I am currently a junior and am trying to figure out my chances for Brandeis or NYU.
I took AP CSP, AP Macro, and AP Micro last year as a sophomore, this year I am taking AP bio, AP English Language and composition, APUSH, and AP CS A. (IMPORTANT Side question: will dropping AP bio hurt my chances?)
My senior year I plan to take: AP Calc AB, AP French, AP US Gov, AP Physics I, and AP English Lit.
My unweighted GPA is a 3.9 and weighted is a 4 (my school goes on a 4 scale)
My grades have increased since freshmen year and I am hoping to keep them consistent with sophomore year this year. School doesn’t rank students.
I have not taken the SAT but have prepared rigorously and am expecting for a score within the low 1400s (though I can’t be sure) Just assume I have around a 1400 SAT.
I am in National Honor society, in addition to winning the NCWIT regional award, and some essay contests.
I am super involved in my community, I have worked at a lego league camp, participate in clubs (all 4 years) such as mock trial, model un, history day, etc. I am also the leader of my school ECO club and am planning to start a computer science program from elementary kids this year in addition to tutoring elementary students. I am also a teacher at my local religious school. I have a ton of volunteer hours from various events.
My recs should be good (I have a lot of teachers who seem to like me)