<p>I'm hoping to apply to Cornell/Yale/Penn/Brown/Duke/Stanford/Princeton/Amherst/Williams & maybe Harvard (concentrating in philosophy, maybe economics) later this year and was wondering if I could get a bit of feedback on my chances.
Academic:
7 A-levels (MAths, Further Maths, Politics, Economics, English literature, History, History of Art) all at A at As and predicted A's for A2.
3 AEA's in History, Literature & Critical thinking (Supposedly equivalent to 2nd year UGrad)
2390 in the SAT -taking SatII's in june (World History, Maths 2 & Reading)
Highest prizes possible in the school for Leadership, Academic excellence and English Literature.
Academic scholar</p>
<p>Work experience:
2 Weeks experience at Winton capital (top 20 UK Hedge Fund) on the trading floor + 2 Months at the research Office.
Working for a few months at an orphanage in western china next year
3 Months as assistant researcher for my Local MP working from the houses of parliament.</p>
<p>Extra-cirric's (bit thin as I'm a small, private, boarding school - opportunities are thin):
Founder+Chair of Debate Club
Responsible for setting up&running a school election, which I won as conservative candidate
Editor of school newspaper
School rugby team
Public Speaking Champion
Advanced maths club (highly selective)
Well-travelled, and not to touristy places (cuba, north korea etc)
Own philosophy research
Have written literature+had poetry published in journals
A couple of hours community action a week</p>
<p>Glowing reference (history teacher who's a cambridge alumni called me 'the most fluent and stylsh writer [he's] taught')</p>