Political Science Hopeful for Yale, Harvard, etc

hey! I am a highschool junior at a sized compettieve public school. I am interested in politics and international relations and would love some input on parts of my application that need improvement. Some of the schools I plan on applying to:

Harvard, Yale, Duke, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, UVA, and Cornell. (I also have tons of safeties but no point in listing)

Here is my course list and grades for first 2 years and 1 semester of hs:

Freshman:

AP Human: 95

Journalism: 100

Debate 1: 100

Football: 100

H Algebra 2: 97

H Bio: 98

H English 1: 99

H Spanish 2: 100

Sophomore:

AP Art History: 99

AP World: 97

Debate 2: 100

H Chem: 99

H English 2: 100

H PreCalc: 99

H Physics: 98

H Spanish 3: 100

Junior(only sem 1):

H Comsci: 100

AP Psych: 98

AP Calc BC: 99

AP Bio: 100

AP Lang: 99

APUSH: 97

AP Spanish 4: 96

Debate 3: 100

My rank is 5/400+

SAT is 1540

AP Scores are three 5s so far.

Extracurriculars/Activities

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

  1. Published Author, “A book title I don’t want to disclose”: self-published a full-length(>100 pages) non-fiction novel; 4.7 stars on Amazon; 100+ copies sold(note this is projected but im sure i can get a 100 friends anf family members to buy a copy lmao)

  2. Captain, Debate Team: Research and debate monthly topics on political and social issues; top point earner in school, x3 State qualifier, x3 NSDA National Qualifier

  3. Sole Author, Independent Research Project & Paper: Attended (t20 uni) class; completed Harvard, Stanford, and Berkley courses; joined Stanford and MIT seminars; published paper on nuclear politics

  4. NSLI-Y Scholar(10-15% acceptance rate) (projected, im semifinalist right now) – 7-week language and cultural immersion in Taiwan; studied Chinse language and culture; fully paid for

  5. Writing Intern, (int non profit) (5% hiring rate): Published 12 pieces on global poverty reduction efforts; met with politicians to push poverty reduction policies; raised $500 and mobilized 20+ people

  6. National Director of Curriculum, (something I won’t disclose but essentially we hold civic engagement workshops across the country and I primarily direct our efforts to write curriculum for states/districts that have a civic learning requirement): updated existing curriculum from elem/MS level to HS; create 3 workshops/lesson plans a month; developed long-term curriculum format

  7. Policy Analyst Intern (nat org can’t disclose) (7% hiring rate) – worked on team of 3 to analyze (x econ/social/political issue) and publish research

  8. Journalist, (national student-run publication): Published 25+ articles on domestic and international political and social issues; 4 featured stories; 10k+ monthly site visits

  9. Sole Coordinator, Service Project: Wrote emails and conducted social media campaign to raise $4,500+ for local school for homeless children; led team of 40; featured on local news/media

  10. Captain, Varsity Lacrosse Team: x4 Varsity starter; x3 Captain; Defensive MVP; led “Try It” days for youth players; paid job as a private coach

May include in additional info: Class VP, paid and volunteer tutor and debate coach, superintendent student advisor, debate instructor at a non-profit that raised >100k

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

  1. Top 8 at TOC – PFS division (international, debate)

  2. NSDA Academic All-American(national, debate)

  3. THSLL All-State (state, lacrosse)

  4. National Merit Semifinalist (j a guess, got a 1490 so hopefully)

  5. Top 51 at NSDA Nationals (national, debate)

Letters of Recommendation

9/10 AP Lang Teacher – had for two years, he routinely calls me best student in his classes this year(idk about like all time), very personal relationships(i spend like half the day w him sometimes and hes stayed after like 3 hours w me to talk about college, career hopes, personal relationships, etc. on multiple occasions, writes great letters and limits to like 5-10 kids’

7/10 Debate Coach/Teacher – will have for 4 years, traveled across country together, calls me “best speaker to come thru program”, not as personal relatiosnhip tho

?/10 Conselour – we get a new senior year conselour at my school so we don’t really have a relationship but the conselour supposedly writes fantastic rec letters

9/10 Mentor/Prof at T20 – let me come to their graduate level class, says i “hold own against graduate students”, recommended me for a program that they were supposed to forward to their top undergrad students, referred me to T5 prof who said they spoke well about me to them

7.5/10 Prof at T5 – attended their undergraduate seminar class, i did well in class