<p>I'm looking to apply ED to Stanford, but given my GPA and ethnicity (I am undoubtedly Asian), I was wondering if it would be wiser to use my ED elsewhere even though Stanford is my #1.
Also, if anyone can shed light on whether or not my list of schools is too ambitious, and if I should add more safeties, that'd be great.</p>
<p>My other schools include:
Princeton
Yale
Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon
University of Illinois i Urbana-Champaign
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Caltech
MIT (maybe)
Purdue
Cornell
Case Western
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>
<p>I might take some schools out so I don't have to break all my piggy banks.</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2310/2400 (R: 760, W: 750, M: 800)
SAT II: MathII and Physics pending
ACT: 36 (36 M, 36 S, 35 E, 35 R)
GPA: 4.8/5.0 weighted, 3.9/4.0 UW (biggest weakness)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (Scores): Stats (4), Calc (5), Physics B (pending), Chinese (pending), English Language (pending)
Senior Year Course Load Independent study math (already took AP Calc, AP Stats, and Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis), AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, Symphony Orchestra, AP Macro / Gov
Major Awards:
National Merit Scholar Commended (most likely, was on cusp for NMSF), BPA Nationals Medalist and Top 10 Finalist (4x)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Business Professionals of America (president), state champion all 3 years in Web Design event, top 10 finalist at nationals, also created website for this club
School newspaper (lead web editor / developer)
Local youth orchestra
Violin, All-State Honors 4th chair in big / competitive orchestra state, regional honors (2x), district honors (3x)
Varsity swimming, club swimming since third grade, had to quit this year due to time constraints
Varsity track and field, conference medalist, co-captain of sprinters
Math team
National Honors Society
Tri-M music society</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Frontend web developer with 5-6 years experience
- Multiple websites, most successful garners 250,000 unique visitors a month
- Client cases bring in a couple thousand each month
- Pro bono cases for charities and non-profits
Data analyst at local startup (initially internship, then salaried part-time position)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Teaching violin to students in need (as cliche as that sounds) during the summer
Teacher's assistant at Chinese school, all year round
Pro-bono web design cases for charities and non-profits
Playing at hospitals and retirement homes during holidays
Misc volunteer activities for NHS</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
9th: Worked on websites, summer school
10th: Worked on websites, launched a couple useful ones, data analysis internship (eventually salaried position)
11th: Data analysis part-time position, teaching violin, working on big personal project</p>
<p>Supplementary: Art supplement of violin, maybe web design (probably not), finger painting for art</p>
<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Mostly male
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks: I hope something</p>