So I upped my score, and let’s reevaluate. By the way, I already got into UNC!
NYU (Stern)
Carnegie Mellon (Dietrich)
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Cornell
Columbia
UPenn
Harvard
Princeton
So here are my stats:
Objective:
New SAT (Superscored): 1470 (M: 770/800; EBR&W: 700/800; Essay: 23/24)
SAT II: 730 in Math 1 and a 660 in Math 2
Unweighted GPA: 3.88
Weighted GPA: 5.21
Class Rank: 5/525
AP: Calc AB, Calc BC, Stats, Environ, Bio, World, U.S. History, Psychology, English Lang (Have passed all of them or better)
Senior Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP U.S. Gov, AP Comp. Gov, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP English Lit, AP Spanish
Awards: AP Merit Scholar
Subjective:
Sports:
JV and Varsity Football (9-12, Captain my senior year, but NOT RECRUITED)
JV Baseball (9-10, was the statistician for the whole program)
Varsity Lacrosse (11-12)
Other ECs:
Spanish Club (9-12, Co-founder of the club, and I am fluent)
UNICEF (9-12, President)
KEY Club (9-12)
Speech (11-12, Captain of Extemporaneous Speaking)
Debate (11-12, Captain of Congressional Debate, also a PF Debater with many awards in both)
Math Club (11-12)
National Honors Society (11-12)
Amnesty International (12, joined because I accidentally walked in on a meeting and got interested lol)
Practicing Martial Arts (I have 2 black belts)
Helping my dad with his insurance business
Tutoring my siblings
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a movie theater between my junior and sophomore years
Volunteer Work: I have about 120 hours thanks to my ECs
Summer Activities:
Football workouts (AKA Hell on Earth)
Helping out with Speech and Debate
Touring schools
Essays:
Common App: 9/10. Very in-depth story about the relationship between my autistic brother and me.
NYU: 8/10. Really clever, I enjoyed writing it.
CMU: 9/10. Witty, funny, and effective at explaining why CMU is a good fit.
JHU: 7/10. I thought it was good, but I didn’t feel very passionate when writing it.
Duke: 9/10. Really out of the box and fun to write.
Cornell: 8/10. Very solid, witty, and appropriately funny.
Columbia: 7/10. Similar problem to JHU, but still good.
UPenn: 8/10. All-around a really good supplement.
Harvard: 9/10. Did a good job at conveying myself as an applicant and was pretty fun to write.
Princeton: 10/10. Had three people read it, and all three of them cried, not to mention a dope ending.
Recommendations:
Teacher Rec. #1: 10/10. My Stats teacher who has caused everyone who has read the essay to cry.
Teacher Rec. #2: 9/10. My Spanish teacher. I’m apparently the best-speaking student he’s ever had.
Counselor Rec.: 8/10. I’ve had a lot of face-time with my counselor to work out schedules and things.
Additional Rec.: 8/10. From my football coach who says that I’m the smartest player he’s ever coached, but it’s not very specialized.
Other:
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
State: NC
Income: $80,000
Intended Major: Statistics (or the best equivalent available)