<p>I'm a current junior looking to apply to the following schools:</p>
<p>o UC Berkley
o Harvard
o Yale
o UPen (Wharton)
o Columbia
o University of Chicago
o Brown
o Boston University
o Northwestern
o NYU
o Rice
o Vanderbilt
o Cornell
o Georgia Tech
o Duke</p>
<p>Currently attending a highly competitive public Texas high school (ranked very highly). Taking highest possible course load </p>
<p>Predicted Major:Finance/ Economics </p>
<p>o Class Rank: 15/560 ( Top 3%)
o Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
o Weighed GPA: N/A
o SAT: 2300
o SAT II
Math 2- 790
World History- 760
Literature- 720</p>
<p>Taken highest possible AP Course load</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP World History</p>
<p>Junior:
AP US History
AP English III
AP Psychology </p>
<p>Senior
AP Spanish 5
AP English IV
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Art History
AP Government (Semester)
AP Microeconomics (Semester)</p>
<p>ECs:
Tennis (4 years)- Multiple Tournament Wins/Placements
National Honor Society (Leadership Position)
National Spanish Honor Society
Community Service (both community and abroad)
Church School Youth Group Leader
Tutor at Local Elementary School</p>
<p>Summers:
Freshman: Duke Online Course in Advanced Mathematics
Sophomore: Selective 7 Week Harvard College Level Course in Macroeconomics;on campus; received Straight A's
Junior: Have been accepted into high level internship at a top corporation in Boston</p>
<p>I'm also currently in a highly selective NASA program and may possibly be invited to Houston to work at their Space Center</p>
<p>Essay: I think is pretty good and has gotten pretty nice reviews- I think it really showcases my personality in a creative way</p>
<p>I don’t mean to alarm you, but it looks to me like you’ve ruined yourself by doing what you thought was best: racking up the AP classes. There is no focus in your class schedule at all, it appears as if you are only attempting to take the most AP classes possible, no matter the subject, which is very detrimental to your application when colleges are looking at it. It is okay for easy schools, but selective schools want to see you focusing on something and not just being a grade-hoarder.</p>
<p>Regardless of the lack of focus in your courses, I think you have a good shot. My friend took 10 APs (some outside of school), and he got into Stanford EA. Your #s, ECs and summer activities look very impressive. Good luck!</p>
<p>I disagree with Haletonford. Colleges are actually looking for a student to have taken the most rigorous courseload possible. It’s very difficult to focus on a certain subject in class selection. Granted, an engineering applicant would need to have taken a good amount of math/science courses, but you need to realize that a high school student is going to run out of choices in those departments pretty quickly. I see Stat, Calc BC, and Micro in your senior year schedule, and that’s plenty for a finance major. However, if your school offers Macro too, I’d recommend taking that instead of Gov.</p>
<p>In terms of chances, you seem to be a typical candidate for the top schools. Every part of your application is great, but none is superb or stand-out. In terms of individual schools, I’m thinking:</p>
<p>Not a great shot at acceptance (<20%):
o UC Berkley: *Berkeley
o Harvard: possibly retake SAT for a ~2350 score, see if you can get a letter of rec from the internship or the NASA program
o Yale: see if you can’t get something national with tennis
o UPen (Wharton): *UPenn, tutor more and work more on community service, make sure you take full advantage of that internship
o Columbia: tutor more
o University of Chicago: be really fun and interesting with your essays and application overall
o Brown
o Duke</p>
<p>Sorta in the middle (~50%):
o Cornell: a higher SAT score will get you in all of these basically for sure
o Northwestern
o Rice
o Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Pretty good chance(~80%):
o Boston University
o NYU
o Georgia Tech</p>
<p>Feel free to disagree with anything I’ve said here, but this is just where I’d place you based on my current senior-year experiences. I’m also admittedly not too familiar with every single school on your list. I realize that a 2300 is a very high SAT score, but it can’t hurt to do better. I’d recommend you apply early to one of your reach schools, it’s possible that’d be enough to put you over.</p>