struggle (house fire sophomore year)
Officer position at a current events and politics club (we also conduct voter registration in the school and community) Junior-senior year
Member at key club and docs club sophomore-junior year (yea my ec’s are weak)
AP Scholar with distinction
I’ve heard different things on whether this helps or hurts for big colleges: ability to afford tuition (parents make 200k/year)
What might not help: White Male