SAT I (breakdown): Haven’t taken yet, will take the new one next year
ACT (breakdown): Still a Junior, but my baseline is a 30 on a practice that I took half-assed, confident I can get a 33+
SAT II: Haven’t taken any yet, but I do plan on taking the US and World History, Spanish, and perhaps Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea, probably top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t do well on AP World or AP Human Geo because I didn’t do so well 9th and 10th grade (was going through some personal issues outside of school), but taking AP US and AP English Lang this year, both of which I’m fairly certain I will get 4 or 5s in. Also, I will be taking AP Psych over the summer, can expect a 4 or 5 in that, and I hope to get 4s or 5s on senior year course load which are the classes I plan on taking next year. Also, have a lot of AICE classes, all of which I’ve gotten C or higher on (scaled differently than AP scores)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none available
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Stats, AP Gov/Macroeconomics (school groups these two), AICE Spanish A2 (essentially Spanish 5), AP English Lit, AP European, and maybe AP Bio or Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, hoping to get the AP Scholar, will probably get AICE diploma
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Investment Club (Founder), National Honor Society, Pre-Med Club (will be VP or President senior year, treasurer this year)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Various volunteering through school, college prep program, church, etc. Probably 200+hours
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10, I’ve been told I’m an outstanding writer by English teachers, had several people look over it
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 (Aice Spanish teacher…has had me as a student for three years…knows what I’ve been through)
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 (AP English teacher, speaks very highly of my writing, probably going to talk a lot about my work in his class only have him one year)
Counselor Rec: 10/10 (Counselor has been very close to me since 9th grade because of how often I’m in her office, knows me a bit more than Spanish teacher)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business (Finance)
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 25k-35k (also mom has never received any child support)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College
Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, Job Experience, Hooks, GPA
Weaknesses: ACT, SAT
Applying to ED: Don’t know if I should waste my ED on UPenn Wharton or NYU Stern, RD: UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA, University of Miami, University of Michigan
Sorry everyone I know this isn’t really enough info, but as a junior I wish to know the steps I must take to make it to NYU, and what else I need to include in my stats