Hi, I’m just trying to be realist with my daughter’s search. She is going to be a senior next year. She has good grades but not great, on a great stem track however, not many AP Classes but has a very interesting EA. She did very well on the PSAT and is getting mail from every top college urging her to apply(for whatever that is worth)
GPA-3.83 UW/4.11 W
SAT - 1520 (760 Eng/760 Math)
Completed STEM Biomedical Academy (3 years of focused medical studies)
No word back on AP scores (AP Bio and AP Lang). Will take AP Calc and AP CS next year. Has taken a college class with a A and will take a college class this summer. Studying C++, Python, Java, HTML5 on her own.
Awards
Grand Prize Winner - County Science and Engineering Fair -9th Grade
ISEF Finalist - 9th Grade
Special Engineering Award - 9th Grade - California Science and Engineering Fair
First Place - Engineering - Sensors - 9th Grade CSEF
First Place - Engineering - Robotics - 10th Grade CSEF
EC
Founder and CEO, Medical Device Company (incorporated, w/ advanced MVP and seeking a patent and funding)
Founder and President, Digital Arts Club at H.S.
Editor, Layout - School Newspaper
SWAT, Lead - Volunteers about 45 minutes a day at school per day (computer help desk, technology tutoring)
Maker Faire - Featured in Digital Magazine and has presented her project with Founder/CEO at most recent Faire-11th Grade. Her project featured as the first Marker Portfolio for new beta site for Make: Magazine
Equestrian - Competes in Regional Ranked Jumping competitions
Published Writer - Book is sold on-line with profits going to animal charity
National Honor Society
Colleges she is interested in
MIT - Far reach (will submit Maker Portfolio)
Stanford - Far reach (she is an entrepreneur in the Bay Area)
CMU- Reach
UC Berkeley- Reach
UC Davis - In reach
UC Santa Barbara - In reach
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo- In reach
ASU - In reach
FYI-One of her competitors from ISEF with a very similar medical device got into Stanford. Not sure about her grades and scores.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciate. Just trying to help her get into the right school, rather than the school with the best brand.