Hello, I’m currently a Junior in high school and I was wondering what my chances are to get into the list of colleges I have below.
SAT: i took it on Oct. 1st, still waiting for my results
ACT: planning on taking it this year
GPA: 3.9 (including (9th, 10th, and beginning of 11th grade)
SAT Subject Tests: Planning on taking Mandarin and US History Subject tests
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Nationality: Dominican Republic
Academics:
(9th Grade) maintained a 4.0
- Geometry CP
- Mandarin I Honors
- English I CP
- Biology CP
- Religion (there is no advanced placement for this class)
- World History CP
(10th Grade) maintained a 4.0
- Algebra II/Trigonometry Honors
- Mandarin II Honors
- English II Honors
- Chemistry Honors (I had a very intense teacher for this class. I struggled greatly.)
- Christian Scriptures (Religion class)
- AP European History
(11th Grade[Current classes and grade(1st quarter hasn’t ended.])
- Pre-Calculus Honors
- Mandarin III Honors
- English III Honors
- Physics Honors (Had the same intense teacher from last year and I am struggling once again)
- Morality and Justice (Religion class)
- AP US History
Important Awards:
- Received High Honors Award in 8th Grade
- Received Principal List for 9th Grade (Principal List is an award given to student with a 95 or above GPA)
- Received Principal List for 10th Grade
- Received several Certificates for participating in XC, Indoor and Outdoor Track
- Received a medal for top 20 in XC meet
Sports:
(Before 9th)
- Karate for most of my life
- some baseball
(9th Grade) - XC
- Indoor Track
- Outdoor Track
(10th Grade) - XC (our team was invited to run a meet in Florida)
- Indoor Track
- Outdoor Track
(11th Grade) - will be continuing Indoor Track
EC:
- Operation Smile
- Student Government Association (SGA)
- Students Helping Inspire Everyone’s Leadership Development (SHIELD)
- Robotics Club
- Engineering Club
- Ted Talks Club
- Jazz Ensemble (I play the Piano)
- Played piano since 5th Grade
- Will be participating in Cardboard City (we raise money for those who are homeless and spend the night outside in the cold with only a box to sleep in)
Summer Activities:
- was selected to attend NJIT science and engineering camp from 7th-8th Grade
Leadership Role:
- I was handpicked to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program (HOBY) this past summer
- I was handpicked to attend ACTION (an important Edmund Rice religious retreat)
Volunteer work: 150 hours total this year. I am an activist who is involved in many volunteer organizations and am passionate about making a change in the world. Here are the activities I volunteered in:
- Built homes for those affected by the Flash Flood and West Virginia with JusticeWorx and Habitat for Humanity
- Created blankets for infants with Project Linus during the HOBY program
- CIT Volunteer for the Boys Scouts of America in camp YawPaw
- Was handpicked to go to Lima, Peru to build homes for those in poverty and communicating with the children who go to school there.
- CIT Volunteer for the YMCA camp for two years (ages 12-13 i believe)
Extras:
- I was interviewed by my school’s magazine and earned the title “Renaissance Man in Training”. I was giving two full pages within the magazine.
- Was handpicked to study abroad to Argentina next summer.
Family Income:
- less than 25k/yr low income
College List: (not in order of preference)
- Princeton University
- Yale University
- Columbia University
- NYU
- Boston University
- UPenn
- Fordham University
- Rutgers University
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
Any time of constructive criticism is much appreciated. Thank you.