<p>Numbers:
GPA: (3.91/4.72) or (4.00/4.91) non-freshman
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 physics, 800 Math II, 790 Chem
Course-load: 12 APs, most of the rest honors (5s on all APs)</p>
<p>ECs (7 for CommonApp):
1. Ice Hockey - Two-Year Varsity Captain, First-team All-league, MVP, All-City, etc.
2. Math Club - Two-Year V.P., second overall at a regional invitational, more placements
3. Sled Hockey (volunteer) - 100+ hours
4. Engineering Club - National Championship in JETS
5. Youth hockey (volunteer) - 100+ hours
6. Humane Society (volunteer)
7. Select hockey teams - based on talent/tryouts</p>
<p>Academic awards (5 for CommonApp):
1. Divisional National Champion in JETS Engineering Competition
2. Repeated AIME qualifier
3. Top ten in state (all grades) in Ohio Invitational Mathematics Olympiad
4. A.P. Scholar with Distinction
5. NMSF</p>
<p>Essay: about my alcoholic/abuse father and leaving my house to protect myself. Also explains my lack of performance earlier in high school and how I was stifled.</p>
<p>Helpful:
Scores, Nat'l Ship in Engineering, dedication to math, volunteerism, leadership/skill in sports, compelling story about my childhood</p>
<p>Negative:
The essay about my childhood. I intentionally made it really long (1200 words) and some schools don't want to read it if it's that long. I decided to do this because if a school doesn't want to read an extra page or two about me... screw them. I don't want to go there.
Also, I didn't cure cancer twice and do six years of research in some lab.</p>
<p>So... I'm asking, in addition to chances, which schools of HSYPM will most likely not read my lengthy essay and toss the application early?</p>