Hi,
I’m a Junior from the Bay Area and I’m looking to see if my college list is balanced. Not really looking for specific chances (yes I know Stanford is a reach) but more if the schools I’m applying to fit in the tier I put them and if my list is safe/balanced. If you have any suggestions for places to apply please let me know. Thanks for your help!
Intro
Grade: 11th
Race: Indian
Sex: Male
Income Bracket: 250-300k+
Stats
SAT I: 2300 (790 reading, 770 math, 740 writing)
SAT II: 800 Math II, taking
ACT: Not sure if I should take this, might only if I get 35-36 on practice tests this summer
AP Exams: 5 on Calc AB
IB Diploma candidate
GPA: 4.33 weighted
4.0 (unweighted)
Class Rank: 1/500
Schedule
Sophomore Year:
AP Calc AB
Honors Chem
Bunch of other stuff, all honors/highest level (we are IB so we can’t really take college-level classes as underclassmen)
Junior Year:
IB Math HL/AP Calc BC
Ordinary Differential Equations (Sem 1)/Multivariable Calculus (Sem 2) (Only junior in this high level math)
IB History HL Y1
IB English HL Y1
IB Physics SL
IB French HL Y1
IB Theory of Knowledge (like philosophy) (Sem 2)
Senior Year:
IB History HL Y1
IB English HL Y1
Linear Algebra (Sem 1)/Calculus-based Probability (Sem 2)
Human Biology (have to take some biology since freshman year I took physics as a prereq for IB Physics and we don’t have honors bio)
IB ITGS (Computer/technology class)
IB Theory of Knowledge (like philosophy) (Sem 1)
IB French HL Y2
Extracurriculars
Clubs:
Robotics Club, Executive Board, 11th
Habitat for Humanity club, 11th
Cleaner Community Club, 11th
French Honors Society, 11th
Speech and Debate (9th-11th, Former VP, now president and captain), I have lots for this. I’ve been very successful, ranked #12 in nation, qualified to the Tournament of Champions and had a winning record, basically brought our team to prominence. Next year I’m hoping to go to a bunch of initial tournaments and be ranked top 5 by the time college apps season comes around
Work:
Research Assistant in the Stanford Department of Economics, only high schooler in research group, full time over summer and 10 hrs/week during school year
Martial arts instructor,
Sports:
JV football (9th-10th)
Varsity football (11th-12th)
Martial arts (5 years old-present)
Volunteering:
Habitat for Humanity club, 11th
Cleaner Community Club, 11th
Coached for my debate team when we couldn’t afford one, 11th
Judged debate tournaments, 9th-11th
Worked on a social media campaign for a non-profit centered around promoting American exceptionalism
Summers
Summer pre-calc and math tutoring
Debate camp at Stanford (10th-11th) and Berkeley (11th-12th)
Research at Stanford (10th-12th)
Awards
French Honors Society, 11th
Honor Roll 9th-11th
Math Department Achievement Award 10th-11th
Qualifier to the Tournament of Champions (debate, most prestigious high school invitational for top debaters from around the country)
Winner of the Wolfpack Debate Invitational
National Merit whatever stage they’re in right now, I got the email/letter
Hooks
For Stanford I’m getting a recommendation letter from the head of the group that I work for at Stanford. He’s pretty high up in the Econ Department
Other
Possible Major: Econ/Business/CS
High school: Public, 2000 kids
Area: Bæ Area, CA
College list:
Reaches:
Stanford (Early, 1st choice), Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, UPenn Wharton, UChicago, Duke
Matches:
USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Georgetown, NYU Stern
Safeties:
UCSB, UCSD, U of Michigan Ann Arbor (Early)
How does my list look? Is everything in the right tier for me?