u/Natural_Regular7471

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• State: NY
• Race: Indian
• High school: competitive public (not magnet)
• income: 120k ish

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.87/4.25, top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (770 rw 800 math)

Awards:

• USABO: top 225/6000 ish competitors
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO bronze
• a few science olympiad regional medals and state medals
• scholastic writing regional awards
• new york all state violinist, other state level music awards(3 years)

ECs:

• computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center. probably no pub
• one of (bu rise/garcia/ssp)
• research with mentor @ ivy - submitted to conference
• nasa genelab participant
• amc bootcamp instructor - made the materials myself and taught them to 30+ kids
• science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• music nonprofit volunteering - poured a lot of time into this actually and taught a few dozen kids for free
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp

the school i go to is really competitive, and my state (ny) is also really competitive and full of sweats so i don't know if these ecs are good enough for ivies. also keeping these a bit vague to avoid doxxing

1. computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center. probably no pub
2. SSP (summer science program)
3. research with mentor @ ivy - submitted to conference
4. nasa genelab
5. amc bootcamp instructor - made the materials myself and taught them to 30+ kids
6. science olympiad (4 years)
7. varsity orchestra (4 years)
8. founded a nonprofit where me and other orchestra members perform for children at daycares. played for 1000 ish kids, taught a few dozen of them for free over the summer
9. senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
10. biology club vp

my unweighted gpa is a 3.9 ish but if i exclude freshman year like the ucs and stanford do, it drops to a 3.84-3.85 (i had a bad sophomore year). because this gpa is on the lower end, i was just wondering if ivies would leave out freshman year when calculating gpa?

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• Race: East Asian
• High school: competitive new york public (not magnet)
• income: 150k ish

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.90/4.33, top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (800 rw 770 math)

Awards:

• USABO: top 225/6000 ish competitors
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO bronze
• a few science olympiad regional medals and state medals
• scholastic writing regional silver key 2x (critical essay & poetry)
• new york all state violinist, other state level music awards(3 years)

ECs:

• computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center. probably no pub
• one of (bu rise/garcia/ssp)
• research with mentor @ ivy - submitted to conference
• nasa genelab
• amc bootcamp instructor - made the materials myself and taught them to 30+ kids
• science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• founded a nonprofit where me and other orchestra members perform for children at daycares. played for 1000 ish kids, taught a few dozen of them for free over the summer
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp

so basically me and my friends have been doing this nonprofit-ish activity where we will show up to daycares and perform classical music for the kids there for free. we've also taught a dozen or so of the kids for free. but the problem is that we have no social media presence and we're not registered as a nonprofit, so i have no idea how to describe this on my college app. how should i write about it?

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• Race: Asian
• High school: Competitive public (not magnet) in new york
• income: middle class (150k ish)
• Intended major: Biology

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.9/4.5, top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (800 rw 770 math)

Awards:

• USABO semifinalist
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO Bronze
• a few science olympiad regional medals and state medals - never made nats :(
• scholastic writing regional silver key 2x (critical essay & poetry)
• new york all state violinist (3 years)

ECs:

• computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center- no publication
• one of (BU Rise/Garcia/SSP)
• more research under mentor @ ivy - accepted at conference, presenting soon
• nasa genelab participant
• science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp
• amc bootcamp lecturer; 30+ students taught, made the curriculum and materials by myself

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• Race: Asian
• High school: Competitive public (not magnet) in new york
• income: middle class (150k ish)
• Intended major: Biology

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.9/4.5, top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (800 rw 770 math)

Awards:

• USABO semifinalist
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO Bronze
• a few science olympiad regional medals and state medals - never made nats :(
• scholastic writing regional silver key 2x (critical essay & poetry)
• new york all state violinist (3 years)

ECs:

• computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center- no publication
• one of (BU Rise/Garcia/SSP)
• more research under mentor @ ivy - accepted at conference, presenting soon
• nasa genelab participant
• science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp
• amc bootcamp lecturer; 30+ students taught, made the curriculum and materials by myself

Applying to:

• HYPSM
• Columbia (ED)
• Cornell
• UPenn
• Brown
• UChicago
• Northwestern
• UIUC
• Georgia Tech
• UT Austin
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• i have other targets and safeties that i'm not putting on here

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• Race: Asian
• High school: Competitive public (not magnet) in new york
• income: middle class (150k ish)
• Intended major: Biology

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.9/4.5, top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (800 rw 770 math)

Awards:

• USABO semifinalist
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO Bronze
• a few science olympiad regional medals and state medals - never made nats :(
• scholastic writing regional silver key 2x (critical essay & poetry)
• new york all state violinist (3 years)

ECs:

• computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center- no publication
• one of (BU Rise/Garcia/SSP)
• more research under mentor @ ivy - accepted at conference, presenting soon
• nasa genelab participant
• science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp
• amc bootcamp lecturer; 30+ students taught, made the curriculum and materials by myself

Applying to:

• HYPSM
• Columbia (ED)
• Cornell
• UPenn
• Brown
• UChicago
• Northwestern
• UIUC
• Georgia Tech
• UT Austin
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• i have other targets and safeties that i'm not putting on here

Profile:

• Gender: Male
• Race: Asian
• High school: competitive high school in ny (not a magnet)
• income: middle class (150k)

Stats:

• uw/w gpa: 3.90/4.5 (5 Bs sophomore year, 1 B junior year), top 6%
• psat: 1520
• sat: 1570 (770 rw 800 math)

Awards:

• USABO semifinalist
• AIME qualifier
• USMDO bronze
• science olympiad regional medals and state medals - never qualified for nats :(
• scholastic regional silver key 2x
• new york all state violinist (3 years)

ECs: (not in order)

• computational biology research (virtual) with mentor. no publication. if i'm lucky i'll get into a conference lol
• one of (BU Rise/Garcia/UCSB SRA/SSP)
• more research with mentor accepted at conference, will present in a few months
• NASA genelab
• taught amc bootcamp to 30+ students, independently developed curriculum and materials
• varsity science olympiad (4 years)
• varsity orchestra (4 years)
• founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
• senior editor of a high school poetry magazine
• biology club vp

i qualified for the aime legit (barely scraped past the cutoff lol) but got an 89 in my second semester of ap calc bc (1 point off of an A) because i was genuinely drowning in 7 APs worth of homework and was literally falling asleep during my tests.
all my other math classes have been As, and i have a 800 in sat math. in addition, i almost full scored this year's ap calc frq and i'm projected to get a 5 on the exam. would colleges still suspect me of cheating because of my B?

Profile:

Gender: Male
Race: East Asian
State: Texas
income: 150k ish
hooks: none
intended major: biology

Stats:

uw/w gpa: 3.90/4.76 (4 b+ sophomore year, 1 b+ junior year), rank 60/1000 ish
psat: 1490 (likely national merit)
sat: 1590 superscore (800 rw 790 math)

Awards:

USABO top 225/6000
science olympiad state & regs medals
AIME qualifier (did bad on aime)
US medicine and disease olympiad silver medal (top 20%? 10%? forgot)
scholastic writing regional silver key 2x
texas state ensemble contest finalist, other state-level competition awards for violin
texas all state and all region violinist (3 years)

ECs:

1. computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center, paper in progress, publication highly likely
2. ssp - i got accepted and am attending this summer
3. research with mentor @ an ivy - accepted and presented at conference
4. nasa genelab capstone project
5. taught a usabo bootcamp as part of an educational nonprofit to 30+ kids
6. science olympiad (4 years)
7. varsity orchestra (4 years)
8. founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
9. senior editor of a high school poetry magazine, submitted my poems to a few small, local journals (not prestigious at all i just do this for fun)
10. school biology club vp, grew club by a lot

repost because my last post got like 5 comments

Profile:

Gender: Male
Race: East Asian
State: Texas
income: 150k ish
hooks: none
intended major: biology

Stats:

uw/w gpa: 3.90/4.76 (4 b+ sophomore year, 1 b+ junior year), rank 60/1000 ish
psat: 1490 (likely national merit)
sat: 1590 superscore (790 rw 800 math)

Awards:

USABO top 225/6000
science olympiad state & regs medals
AIME qualifier (did bad on aime)
US medicine and disease olympiad silver medal (top 20%? 10%? forgot)
scholastic writing regional silver key 2x
texas state ensemble contest finalist, other state-level competition awards for violin
texas all state and all region violinist (3 years)

ECs:

1. computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center, paper in progress, publication highly likely
2. ssp - i got accepted and am attending this summer
3. research with mentor @ an ivy - accepted and presented at conference
4. nasa genelab capstone project
5. taught a usabo bootcamp as part of an educational nonprofit to 30+ kids
6. science olympiad (4 years)
7. varsity orchestra (4 years)
8. founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
9. senior editor of a high school poetry magazine, submitted my poems to a few small, local journals (not prestigious at all i just do this for fun)
10. school biology club vp, grew club by a lot

Profile:

Gender: Male
Race: East Asian
State: Texas
income: 150k ish
hooks: none
intended major: biology

Stats:

uw/w gpa: 3.90/4.76 (4 b+ sophomore year, 1 b+ junior year), rank 60/1000 ish
psat: 1490 (likely national merit)
sat: 1590 superscore (800 rw 790 math)

Awards:

USABO top 225/6000
science olympiad state & regs medals
AIME qualifier (did bad on aime)
US medicine and disease olympiad silver medal (top 20%? 10%? forgot)
scholastic writing regional silver key 2x
texas state ensemble contest finalist, other state-level competition awards for violin
texas all state and all region violinist (3 years)

ECs:

1. computational biology research (virtual) at a university medical center, paper in progress, publication highly likely
2. ssp - i got accepted and am attending this summer
3. research with mentor @ an ivy - accepted and presented at conference
4. nasa genelab capstone project
5. taught a usabo bootcamp as part of an educational nonprofit to 30+ kids
6. science olympiad (4 years)
7. varsity orchestra (4 years)
8. founded a nonprofit where me and other violinists perform for children at daycares. 20+ daycares reached, 1000+ students performed for, taught 50-60 kids over summer
9. senior editor of a high school poetry magazine, submitted my poems to a few small, local journals (not prestigious at all i just do this for fun)
10. school biology club vp, grew club by a lot

i'm a rising senior right now, and at time of application i'll have like a 3.89 unweighted gpa, 4.65 weighted. which looks good on paper, but this was after i got 5 Bs sophomore year, bringing me down to around rank 60/1000 of my class (top 6%)
i had extenuating circumstances (related to mental health and bullying) during sophomore year that are backed up by my counselor, and my grades improved tremendously in junior year (1 semester B taking 7 APs).
will i still be academically competitive for top colleges considering the context as well as the amount of Bs i got? i heard that more than 4 Bs pretty much looks really bad for AOs at ivies so i was just wondering

i'm a rising senior right now, and at time of application i'll have like a 3.9 unweighted gpa, 4.65 weighted. which looks good on paper, but this was after i got 5 Bs sophomore year, bringing me down to around rank 60/1000 of my class.
i had extenuating circumstances (related to mental health and bullying) during sophomore year that are backed up by my counselor, and my grades improved tremendously in junior year (1 semester B taking 7 APs).
will i still be academically competitive for top colleges considering the context as well as the amount of Bs i got? i heard that more than 4 Bs pretty much looks really bad for AOs at ivies so i was just wondering