<p>I am a rising senior, male asian living in Virginia.</p>
<p>High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.99
GPA - Weighted: 4.17
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 285</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 710
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Chemistry: 720
SAT II Korean with Listening: 800</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Lincoln-Douglas Debate Captain
Public Forum Debate Captain
Scholastic Bowl
FIRST Robotics
Freshman Year JV Soccer/Volleyball
Freshman Year School Newspaper Editor
Leadership positions: Debate Captain
Scholastic Bowl (Math) Captain</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work:</p>
<p>Local Hospital (will be 100+ hours)
Retirement Village (also hopefully 100+)</p>
<p>Honors and Awards: </p>
<p>Recognized in National Merit program (maybe semi-/finalist)
Hopefully, National Honor Society
National Forensic League Honor</p>
<p>College Summer programs:
UVA Summer Enrichment Program</p>
<p>whoops, forgot</p>
<p>at:
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
MIT
Duke
UC Berkeley
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia</p>
<p>Harvard--slight reach
Cornell--match
Princeton--slight reach
MIT--match to slight reach
Duke--match to slight reach
UC Berkeley (OOS)--match
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign--safety
University of Michigan--safe match
Georgia Tech--match
Virginia Tech--safe match
University of Virginia--match</p>
<p>Both Harvard and Princeton are possibilities, but they just have so many great candidates to choose from it's hard to say--and I'm thinking you will probably just miss out. On the other hand, I think you will get in at MIT, but I can't be sure. Write great essays for these schools and we'll see what happens. Of all the rest, you should get in at all of them--although I think you should also apply to UCLA as a backup to UC Berkeley (even though I think you will get in at Berkeley).</p>
<p>I'm presuming you plan to major in Communications, International Relations, or Political Science at Harvard--where your debate skills will work in your favor--but you need to show passion in your choices. I'm unclear what you plan to major in at MIT--so figure this out.</p>
<p>Best of success.</p>
<p>P.S. Rank means a lot at some of these schools--so if you school truly ranks based upon weighted GPA this could hurt your chances considerably, since top 10% would not be as impressive as the 3.99 UW GPA.</p>
<p>thanks a lot - i'll try my best on essays</p>
<p>my school does rank on weighted GPA, but i think after next year i might be within the top 10 or maybe even top 5, because our weighted GPA does not include Honors classes, only AP.</p>
<p>Hi:
From what you've provided, looks like you have good leadership qualities, but the effectiveness of your EC's probably depends on how much time you've invested. Also, awards seem to lack a bit (have you won any state individual or team debate tournaments, cuz those significantly bolster your leadership position in debate??).<br>
Harvard--reach
Cornell--low reach, mostly a match
Princeton--reach
MIT--reach
Duke--slight reach
UC Berkeley (OOS)--reach cuz OOS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign--safety
University of Michigan--match
Georgia Tech--match
Virginia Tech--safe match
University of Virginia--match
*I don't know much else about you, so my eval is almost completely unfounded, but best of luck!</p>