GPA UW: 3.97 (screwed around in dam studio art class sophomore and got B lol)
SAT: 800 Math, 780 Reading, 750 Writing (10 essay)
SAT II: 800 Math Lvl2, 790 USH, 770 World History, 740 Spanish
AP Classes with Scores (no score means I’m taking it for senior year)
AP Calc BC: 5
AP World History: 5
AP Lang: 5
AP USH: 5
AP Spanish: 4
AP US Gov: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Music Theory (self-studied): 5
AP Physics C E/M
AP Physics C Mech
AP Lit
AP Microecon
AP Macroecon
AP Stat
AP Comparative Gov
Also doing dual-enrollment in multivar calc at a comm college near my house
EC’s:
Clarinet: All-State 2x, All-district 3x, regular participation in volunteer ensembles
Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout with 1 palm, Several intense high adventure treks, strong & consistent leadership
Varsity XC: random regional awards
Varsity Track: random regional awards
My List
HYPSM
Penn-Wharton (might try for Jerome Fisher with Wharton as backup)
UChicago
Dartmouth
Duke
UT Austin (auto in since I’m in-state and fit class rank requirement)
GA Tech
UVA
UMich (gonna try for Ross)
Ultimately, I wanna go into either management consulting, private equity, or some type of job that combines science/engineering and business.
Recs: Gonna go to Calc BC teacher for 1, AP Lang Teacher for 2nd, then additional supplemental rec from either clarinet teacher or scoutmaster
Stats are good and make you a qualified applicant.
However, your EC’s don’t make you stand out. Nothing about them indicate you are interested in business or STEM. There’s nothing “special” that lots of other kids don’t have. Hopefully your essays will help you, if you can write about a topic that you’re truly passionate about. Your chances aren’t very high for HYPSM, Penn-Wharton, UChicago, Dartmouth, or Duke. (If you apply ED to Penn, Darmouth, or Duke, your chances do go up quite a bit, so consider that.) You should be able to get into the other schools.
Jerome Fisher M&T is a lot harder to get into than Wharton - you have to show STEM/tech interest as well as leadership qualities and an interest in business. You say you want to do consulting or PE but there’s nothing in your application remotely related to business. You can substitute that with a lot of leadership but you haven’t started any clubs/organizations and you don’t have any leadership positions besides being an eagle scout.
UChicago is all based on your essay. If you applied 10 years ago, the acceptance rate was about 35-40%. Now it’s 4% regular decision. Only your essays will make you stand out.
You are a qualified applicant for all of those schools but nothing in your application will help you stand out and ultimately be accepted.
Can you get recruited for track at any of the schools? And like the others said, you will need some way to demonstrate interest in science/engineering/business.
Strong stats, but can’t really tell what you want to do from your EC’s.