Hello, current junior here anxious about applying. I’m a white British male at a top 25 school in Southeast Michigan. Stanford is my top choice and I plan on applying REA there later this year. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not taken yet
ACT (breakdown): Composite 33, English 34, Math 35, Reading 30, Science 34, Writing 8 (retaking to get better reading/writing scores)
PSAT: 1420, 99th Percentile, index score of 219, Michigan’s predicted cut off for next year is 215-218 so I should be National Merit
GPA: 4.641 Weighted, 4.000 Unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but I’m top 3 out of about 250-300
AP (predicted score in parenthesis): US History (5), Stats (4), Calc BC (Expected 4), US Gov (Expected 5), Physics 1 (Expected 3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ (Macro and Micro), AP Physics - Calc Based, AP Comp Sci, and Calc 4-5 (at a local college because I’ve completed every math course offered at my high school)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Technical Theatre (Tech Director), Cross Country, National Honors Society (President), Programming Club (Founder and President), Big Brother Big Sister (school program for mentoring freshmen, Captain), Forensic Team, Student Council Social Media/Technology Manager
Awards: 5+ Superior Awards (highest you can get) at State Theatre Competitions for technical designs, multiple finalist awards in Forensic invitationals and 3rd place at Regionals,
Job/Work Experience: 3+ years as a technician for events that rent the auditorium at my school running lights/sound, 3+ years as a technician at a local church, 2 years working as a caddy at a local golf club
Volunteer/Community service: Saturday School, tutoring, and working at a kids camp at a local farm
Essays should be 10/10. Sister got into U Chicago with her essays and she said she’d help
Recommendations (at least what I plan on getting) (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Theatre Teacher/Director. Worked closely with him through my years in high school and he’s seen me work as a leader doing tech. Also wrote my sister’s rec for U Chicago and it was 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: Physics. Probably 9/10, we get along well and I excel in his class
Counselor Rec: 8/10. Haven’t really had a lot of interaction with her since it’s quite a large school but I can probably get to know her better in the coming months.
Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle of the middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents came from Britain 16 years ago so I’m a dual citizen with a cool accent, idk if that will help in an interview or anything lmao
Reflection
Strengths: Very good grades for my class, ambitious, leadership
Weaknesses: A little bit too well rounded as I don’t have many things that set me apart. Could probably use a few more extra curriculars as well.
*edit also new to CC so i apologize in advance if i’ve formatted something wrong or whatever haha