I keep seeing these sayings around the internet that getting usamo gets u a 25-50% chance at MIT, and getting an IMO gold is even higher, like around a 80-100

hi! please be honest about my stats and the chances i have at the schools on my list!! as the title states, don’t be afraid to be brutally honest, i just want to see my realistic chances at getting into the schools on my list and if some of them are worth the effort to apply. i plan to ed to emory, then ea anywhere i can, if the school doesn’t have ea i would just do rd. any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated 🤗

demographics:
asian american female
first gen u.s
low income (<60k)
public highschool in nj
1 parent household

stats:
UW 4.0 gpa / 96.5/100
test optional.
2/250+.
15 honors and 11 ap classes.
4 on ap psych exam.
5 on apush.

extracurriculars:

1. key club vice president (9-12). 200+ volunteer hours & served on district Reactivation & Growth Committee supporting regional club expansion
2. model united nations vice president (11-12). created mock debates, committee procedure, and set up 5 fundraisers raising ~$5,000.
3. varsity girls lacrosse (9-12).
4. host/csr at italian restaurant (10-12).
5. math club & academic team competitor (10-12): general member.
6. freshmen transition ambassador/volunteer: help incoming freshmen adapt to high school (11-12).
7. simons-nyu science exploration program (11): summer program with a science focus
8. blood drive coordinator/recruiter (9-12). organized 5+ school blood drives with the american red cross that have collected over 100 units of blood.
9. student council (9-12): general member.

awards right now:

1. college board national recognition - school recognition award (11).
2. national honors society (11-12) & math honors society (11-12).
3. distinguished varsity scholar 4 years.
4. lax most improved player 2024-2025 (10).
5. ap scholar (11).

transcript:
freshmen yr: 6 honors
(5 A+’s & 3 A’s).
honors english 1 - 96%
honors world cultures (dc) - 97%
honors geometry - 98%
honors algebra 2/trig - 96%
health and phys education 1 - 100%
honors intro to engineering - 97%
honors bio (dc) - 93%
spanish II - 97%

sophmore yr: 5 honors; 2 ap
(3 A+’s, 4 A’s, & 1 A-).
honors american lit - 95%
honors us history 1 (dc) - 97%
honors pre calc (dc) - 96%
honors chemistry (dc) - 98%
health and phys education 2 - 99%
honors principles of engineering - 92%
ap psychology (dc) - 94%
ap stats (dc) - 93%

junior yr: 1 honors; 5 ap
(5 A+’s & 2 A’s).
ap lang (dc) - 94%
apush (dc) - 97%
ap calc ab (dc) - 98%
honors physics - 97%
health and phys education 3 - 99%
ap comp science - 99%
ap macro (dc) - 96%
study hall

senior yr: 3 honors; 4 ap
ap lit
ap gov & politics
ap calc bc
ap bio
health and phys education 4
honors human anatomy & physiology
honors environmental sustainability
honors linear algebra

school list:

reaches:
emory (ed)
washu (ea)
vanderbilt (rd)
bu (rd)
nyu (rd)
northeastern (ea)
bc (rd)

match/target:
case western (ea)
leheigh (rd)
clemson (ea)
villanova (ea)

safeties:
rutgers (ea)
rowan (rd)
upitt (ea)

I’m jsut starting senior year so gpa is only gonna include 10-11th grade.
I’m Asian, female, first generation. I am applying for East Asian studies as my major and then switching.

Unweight GPA: 3.69
Weighted : 4.15

6 APs (11 by end of senior yr): AP chem 5, Ap physics 4, AP precal 5, AP calculus AB 4,
AP psych 5, AP lit 5

ECS
Leadership/Club:
Marching band section leader (11th) member (9th, 10th)
Placed first at SCSBOA Field Tournament (11th)
Qualified for CSBC states and placed 11/20 in division (9th)

Co-founded and is vice president of a youth led civic engagement organization. Interviewed local council member and vice president of democratic caucus.

Karaoke Club
Secretary (10-11th)
Vice President (12th)

Book Club
Secretary (11-12th)

Taiwanese Club
Secretary (11-12th)

Harmony (music club for playing at senior homes)
Secretary (11th)

Volunteering:
PVSA from 7th - 10 grade (11th none bc of new president administration)
Over 150+ hours through out highschool

Interned/shadowed dentist for 40 hours:

Helped translate (I speak mandarin)
Worked front desk/telephone and made appt for patients
Handled and organized patient charts

Awards:
Ap Scholar

I'm mainly trying to go for engineering, electrical or biomedical, not too sure on which one specifically but I don't think it matters? Im a junior so some of these stuff are projected like the yrs. No hooks at all. My other stuff like rigor is pretty good imo, my grades are a bit medicore since freshman yr was bad but other yrs were good, rank: 65/750

Indendent Researcher: ) (Started this summer, so 2yrs by senior year ig)
Currently working on a research project which connects my sport to engineering and focuses a somewhat prevelant issue in it, I'm working with a math professor I found thru cold emailing. It should hopefully be published when im done with it and im planning for a patent as well. I will also submit for science fairs like ISEF but obv those arent guaranteed so we will see. fingers crossed

Robotics Design + Business Lead: (4yrs
Part of a really good robotics program, we make worlds every yr and are constantly ranked within the top 50 teams in the world. I lead the design decisions for our team and also raised money to support our robotics program

Engineering Club Founder + President (4yrs)
We been teaching about electronics and circuirity to our members thru hands on lessons. Also done a bunch of outreach at local middle/elementary schools in which we were invited back to present next yr since we did pretty well

Varsity Athlete (3yrs)
Usual sport stuff, also participate on our sports volunteer program where we teach youth (middleschoolers) in this sport to recruit more ppl to our sport

City Internship (3yrs ish)
I did this in the summer of 9th grade and I was able to code a alot of different stuff for them which led to me during some remote work during the school yr as well. This is pretty on off but I have racked a good amount of hours and pay from this.

VP Of Fundraising FBLA ( 4 yrs)
Raised over 2k, might make NLC and/or ICDC this year but not sure.

School advisory committee (2yrs)
Serve as a student voice pretty much to guide decisions our school makes

SchoolHouse senior tutor (60hrs so far)

Academic Stats

• GPA: 3.89 UW / ~4.5 W (College: 4.0)
• Degree: Tracked for dual Associate Degrees (Computer Science & Liberal Arts) by high school graduation
• Standardized Testing: 1440 SAT (790 Math, 650 EBRW) (Working on it!)
• Coursework Rigor: 14 Dual Enrollment, 11 APs, 13 Honors
• AP Scores: 4s on APUSH, AP Lang, AP Precalc
• School Info: About 40% low-income, from suburbs of MA
• Relevant Coursework
• Math & CS: AP Calculus AB, AP CSA, AP Precalc, AP CSP, AP Stats, DE Intro to CS, DE Intro to Data Science, DE Data Science Programming, DE Intro to Java, DE Advanced Java, DE Computer Architecture, DE Discrete Math, DE Calc II.
• Other Advanced Coursework: AP Physics 2, AP Micro/Macro, AP Lang, AP Lit, APUSH, DE General Biology, DE Human Genetics, DE Health Sciences, DE Medical Terminology.

Intended Major Focus: Data Science + Public Health / Health Economics / Quantitative Social Science

College List:

Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth (ED), Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago (EA), UVA(EA), Wake Forest, NYU, Georgetown (EA), Tufts, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill (EA), Colgate, UIUC(EA), Boston University, Northeastern University(EA), UMass Amherst(EA), Stony Brook University(EA)

Extracurriculars

1. Top Tier National Cancer Institute — Health Economics Research Intern: Gathered international cost data for a leukemia cost-effectiveness study to support sensitivity analyses on relapse prevention.
2. National Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative — Founder & Director: Authored open-access curriculum for youth/young adults; distribute resource kits monthly to 300+ student leaders across 35+ states and internationally.
3. Health Tech Company — ML & Economics Research Intern: Modeled hospital wait times vs. patient severity in Python; developed predictive triage models and co-authored a lab paper.
4. Harvard MEDscience & MEDscienceTECH — Student Intern: Built a tumor-detection AI model and voice-controlled surgical robot prototype; fine-tuned an LLM and participated in high-fidelity clinical simulations.
5. International Youth Advocacy Group — Legislative Advocate & Developer: Lobbied federal representatives on AI/deepfake safety legislation; built a free web platform connecting users to emergency support resources.
6. Town Youth & Community Mentorship — Co-Founder / Lead Designer: Co-designed interactive life-skills curricula for 300+ elementary students; expanded programming to local senior centers and community events.
7. AI Media Literacy Platform — Lead Developer: Built an AI-driven news platform that cross-references 6–10 sources per story to mitigate bias and generate automated factual summaries.
8. Data Science Club — Founder & President: Established a school club hosting monthly data challenges; authored a finance/data curriculum proposal reaching 100+ students annually.
9. EdTech Startup — Strategy & Research Intern: Conducted user research and feature brainstorming for a student portfolio platform; delivered final strategy presentation to leadership.
10. Neuroscience & Youth Psychology Org — Research Intern: Researched ties between adolescent addiction, social media usage patterns, and computational methods in drug discovery; presented independent findings.

Honors & Awards

• National: United Nations Association Community Service Award
• International: Harvard Medical School Pitch Competition Winner
• National: College Board National Recognition Award
• Regional: Bentley University - Pitch Competition Winner
• National: Research Intern of the Year Award

Additional Context

• College Credits: Will complete 44 college credits across local community colleges and online programs by graduation.
• GPA / Grading Policy: High school does not weight Dual Enrollment courses on the internal GPA scale (unlike APs), which slightly suppressed total weighted GPA despite maximum course rigor.
• School Baseline: Average SAT at high school is ~1120.
• Scheduling: Doubled up on math courses sophomore/junior years to accelerate into advanced calculus/CS tracks, causing scheduling overlaps with electives/foreign language.

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As stated in the title, be brutally honest. I would really like to have both positive and negative feedback on my realistic chances at each college. All this information is straight from my Common App. Any blank information is either about the school or anything that reveals too much about myself lol. If you have suggestions, let them be known!!

Sorry in advance for information overload.

Context:

White male

Household income ~150k

Rising Senior

Small public school, 11 total AP's (some don't run) + two total dual-enrollments. Can't take AP's until Junior Year.

No bad conduct ever

Recs from attorney I worked and shadowed with, genocide/AP euro teacher, and guidance counselor

Planned majors/minors/concentrations: international relations + econ with data analysis/language as minors. Prelaw track.

Demonstrated Interest:

I plan to EA to any school I can. I can't do ED, and no REA. If a school doesn't have EA, I will be doing RD.

I have (or will have) toured every school on this list, and some I've held interviews with (when it counts for demonstrated interest).

BU (dec 1st) + BC (nov 1st) scholarship deadlines to showcase a form of Demonstrated Interest

Activities and experiences

Music

9, 10, 11, 12 (School)

18 hr/wk, 17 wk/yr

Will continue

___ Marching Band & Jazz Band, Brass Capt (9-12) Club Member (10)/Leader (11-12)

Led 4-yr brass section (trumpet) | Guided rehearsals | Coached 10+ peers. Managed Jazz Band ops | Coordinated logistics & schedule | Ran IG account.

Internship

12 (Break)

25 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr

Will continue

__________________________. (estate planning & elder law firm)

Drafted, amended, & mailed docs (e.g. wills, trusts, deeds) | Analyzed & reported firm data | Digitized 100+ client files | Shadowed attorneys.

Student government or politics

9, 10, 12 (School)

12 hr/wk, 30 wk/yr

Will continue

___ Student Council (STUCO) & ___Class of 2027 Officers, STUCO (9-10), Pres (12) Class Treasurer (9,10)

Handled budgets & raised $10k+ for class events (prom, raffles, etc.). Run meetings as STUCO pres. | Drove school events (rallies, spirit wks. etc.).

Student government or politics

12 (School)

3 hr/wk, 11 wk/yr

Will continue

___ & ____ School Committee, Senior Student Representative (12)

Advocate for students (school policy, budget, etc.) | 5+ student population surveys | Aired student issues.

Research

11, 12 (Year)

5 hr/wk, 25 wk/yr

Will continue

___ School Newspaper (The ______________ or ___) & Research Publications, ___: Staff Writer Research: Independent researcher

Researched int'l & domestic issues/policies | Collaborations with fellow ___ writers | School interviews. Published in _________, __________, & more.

Community service or volunteer work

11, 12 (Year)

5 hr/wk, 26 wk/yr

Will continue

National Honor Society, Member (11) Vice-President (12)

Spearheaded TBD project as VP for __________________ | Volunteered 100+ service hours (top 5/80 members).

Other

11, 12 (Year)

8 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr

Will continue

High School & College Prep for ___ Students, Founder

Launched an admissions equity website for 50+ peers | Personally tutored 5 students on application strategy | Newsletters made & promoted by school.

Religious

11, 12 (School)

4 hr/wk, 6 wk/yr

Will continue

Boston College's _______________________ Program, Member (11, 12)

Managed & led in monthly policy-driven discussions ethics to modern crises | Promoted program from school to parish.

Athletics (JV or varsity)

9, 10, 11, 12 (School)

15 hr/wk, 12 wk/yr

Will continue

___ Varsity Coed Ultimate Frisbee, Varsity Athlete (9-12)

Recruited 3 players | Anchored team defensive strategy & offensive strategy | Competed in regional league matches, state qualifiers, & tournaments.

Science or math

10, 11, 12 (School)

8 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr

Will continue

___ Math Team, Member

Mentored & recruited 8+ underclassmen | Collaborations with small groups in practices & competitions | Helped with hosting regional competition.

Responsibilities and circumstances:

Taking care of sick, disabled, and/or elderly members of my family or household

Academics:

Rank

20 / 144, Weighted

GPA

3.86 / 4, Unweighted

Testing

ACT

Composite

35

07/11/2026

Math

34

07/11/2026

English

35

07/11/2026

Reading

35

07/11/2026

Writing

11

07/11/2026

Taken

3

Planned

0

AP Subject Tests

English Language & Composition

4

05/2026

United States History

4

05/2026

Current or most recent year courses

First semester

Second semester

MATH - AP Statistics - (AP)

MATH - AP Statistics - (AP)

HIST - AP European History - (AP)

HIST - AP European History - (AP)

LANG - AP Spanish Language and Culture - (AP)

LANG - AP Spanish Language and Culture - (AP)

ENG - AP English Literature and Composition - (AP)

ENG - AP English Literature and Composition - (AP)

OTH/ELE - Concert Band - (HON)

OTH/ELE - Concert Band - (HON)

ENVSCI - Environmental Science - (HON)

ENVSCI - Environmental Science - (HON)

HIST - Law - (N/A)

Honors

College Board National First-Generation Recognition Award (top PSAT exam scorer).

National

11, 12

Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish with Distinction

State/Regional

12

__________ & ___ Regional Honor Band Selection (Chosen by a selective regional audition)

State/Regional

10, 11, 12

Spanish National Honor Society: Sin Fronteras

National

11, 12

___ Music Dept. Excellence Banner | Sole student recipient for dept. dedication & leadership

School

11

Additional information (I know this is unfinished, I will do full sentences eventually lol):

Activities:

- Student government at ___ is election based

- All outside research was published to these places:

- Besides the trumpet, outside of school I play the piano and guitar

- I am currently self-studying for the AP Comparative Government and Politics and AP U.S. Politics and Government exams

College List:

Bentley University

Boston College

Boston University

Bridgewater State University

Clark University

College of the Holy Cross

Emmanuel College (MA)

Harvard University

Northeastern University

Stonehill College

Suffolk University

Tufts University

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Boston

hi! I’m a current high school senior and I’m trying to get a realistic idea of where I stand. this is just a brief ai explanation on my stuff!

Demographics:

• Female
• First-generation
• Low-income, single parent household
• Latina
• Non-completive high school, only 25% of kids go to a 4-year college

Academics

• UW GPA: ~3.86
• AP Classes
  • 10th Grade:
    • AP Spanish Language and Culture
    • AP Macroeconomics
    • AP World History
  • 11th Grade: 
    • AP Spanish Literature and Culture 
    • AP French Language and Culture
    • AP English Language and Composition
    • AP United States History
    • AP Statistics
    • AP Environmental Science

   

• 12th grade ill be taking college courses at local college
• I've taken 2 years of spanish (shown above) and all 4 years of french, french 1-ap
• I have not taken the SAT yet. I probably wont submit to many places because im not confident (other than georgetown obi)

gpa explanation: i was involved in a car accident that made me miss a lot of school, which was not ideal for ap classes :(

Extracurriculars

• Debate: 2 years only; competed at the state level
• Teen Court: address juvenile cases through a peer-led restorative justice process.
• NHS
• Community service: 400+ hours
• Volunteer leadership: worked with a local organization serving children/families and took on increasing responsibility
• Student Advisory Committee
• Student representative on my school board
• Local non-profit board member, program for kids also, but different from above
• STEM teacher summer volunteering
• Summer study aboard in france
• Summer government/policy program in d.c (one week)

Awards

nothing extortionary :(

• Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish
• Varsity letter for Volunteerism (awarded for three consecutive years)
• College Board School Recognition Award
• College Board First-Generation Recognition Award
• Ap Scholar

I know this isn't an insane national-level EC list, so I'm not trying to portray it that way. A lot of my involvement has been centered around community service as in working with younger students/community members because I am from a small town! :(

Intended major

international relations/political science and possible double major in linguistics/french (depends on school)

College List

(i didn't add in-state safeties btw!)

Boston University

Brown University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Middlebury College

Vassar College

Georgetown University

New York University

Macalester College

Tulane University

Wesleyan University (got into wes explore)

University of Richmond

Lehigh University

Lafayette College

Oberlin College

Connecticut College

American University

George Washington University

What I'm looking for

Please be brutally honest. I’m not looking for reassurance or “you have a great profile, anything is possible.” I want a realistic assessment of my chances. Which schools would be targets, reaches, and extreme reaches for me? Are T20 universities realistic reaches based on my profile, or am I overestimating myself? If I’m overestimating myself, what level of schools should I realistically be targeting?

hii! rising senior, planning on majoring in public health on the pre-dental track (and minor in music performance bc i love violin). post bulleted to be easy to skim over for advice!

• Does my EC and Awards ordering look solid for Pre-Dental / Public Health admissions?
• How can I best phrase my GPA context (family medical emergencies + household management) without sounding defensive? Also my counselor is not one to mention anythin in her rec letter, which she says at almost every single meeting. She keeps her letters positive and general. What do I do with my circumstances, which weren't really THAT extenuating but def took a toll on me? Also, do the AOs ask for proof or something?
• Any specific target or reach schools known for strong pre-dental or public health programs that I should consider adding or swapping?

my school is a rural public high school in the south. being south asian in alabama sucks ngl.

class size is around 330. we pull students from several surrounding counties because a lot of the smaller towns don't have their own high schools and their only option is homeschooling.

Our schools made a deal w/ the state for a free direct admit program for students with a certain GPA, so I already got into 8 safeties through that and won't be applying to many (if any) safeties through Common App. Applying to some selective schools for fun; don't want to feel like 'what-if' after, just in case I win the college acceptance lottery.

Stats

GPA: cumulative: 3.67 UW

Freshman: 3.95, Sophomore: 3.45 (aunt passed away + grandma had a stroke), Junior: 3.63 (grandpa's heart health was bad and dad had to travel for him, so we had literally no income for like 1 month to the point my mom had to work overtime all day and I was running the house for my brother and me)

Hoping for a 4.0 senior year, bringing my cumulative to a 3.71

ACT: 35 APs: 8 total - Passed all APs, scores not great, 3/4s mostly

(school allowed none 9th grade, max 2 APs 10th grade, 11th and 12th simple due to shortage of teachers could not give more than 4 a year, although a couple students who didn't do music were able to get in 5, and had to take us from like 24 to 12 offered APs in the past 10 years or so due to teacher shortage- keep in mind there's a magnet ivy feeder school in a small beverly hills-esque town 2.5 hrs away that gets ALL the funding.)

rec letters: two from teachers, AP Calc AB and AP World. AP World one will be much stronger. 2 optional ones from a PA/doctor i shadowed with and her husband who is a film music prof, which will be useful for my minor in music.

Awards- hopefully some will end in additional info, some advice which 5 should be my main apps focus pls?

• National Science Fair 1st Place - Translational Medical Science (for my independent research project. Again, can't give too much away; don't need people finding me, but my grandpa's heart attack actually inspired my project)
• Special Award in Art @ same national fair
• ISEF state top 20 semifinalist
• State Gold Award and Regionals 1st place (science fair)
• HOSA State Finalist and 3rd place 2x / ILC Qualifier
• College Board Rural & Small Town Recognition Award
• AP Scholar with Honor
• Speech Sectionals 2x
• Track sectionals Highschool 3x, placement: 11th-->8th-->5th event: discus

ECs- hopefully some will end in additional info, some advice which 7-9 should be my main apps focus pls?

• Independent biomedical research (machine learning model prediction model- can't give too much away; don't need people finding me)
• HOSA (State Finalist & International Leadership Conference qualifier)
• Rural hospital volunteer 153 hrs; started a small Care Cart initiative that brings games, comfort items, hygiene supplies, etc. to patients with a retired physician and two other 2 student volunteers
• Science fair rural chapter: Social Media Manager 11 → President 12
• Business Club Vice President 11-(shut down with some clubs and removed baseball/softball due to lack of teachers funds from the district)
• Orchestra (state orchestra top 14 players + 3x district selected top 10)
• Chamber music outreach group that performed at local nursing homes every 6 weeks to provide live music and interact with residents (had to quit after 9/10 th bc our director became Las Vegas Philharmonic Director)
• Dermatology clinic shadow (72 hours)
• Endodontist clinic shadow- 3.5 hrs (that's all they could offer)
• Chinmaya Mission Summer Camp volunteer/leader- in another state over the summer: one of 6 student leaders (ages 15–18) who independently planned and ran a week long camp for 40 younger kids (ages 4-13). Organized activities, recruited teacher volunteers, purchased supplies, coordinated schedules and meals (with only 3 adults handling food prep), supervised campers from drop-off until the last child left each day, and helped clean up afterward. One week.
• Speech, team captain 12th, SOS, PIR- sectionals 2x

College List- suggest some schools to apply to/replace what I have now?

Lottery- (Harvard, Brown- my dad wants me to apply to these, but I'm getting rejected), Rice, Northwestern, NYU, UCLA, USC

High Reach- Tufts, Emory, Boston University, UMiami, University of Florida, UCSD

Reach- Case Western, UW-Madison

Target- UIUC, UAlabama, Texas A&M, Penn State

Safeties- accepted to 10!

I think I'll get into 3-4 schools on this list

Hi, I am currently a rising senior that's aspiring to make it into Cockrell for Mech E. I'm just a little concerned that my stats may end up falling short. I'm scared for admissions season.

Instate student

Asian Male

GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.81 W

SAT: 1400

Rank 20/826

9 AP's, 11 after senior year.

Interning throughout the school year at a major defense contractor working in systems integration

Passion Project: Building 3D printed prosthetics for dad who lost a hand

ECs:

• Robotics Team Mechanical Lead
• Biomedical Engineering Club President
• Autonomous Boat Competition Mechanical Design Team
• 3 Hackathons - various placings, no winnings
• Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST
• Cyberpatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition
• Bell AVR Drone Competition
• OU Math competition
• Various UILs, District placement
• Congressional App Design Challenge

Community/Service:

• Math/Science NHS/Psi Alpha
• Asian American Student Association
• Key Club

Awards:

• AP Scholar with distinction
• District UIL wins
• FIRST Robotics District Event Winner

I'm still working on my essays right now. My most significant shortcoming is calculus from last year. I dropped a mid 80 in Calc BC and a 3 on the test. I got a 4 subscore for AB. It scares me.

I know Mechanical Engineering at UT is extremely competitive even for auto-admits, so I’m trying to get a realistic idea of where I stand.

Also, is there anything in my profile that I should especially emphasize in my essays or activities section?

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Yeah I want some honest opinons...

Demographics: Asian male (US Citizen)

Income: High (full pay)

School: Public

Residency: Texas Suburb

Intended Major: Biochemistry, Biology

Academics

Rank: 5/500ish

GPA: 5.5/6, 4.0/4.0

SAT: 1550 (760/790), PSAT 1490

Number of AP Courses: 12APs + 6APs senior year

Honors

1. National Merit Finalist (Probably)
2. Samsung SFT $1000/ Promising STEM innovation award
3. Anatomy student of the year
4. Korean international app dev award silver
5. Harvard crimson chemistry individual merit recipient (top 25%).

ECs

1. 3D personal project, built biomechanical backrest, used ML and 3D printing, pilot test 15 ish teachers, app developed, working with orthopedic doctor (rec prob)
2. SSP Bacterial genomics
3. Founder, Editor in Chief of Organization (Journalism), led 30 writers publish science articles 400+ articles, 10K+ total views, seoul metro gov accredited.
4. Founder, Chemistry Club. Led 40+ members, diabetic ulcer prevention sock concept won 1K for Samsung Solve for tmrw
5. President, Math Club (11th), Community outreach (10th) - doubled memberhsip, 1000-digit pi day project, SAT math bootcamp (in progress)
6. Independent Research - No wet lab, professor just 8K word review on quarantine on the history of diseases.
7. Community Service at Samsung Seoul Hospital over 2 summers
8. Community service at rehab center near home
9. Food photography, website: 700+ photo food archive since 2017.
10. Clinical shadowing: 200+ hours.

I am applying REA to Stanford, should I just lower my expectations and just ED Johns Hopkins or Northwestern? I really want to go to Stanford though... my only safety is UT austin as I am auto admit, but asides from those two schools I am applying to all T20 schools in the US.

hi chance me for cornell ed pretty please!!
3.73/4.46

7 aps: 5's: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Hug, AP Psych, APES, taking AP Art, AP Calc AB

12 Honors: Eng 9, Eng 10, Eng 11, Bio, Chem, Math 2, Math 3, Principles of Biomedical Science, Human Body Systems, Medical Interventions, Physics, Biomedical Innovations

Took US history, Econ, Gov, English 12 at our local cc for hs cred

ECS:

400+ volunteer hours total, Founded Vet club junior year, senior year, Lead a donation drive with 50+ donations for our local animal shelter, Interned at our local animal shelter, 250+ volunteer hours at internship, VP of crochet club junior year, Secretary of drawing club junior year, senior year, secretary of toy donation club, HOSA veterinary science state qualifier, crochet instagram with 10k+ followers and millions of views, carnatic singing and ta for younger students

taking sat soon!

applying for CALS

Academics:
4.0/4.0 GPA; ~91% on 100.0 scale
3 AP’s (2 3’s and 1 4); I’m taking 3 more senior year, and will be 6/12 offered at my HS.
No class rank.

Demographics:
First Generation and Low Income

ECs:
(1) National Position in a student led organization
(2) Yale Young Global Scholar
(3) Community-Based Nonprofit Organization I founded about local Politics
(4) Public Policy Internship
(5-7) Club President Positions
(8) ESL Tutor and Officer for an International Nonprofit
(9) Tutor at Library
(10) NHS Member & Tutor

I’m going to ED to Barnard. I’ll also be applying to NYU, Georgetown, Swarthmore, Haverford, UPenn, and Cornell. I have 4 safeties and 2 targets I’ll be applying to as well.

Demographics

• Race/Ethnicity: Indian + Hispanic
• Gender: male
• Region: bay area

Intended Major(s): Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence

Academics

GPA: 3.96 UW / 4.40 W
SAT: 1540

like 15 APs

Common App Awards / Honors

1. NeurIPS acceptance for AI safety research
2. Patent granted for AI safety related research
3. Regional Science Fair: 2nd Place + U.S. Air Force Special Award, qualified for ISEF but was unable to attend because of a serious personal circumstance
4. GENIUS Olympiad: Silver Medal
5. USACO Gold

Extracurriculars

1. Community Project Founder/Lead
Developed and implemented programs in 30+ countries focused on suicide prevention and safer uses of AI. Received support/backing from organizations including OpenAI, Microsoft, and UNICEF.

2. Team USA Taekwondo
Represented Team USA in Taekwondo. Expanded the work into teaching martial arts to 1,200+ orphans and supporting suicide prevention and community initiatives. - won 2022 itf silver medal, 2024 national gold, 2025 team usa selection

3. AI Safety Research
Conducted AI safety research associated with a major AI organization. Work was accepted to COLM, NeurIPS, and ICLR, and I received a patent related to the research.

4. UCSC SIP + extended research
Conducted research at the Science Internship Program on the ethical layering of AI systems in suicide and mental health contexts under UCSC professor. Continued the work within a university AI Explainability & Accountability Lab and published a position paper.

5. Rivian Internship
Interned at a major electric vehicle company, where I analyzed product functionality and designed/proposed new functional ideas for an upcoming vehicle platform from an ai safety lens.

6. Digi Dr, Founder
Founded an initiative/company that worked with 300+ doctors to implement AI safety resources and teach safer uses of AI in clinical practice, particularly around preventing harmful AI interactions in mental health contexts. - raised over 500K

7. President of non-profit
Serve as President of a nonprofit organization, leading a bunch of mental health and suicide awareness camps, worked with a UNESCO officials and spoke at a UN/UNESCO conference in Zimbabwe about shortages in psychiatric resources. Helped implement resources across regions in Africa.

8. NeurIPS Reviewer
Served as a reviewer for NeurIPS Program Committee

9. Computer Science Club, Leadership / Competitive Programming
Won hackathons and helped students from multiple countries reach USACO Silver and Gold. Fundraised to bring students to San Francisco to compete in AI hackathons. Helped top teams publish their work and earn a young authors award at SPIE.

10. Varsity Basketball, Team Captain
Varsity basketball player and team captain. - recieved Coach's Award

11. built a coding project that was integrated with Zendesk but idk if I should add it

Letters of Recommendation

• AP Calculus BC teacher: very good rec
• AP Chemistry teacher: should be pretty strong

Main reaches:

• Harvard
• Yale
• Princeton
• Stanford
• MIT
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA

Academics:

1550 sat first try (school avg is 1100)

4.0/4.0 gpa uw (weighted not offered)

Valedictorian

Aps not offered

Ecs (kept abit vague):

2 published research papers (prefer to keep them anonymous but werent literature reviews and won in multiple intl competitions)

Research intern at 3 university departments and at Alexandria's medical research institute, worked with 4 professors/ phd students

MTC summer program scholar (Medical research institute's research training program exclusively for college students, became first every high schooler to be accepted and given full tuition waiver to attend)

Deci scholar (egypt full scholarship for stem high-achieving students to take stem course training and start independent projects

Yygs scholar

Leadership in an orphans-dedicated nonprofit which organizes community-based events for 3000 orphans yearly, includes 300 volunteers, 30 sponsors, and given 9 national awards

Mun president

400+ students at organzied conference, train 100+ delegates weekly, 6+ regional awards

Student council founder and president

Introduced 12 afterschool clubs (and the first ever club system into school) for 400+ students, helped organzied multiple events and trips to lower grade students and high schoolers.

Medical Convoy volunteer in rural egypt and gaza

Awards:

Isef finalist

John Locke institute Science& Tech global finalist

EISTF (intl science fair in egypt) bronze medalist

BASEF (national fair) 1st place in entire fair

Blastoff (national fair #2) 2nd award

Hi, guys
Pls be honest, i wanna apply for EA

From Moscow, Russia
Low-income, full time job as manicurist since 9 grade
Gpa - my school doesn’t provide, I calculated 4.5 over the last school year
SAT haven’t handed yet, AP my school doesn’t provide
Major - economics

1. Founder ⁠of the nonprofit project. The project is aimed to solve case championships (exactly economics, gender inequality, quality education)
2. ⁠Developer of a board game for preparing for the Unified State Exam in social studies (at the time of development in 2024, it was unique in Russia).
3. ⁠Internship at a PR agency as an analyst. Conducted an in-depth analysis, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their profile packaging, and developed promotion strategies.
4. ⁠Marketing & CRM manager at a beauty salon.
5. ⁠Team leader of a business camp from Plekhanov University.
6. ⁠Winner of the business championship from Plekhanov University.
7. ⁠Manicure and eyebrow volunteer instructor. Taught over 15 students basic manicure and eyebrow shaping courses, helped them find employment at partner salons.
8. ⁠Volunteer teaching English to Afghan girls.
9. Independent research in economics
10. ⁠Hobby tennis (still in the rookie league)

how cooked am as a rising senior.
3.2 gpa (4.0 during junior year alone)
APWH, AP Seminar, APUSH (all 4’s) (failed ap euro with a 2; only offered as an online course)
Honors english (all three years)
AP Research, AP Gov, AP Lit during senior year (political science major/ possible history minor)

ecs: babysat special needs (family responsibilities) for two years everyday after school & during summer for three- four hours (10th-11th)
ran history editing account (7th-9th)
ran other editing accounts (5th-11th)
volunteered in a local political campaign (this summer)
employed as a student janitor through a school program over the summer (this summer)
apart of rho kappa and possibly in law club (next year) (former mentor of law club was mostly out leading to low turnout)

awards: the only award i can think of is being an ap scholar?

demographics: in state (ny), first gen (hispanic), low income household, and school is not necessarily competitive (64% low income, drastic difference compared to neighboring schools)

note: taking sat in october (mainly relying on that and the essay ☠️) | also showed interest in school historical site seeing club but very low turnout so a team was never finalized

chance me for engineering

im a rising senior from spain, specifically melilla, and im really just trying to see where i stand before i hit submit on these applications. icl, i know my school list is super reach-heavy, but i just want to see if my profile holds up for engineering programs given my situation.

Demographics

• Gender: Man
• Country: Spain (Melilla)
• School: Public
• Income: <$65k/yr (need-aware applicant)

Intended Major(s)

• Mechanical Engineering

GPA and Rank

• No rank
• Bachillerato average: 9.5 (1st year) / 9.5 predicted (2nd year)
• Upward grade trend

Coursework (Rigor)

• Most rigorous available

Extracurriculars

1. Founder of city-wide engineering club: Created the first club in my school and city to promote STEM for future students.
2. STEM Racing team: Project manager and lead engineer; won award for best engineered car and qualified for world finals.
3. Maths Olympiads: National level; bronze medal recipient.
4. Judo: Training since age 6, brown belt, multiple bronze medals at national competitions.
5. AI Drone Project: Self-developed a self-driven drone with a camera arm for aerial recording.

Essays-LORs

• My personal statement centers on the time I lost during my 15th year due to Crohn's disease and how I've managed my health while pursuing engineering and athletics.

Schools

• Harvard University (EA)
• Stanford University (EA)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EA)

edit: just realized i should mention the crohn's is still something i manage daily, so it definitely impacted my academic timeline early on. im not tryna flex with the ECs or anything, just really nervous about the international financial aid aspect. any advice or reality checks would be appreciated.

Demographics:

Gender: Male (ftm if that matters)

Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian

Income Bracket: Upper middle class

Type of school: homeschool/online private

Hooks: None I can think of haha

Intended major: Psychology/Neuroscience (depends on the school)

Academics:

GPA: 3.85UW, 4.25W

Rank: does not rank

# of honors aps etc: 9 aps, 4 honors, 4-5 DE (by time of graduation/application)

SAT/ACT: Projected sat score to be around 1490-1550

Extracurriculars:

(these are by time of graduation, in cases as length of time etc)

Equestrian - 8 years of riding and working weekly or biweekly at the barn, top scores for my division on my local show circuit, helped to train horses.

Volunteering - 35 hours of library volunteering

Creative Writing - Poems, novels, etc. Hoping to traditionally publish a book though I know it's a long shot

Small business - co founded a baking business with my friend, selling our baked goods at local markets and stores.

Obviously going to add more to my resume haha, as well as awards too. This is in no way completed and like I said, I'm a sophomore lmao

Schools:

UMass Amherst, Boston University

UMD College Park, George Washington

Virginia Tech​, UVA, VCU, George Mason, James Madison

Rutgers, Princeton

UPenn, Penn State

Hi y'all. Over the past couple of months, my family and I have been trying to solve an issue with an online high school credit. Basically, my online teacher neglected a couple of things, and my final was impacted by the Canvas outage, so it was never turned in. The final grade that was put in the transcript was a 75. It tanked my GPA to a 4.1.

I've been fighting with the online school's admin, but he's saying that the grade is essentially final. I'm also trying to talk to my school to get it dropped from my transcript. Overall, will this affect my chances of getting into college? I've been extremely worried about it, and I haven't really seen anyone with this problem. If you've ever had to dispute a grade, please let me know. Thank you!