I’m a senior right now, applying to the following schools for mechanical engineering:
UPenn (ED)
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
University of Michigan
Penn State (UP + Schreyer’s)
Pitt
Here are my stats:
1470 SAT (one sitting, 740M 730R)
3.99 UW 4.16 W (45 of 330)
6 AP’s, 8 Honors
ECs:
FBLA President, 2x state qualifier 1x state champion/national qualifier, currently running the largest fundraiser in my school’s history
Finance Club President: manage and invest a $30000 fund
German Activity Club Vice President (I’ve taken 5 years of german)
Robotics (School team was a national champion last year)
Student council
Club council (each club sends one rep and we meet with the principal once a month)
Leadership course (had to apply for an extracurricular class taught by head principal on top of our existing course load, high honor
NHS
Yearbook (academic editor)
Academic team/quizbowl varsity
I know a lot of the schools are reaches and my academic stats alone aren’t Ivy material, but I think my essays and LORs are good and my FBLA fundraising should set me apart from most. It involves presenting to local businesses and receiving total donations in the thousands.