My son is a sophomore at a highly competitive Catholic high school. He takes a full load, strong in science and math. He’ll have several APs by the time he graduates - Calc, Stats, Bio or Chem, Physics. Lots of STEM but also art and some computer science and languages (and religion - no way around that!). Right now, he’s at a 3.2 but he’ll probably pull it up to a 3.5 - pretty good, given his higher level AP and honors classes. We plan to do lots of SAT prep. He runs track, snowboards, is active in some clubs and volunteers at his grandma’s nursing home.
He’d be a fourth generation legacy - my grandfather, my dad, and me. We’re not rich, but I’ve been as active as I can in service and donations, but it’s not much. No buildings named after us!
He’d likely apply ED to Ag to study bioscience/pre-med, and wants to do ROTC. He works each summer, nothing fancy, either a farm hand at a local farm or clerking at the local grocery store.
What would you add to help boost his chances? Assume excellent essays, strong SATs.