Hi! I’m a junior looking to get into Rice, Columbia, MIT, CalTech, UT Austin, and Duke and major in a field of engineering. Could you give me my current chances of admission, and tips to improve, based on what I have so far? I don’t know if I’m going to be an AP Scholar or a National Merit Semifinalist or things like that yet cause its pretty early, but I’ve definitely been aiming for them.
-I attend a pretty big public school(400-500 people per grade) in Texas that is fairly competitive
-I have a black belt in martial arts, am part of the leadership team, and have done it for 6 years
-I’ve played clarinet for 7 years, been in high school marching band for two years, won an award at Texas State Solo and Ensemble
-I’ve started to learn to play the piano, plan to enter a competition
-I’m planning on entering the Scholastic Art and Photography contest with a painting and a photo
-I’m part of my school’s debate team, and I’ve participated a lot but I don’t have prestigious awards
-I’m also part of: FBLA, Science Club, Innovation Club, Model UN, Habitat for Humanity, Mu Alpha Theta, Computer Science Club, Debate, International Culture Society, NHS and SHS
- I am president of Innovation Club and an officer of Science Club
- I’ve taken my SAT and gotten 1590(790 R and 800 M)
- 800 on Math 2 SAT subject, 780 on Math 1 SAT subject, 800 on World History SAT subject
- 5 on the AP exam for Computer Science and 5 on the AP for World History
- I’ve consistently taken as many AP classes as my school offers, I’m currently in 7 AP classes
- Current weighted GPA is 4.6, can get it to 4.75 by the time I graduate
- Currently in top 20 people, top 10%, but might make it to top 10 people if I get straight A’s
- I’ve made A’s in all high school courses I’ve taken besides Geometry( both semesters )
- As a junior I’m finishing Calculus BC
- I’m planning to enter in the JFK essay competition and some more video scholarship competitions
- Applying to prestigious summer programs for the summer between junior and senior year(Harvard, MIT, etc.)
- Volunteered at library, animal shelter, nursing home for a lot of hours
- I tutor kids whenever I have time
- I help teach kids at my temple on Sundays
- On my SAT essay I got a 7/5/7, took it again but don’t have that score yet
-My sophomore year I competed in octatholon, no awards
-Won a bronze medal in Spanish for non-native speakers competition
-Compete in Number Sense UIL and Science UIL, but no high-ranking awards in high school
-1470 Sophomore PSAT, Junior PSAT scores not out yet
-President of Innovation Club that competes in Exploravision and Destination Imagination
-Gonna get an internship next year(senior year)!
Course Load:
Freshman year: English Pre-AP, Band, World Geography Pre-AP, Spanish 2, Algebra 2 Pre-AP, Biology Pre-AP, and Debate
Sophomore year: English II Pre-AP, Pre-Cal Pre-AP, World History AP, Band, Computer Science AP, Spanish III Pre-AP, Chem Pre-AP
Junior Year: AP Human Geo, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Us History, AP Physics, AP Environmental Sciences, AP Lang
Summer!: AP Gov, AP Psych
Senior Year(plan): PACE( an AP class that basically has you do an internship), AP Stats, AP Euro History, AP Lit, Band, AP Physics 2, AP Economics(sem)/Health(sem)
Additional Info:
Indian, relatively high-income family, Gonna write good essays and get good rec letters, hope to make good impression with interview:),
Thanks guys!!