<p>Hey everybody, I'm currently a Junior and I was just feeling a little nervous now that I'm getting more in-depth with college searches. I'm mostly looking for my chances at getting into Northwestern, University of Michigan, or Purdue for engineering or business. I'm also looking at Cornell(reaching), University of Chicago, University of Illinois, maybe Notre Dame? I'm open to any suggestions!</p>
<p>High School Type: Private
Location: Illinois
Race/Gender: White Male
Prospective Major: Either engineering or business</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.5/4.0 (large upward trend: 3.2, 3.5, 3.8)
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Class Rank: Top 15%</p>
<p>SAT: n/a
ACT: 33 Composite (English 34, Reading 34, Math 33, Science 32)
Courses: Taking mostly honors class and AP's, taking the most challenging classes I can.
AP's: APUSH (Soph), AP Psych (Junior), AP Stats (Junior), AP Computer Science A (Junior)
Senior Courses: AP Music Theory, AP Calc, AP Chem, Honors Physics, Honors World Religions, AP Government, Honors Spanish III, English IV</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
*Tons of volunteer work at my local hospital including teaching disabled children how to swim, tutoring, and helping at the day care.
*Habitat for Humanity, will be going down to Indianapolis this summer to volunteer in a run down neighborhood
*Basketball (Fresh/Sophomore Year) and played on club team that went to Nationals
*Captain of the Swim Team Junior and Senior Year
*Very involved in the theatre productions. Set construction, stage crew, and sound mostly.
*Philosophy Club, Calculator Programming Club, Java Programming Club
*One of founding members of my school's programming team (just started this year!)
*Piano (4 years) and Guitar (3 years)
*Don't really know if this goes here, but I read a ton</p>
<p>Work Experience:
*Worked since freshman year in hotel management/customer service at this historic hotel one of my friend's family owns. About 12-15 hours every weekend doing coat check, help setting up for weddings and banquets, bringing bags up to rooms, and even jumping into the kitchen sometimes when things get extremely busy.</p>
<p>Awards: (Not many)
*Nomination for J Kyle Braid leadership award
*Nomination for HOBY leadership award
*Nomination for RYLA leadership award
*National Honor Society
*There are definitely more that I am just blanking on right now and I'll (hopefully) get a few more this year</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
*Accepted into Purdue's engineering summer program, Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP)</p>
<p>Also:
*I really have a love of learning that drives me to take the hardest classes I can and to do a bit of self study too. I read up on a ton of philosophy, economics, and computer science outside of the classroom. I guess I just want to go to a hard, selective school where I can learn as much as I can because I truly enjoy it.</p>
<p>So I know I'm not the most stellar candidate for some more selective schools, but where are some of my weak areas that I could improve on? I'm open to any critiques or further questions.</p>
<p>Thanks for your time!</p>
<p>Edit: Forgot to add work experience</p>