Hey guys! If you have a minute, would you mind giving me some feedback and maybe estimating my chances of getting into the following schools? Any and all help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Basics:
Grade: Junior (N.B. I am 15, idk if it would make any positive difference but I figured I would put it in anyways)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Location: LA
School: Private (doesn’t rank)
Schools (generally arranged going top->bottom choice)
Northwestern (lottery)
Chicago (lottery)
Columbia (lottery)
Georgetown (both parents went there, target/lottery because of legacy)
UMich - Ann Arbor (safety/target)
UPenn (lottery)
Harvard (lottery)
CMC (safety/target)
UCLA (target)
UCSD (safety/target)
I know that’s a top-heavy list, but my goal is just to get into one or two of the lottery schools I listed…if I can get into either NU, UChicago, or Columbia I’d be ecstatic. I don’t know my prospective major quite yet, but I’m thinking business with some other double major. Honestly, I’m a massive football fan and I want to get into the NFL after college haha–I’m not good enough to play, but I’d love to coach or scout. It’s a weird career choice, but I love doing it and I want to follow that dream lmao. Idk if business is the right major for that, but I’m interested in the deal-making and problem-solving aspect of it and I figure that might translate at least a bit. Also since languages are my strong suit, I might work those into my degree somehow if I can.
GPA:
Unweighted 3.90-3.95
Weighted 4.32, will go up when I take more APs next year
By the time I graduate I’ll have taken 9 AP classes and 10 tests:
AP Environmental Science - 5
AP Chem - currently taking
AP English Language - currently taking
AP Spanish Language - currently taking
APUSH - will take test (my school only offers honors US History)
AP English Literature - 12th
AP Spanish Literature - 12th
AP Physics C - 12th
AP Calc BC - 12th
AP Chinese - 12th
In addition to those APs, I’ll have taken 5 honors courses by graduation as well. My school doesn’t offer honors in every subject, so suffice it to say that I’m maxing out the curricular options offered across the board.
SAT (single sitting): 1560 composite, 790 English 770 Math
I will take the Math II and APUSH SAT IIs this June, might take more but I don’t think I’ll need them.
Also, I won’t know until next year, but I got a 222 national merit scholar selection index, so I’m definitely in the running for a National Merit scholar award. CA is notoriously tough but I think I’ll at least get a commendation.
ECs and other stuff:
-4 year baseball player, 2 year starter (my school is small and only has one team, we’re in low divisions but anything helps)
-3 year football player, 2 year starting QB/captain (same as baseball)
-Played drums since I was 4, I’m in a casual band with some friends
-Played piano since age 7, I have a couple national piano guild medals, plaques, etc. that sort of thing
-Founded JSA chapter at my school before 10th grade, I will be a club leader all 3 years
-Mock trial all 4 years, 3-year leader
-Worked with my chemistry teacher on an experiment he will publish in a national chemistry education journal
-Working with a friend (he graduated from Columbia engineering a few years back) about making a statistical model to predict what pitch an MLB pitcher will throw at any given time, after we finish that we’re going to do a similar model predicting NFL play calls
-Have written daily for an NFL/sports website since before junior year (not a massive thing, but I consistently get ~500 readers, and on good news days I’ll crack 1k page views. Didn’t found it and I don’t get paid, but I still think it’s pretty cool)
-I’m working to volunteer at the USO this summer, if all goes well I’ll end up with ~100 hours total. Not great I know but at least the majority will be in one place.
I’m a good writer, so I’m not tooooo worried about my essays, and I’ve got my rec writers already planned out. One used to teach at UChicago and the other is a Northwestern grad, so that might boost me just a bit. Obviously I won’t know, but I’m expecting that those will both be pretty good as well.
Any and all feedback/constructive criticism would be much appreciated. Thanks once again!