u/Ambitious_Clue8690

Above? Average Rising Senior, very reach heavy

Very reach heavy I think, most schools in my state is be fine attending but every very well ranked school Id love is on one of the coasts

Demographics

Gender: female

race/ethnicity: white

aid: definitely no aid(320k+, likely max parental contribution of 30k or so)

state: colorado

type of school: Public avg HS(we have both the highest highs and lowest lows)

hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): Legacy at CSU, U Illinois

Intended Major(s): biology/psychology/biotechnology/applied mathematics

Intended Path: either get a job w my bachelor's or go to Medical/Law school. My real goal is do good in the world

SAT/SAT II: 1570 SAT(770/800)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.98 UW/4.72 W, 4/392

Coursework: APHUG: 5, AP Psych: (5?), AP Calc AB: (4-5?), AP Lang: (3-4?), AP Bio: (4?), CE US, CE World, CE Bio

Senior year: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Physics, AP Micro, AP Gov, AP French

Awards: 4th in the state(semifinals) of Debate, seal of biliteracy(state and county), national merit scholar finalist, qualified for nationals of theater

Extracurriculars:

Theater, treasurer for 1(3 years, varsity)

Tap Dance(15 years)

Speech and Debate(3 years, varsity, part of first group to go to state for about 3 years in sophomore year)

Mathletes(1 years, founded end of sophomore year, total ~19 members)

NHS

Rock climbing(3 years)

Blogging(1 year. Weekly posts exploring a random topic. Mostly personal, a few regular viewers/commenters)

D&D(2 year long campaign running. Weekly one shots)

Choir(3 years, 2 at second highest group, next year advancing to first. Even auditioned in groups were not weighted so constant GPA drag but I love it)

French(Club as well as class, VP of club. The 1 B I got freshman year haunts me)

Assumed LORs:

Bio teacher: 8/10 - he really likes me but doesn't know me the greatest, I really do well in his classes though

Debate Coach: 9/10 - has seen me at my worst and best and seen me get over it, was also my English teacher sophomore year(98% in that class)

French teacher/rock climbing coach: 9/10 - been in his classes 4 years. One of his best students(I skipped a year) and I do well in his classes.

Essays: really no clue how to find what the questions are till the application is out so no clue? I have some ideas but it depends on prompts

Schools: List of colleges, ED/EA/RD, etc

REA: Stanford. EA: CU Boulder, DU

RD: MIT, John Hopkins, Columbia, BU, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Colo School of Mines, NYU, Tufts, Brown, USC, CalTech, CSU, U Chicago

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