Just applied to the following schools plus 2 safetys (Bing and Purdue). CMU was ED, for Tepper. As always, uterly honest opinion.
New York City, White Male, Low Income
VERY competitive high school
Stats:
GPA:
UW/4.5: 4.35
W/4.5: 4.0
UW/4.0: 3.65
W/4.0: 4.0
(Greatly improved since freshman year due to financial struggle, went from 3.3/4 in 9th, to 4.0/4 in 10th and 11th grade)
Top 15% of class
ACT: 35
ACT Writing: 12/12
SAT: 1540
SAT 2 Math 2: 800
SAT 2 Physics: 800
SAT 2 US: 760
AP US: 5
AP Physics: 4
(Taking AP Calc BC, AP Government, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, and AP English senior year)
EC: Captain of Debate team (for senior year, member 9-12)
NY State Debate championship qualifer freshman and junior year (and most likely senior)
Varsity Public Forum State Champion 2017
President/Founder of STEM Club (11-12)
Treasurer of coding club (10-12)
Founder of non-profit that helps elderly use technology
Member of Model UN (11-12)
Member of Key Club (Volunteering, 10-12)
Varsity Basketball (12)
Runs buisness that has made a profit of 9,000 dollars last year
Donated over 7,000 to breast cancer research
Member of club that raised money for Syrian Refugees
200+ volunteer hours at after school program for kids
100+ volunteer hours for local teen organization that supplied activities for kids
Held 2 jobs throughout high school, including an after school program for underprivledged kids
Recipient of the Dwayne. HJU Community Outreach Award, including a 2000 dollar scholarship
Worked at local day camp for 2 years
Captain of team that has raised over 28,000 dollars for cancer research
National Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society
Math Honor Society
Recipient of Shakespeare Writer of the Year
Good recs
Really good essayed, explained struggle with 9th grade very well
Sumplements were very good
QuestBridge Scholar, hopefully future finalist
If anyone would mind, I was also curious if these stats could get me any other good schools (doesn’t have to be presitgous)
Thanks for any feedback