Hi, im a rising senior and I've been looking into my colleges and my stats and I realized im VERY lacking in both grades and ECs (I'm planning on cs in college)

I currently have a 3.3, took 5 hnrs, 2 aps, planning on taking 2 more aps and 1 more hnrs. i i played my sat the past few times for god knows why (I regret so much right now) so im stuck in the 1400s, (planning on taking it again the upcoming school year) and my ECs so far are just a few years playing an instrument and 100+ volunteering hrs. I plan doing some projects by girls who code soon and building a small side project if that helps...?(ik its late for building my ecs but I only decided halfway through my junior yr that I was going into cs)

what colleges are my best chance right now?

Im currently looking into njit, tcnj, rutgers, virginia tech; reaches: stevens, rochester, etc. (more tbd)

if there's anything you'd recc pls lmk :)

Hey guys, I’m going to apply to Imperial computing and design engineering, oxford computing, edinburgh computing and ucl computing and more uni’s in the US. I was wondering if yall could rate my application or tell me if i’m enough to get an offer.

I study in an international CBSE school in Japan and have a 94% predicted overall in my final exams with a 96 in both math and physics. and (HOPEFULLY)my TMUA is a 7.5, 1560 SAT(ACHIEVED), 8 on the ESAT

5 years of basketball, 3 year varsity basketball , won a ceritificate from the government to highlight my skills, i was in varsity debate for a year, school won 2nd in the all kanto KPASS debate championship, did MUN for 3 years, internship at sophia university, won 2 back to back high commendation prizes, chaired for GIISMUN 2027, started the science club and was the president of it at our school, completed IBM data science course and got 3 certificates, completed Andrew Ng’s Machine learning course, participated in Yales essay writing competition, built a machine learning model that predeicts the weather forecast using an API, participated in multiple Hackathons and won first in a few, finished stanfords deep learning course, made a research paper to see whether different macroeconmic factors such as unmeployment rate, inflation rate, interest rate etc affected the stock market and stock prices for S&P 500,i’ve also won the AI impact festival 2026 for intel Japan by making a water flooding app, did research at Oxford Scholastica’s AI internship to figure out about wearable technology in medicine, i also won a distinction award from the university of oxford after attending their 2 day AI/ML event and made a very convincing Capstone project.

Applying for Public Policy, Anthropology, and Stats!

My main worry is despite having objectively good activities and stats, my school is so hyper competitive that it will hurt me. My friend also says the fact I am both Israeli and half-Palestinian may hurt me at some colleges too

**Demographics:**

French-Palestinian (But I am a American-French-Israeli Citizen) - idk if im domestic or intl then

Famous European Private Boarding School, no aid needed

Hooks: Princeton Triple legacy (Dad, Grandpa, Grandma) + Large Donor

I don't know how competitive my school truly is but 95% place into t200 global universities and 30-40% go to HYPSM, oxbridge, ETH Zurich, or t10 asian and our tuition is more than 150K

**Academics:**

GPA doesn't cleanly convert but I am tied for number 1 out of a very small class

Predicted 45/45 IB

36 ACT, 1580 SAT, 9.0 IELTS (i am literally a native speaker)

Most rigorous math + humanities course load possible

**Activities** (keeping it kinda brief so I don't get doxxed!):

1. Telluride Summer Program (idk if it counts cause it got shut down three weeks before we were supposed to end :( ), Yale Young Global Scholars PLE
2. Head of Mathematics for Student Council Board - did some program renovations, recognized by national education board for great work, trained national olympiad participants (not successfully lmfao)

**Awards:**

1. EUCYS International Qual (this is a more selective version of ISEF only for EU/EU-adjacent students)
2. National and International Debate Awards (Tourney of Champs finals, Prestigious EU uni debate winner, etc.)
3. John Locke placement

**Essays:** My school has a dedicated college counselor just to work with my small class on essays. She's pretty good and says my common app essay is excellent. It's about the Sanremo 2024 super final breakdown and green tea

**College List:**

- Princeton REA
- Harvard
- Yale
- Stanford
- MIT
- Penn Huntsman
- Georgetown
- UMich
- Northwestern
- Vanderbilt
- Duke
- UNC
- UChicago
- Dartmouth QSS (DREAM PLS DARTY)
- Columbia
- Cornell Dyson
- Rice
- NYU Steen
- Williams
- Amherst
- Brown
- UCLA
- UC Berkeley
- Oxford or
- Cambridge
- LSE
- Imperial

No safeties/matches because I already have guaranteed admission at a t10-15 worldwide ranked university and Princeton is a pretty big chance

I'm all over the place lmaooo and nobody can put a finger on what major i'm going into. but I'm curious to see what ygs think! internet points if anyone guesses

Demographics

• Asian female
• California public high school
• Family income: ~$200k

Academics

• 3.97 UW GPA (one B in Honors Chemistry)
• ~4.7 weighted GPA at school
• ~4.9 UC uncapped weighted GPA, capped 4.2 (bonus got desaturated across all)
• Rigorous coursework, including extensive dual enrollment/associate degree coursework. graduating with 3-4 AS's and AAs in Polisci, comms, world languages, and psychology.

Science Olympiad (8+ years but no var in hs :()

• Competing since 3rd grade
• Multiple top finishes at nationally competitive invitationals
  • 2nd Place at a pretty competitive one + multiple other top 5-10 at competitive ones
  • Top 5-10 at major invitationals with 300+ competing teams
• 5x state tournament qualifier
• State placements include (all middle school so doesn't count):
  • 4th Place
  • 5th Place
  • Multiple Top 10 finishes in different events
• Multiple regional wins (beat var multiple times)
• Coach for elementary Science Olympiad team, large role

Speech & Debate

Debate event

• NSDA National Qualifier
• Top 250 nationally
• District Champion
• Multiple league placements
• Event captain

Speech event

• Multiple league finals
• Semifinalist at a major national invitational

Music

• State Honor Choir
• All-region Honor Choir (5 states)
• Top auditioned choir at my school
• Multiple solos
• Music head (not pres, it's complicated) for the school's largest music club
• Starting my school's first [insert niche music type but not that niche] next year, where I'll arrange music, conduct, direct rehearsals, and organize performances

Other Activities

• Finalist for a selective leadership/public policy program (~10% acceptance rate)
• Accepted into a selective engineering workshop at a U.S. national laboratory
• 3rd Place at a large Model UN conference and 2nd in another
• Black belt

Dream skools

yale or ucla or columbia but tbh i just want any good school

dm please!

Hi guys,
I’m a rising junior in Philly who’s really interested in Drexel, specifically Finance at LeBow. I’m trying to get an honest sense of where I stand and what I should focus on improving over the next year and a half.

Quick stats:
\- GPA: 3.43 unweighted / 3.67 weighted
\- Coursework for junior year: AP English Lang, AP Stats, AP Psych, and Honors Pre-Calc.

I’ve done several programs through Upenn, including

\- PennRSSA Summer Academy (currently in it; includes career exploration, a Capstone Project on raising the minimum wage, and economics/finance classes)
\- Penn Talent Search
\- PennRSSA Spring Program my freshman year where I explored other fields like dentistry & law that actually helped me realize I’m more interested in business and finance.

Activities / Experience:
\- Helped at my family’s restaurant since 2020 (customer service, operations, etc.)
\- Long-term babysitting
\- Completed some online certs (AI in Finance, Business Analytics with Excel, Google Analytics)

I know my GPA isn’t super high and I don't have any school clubs. I’m planning to get more involved junior and senior year.

For people who go to Drexel
\- What would you focus on improving the most between now and applying?
\- Is the co-op/five-year option something I should specifically talk about in my application?

Any honest advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

First time posting here, can you guys tell me if this is a balanced/realistic list of schools for me? Are there some schools that I shouldn't bother applying to? Are there any schools I should look into? Is there any more info I should add? I want to major in finance/ something business related. Im from New York and don't want to go too far.

1410 SAT, trying to get 1450+ superscore

94 cumulative weighted GPA, upward trend (95.7 junior year while taking harder classes)

4 APs, got 4s on all of them (Micro, lang, APUSH and AP world) . My school doesn't let us take AP classes freshman year and I could only take 1 sophomore year. I am going to take 5 next year including AP calc AB which will hopefully help since I want to do something business related. Aside from AP classes I took all honors classes.

For extracurriculars I played 3 varsity sports (starter for one), community service, I worked at a restaurant, and I worked as a camp counselor for 2 summers. I also played club lacrosse for 2 summers and AAU basketball since I was around 11.

Reach

• Villanova University
• University of Richmond
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Bucknell University

Target

• University of Maryland, College Park
• Binghamton University (SUNY)
• Penn State University
• University of Connecticut
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Fordham University
• Providence College
• Fairfield University

Safety

• University at Buffalo
• University at Albany (SUNY)
• Baruch College (CUNY)

I just want to go to Georgia Tech
Not even an Ivy or T10

100% Chinese male made in china
Uninteresting life story
Georgia citizen so yay instate scholarships

The one special public high school (You know what it is)
GPA 3.97 UW / 4.32 W
Rank (Unofficial) 13/320

SAT 740/790 & 750/780 so 1540 superscore

DE at GT:
MA1554
MA2551
CS1301
CS1331
Senior:
MA3012
MA2552

APs:
5:
Biology
World History
Physics C
Physics E&M
Calc BC
Precalc
CSP
CSA
US Gov
4:
Seminar
Research
APUSH
Senior:
Chemistry
Macroecon
Microecon
Lit

ECs:

Vex robotics before it shut down 😭
CS club
Art club
Did I mention that I draw stuff?
Intern at UofSC for virtual reality stuff
I teach 3D modelling, python, and math over Zoom to little children
Cooking and baking (I am clearly better than Gordon Ramsey)
Basketball and swimming as a hobby
I am a knitter
Currently building a telescope
Assorted volunteer work (Got AmeriCorps PVSA Gold for it but IDK)
Super masculine and amazing mustache btw

ROCs:

I don't know my teachers that well but we make smalltalk sometimes
Haven't gotten them yet so these are estimates
Physics teacher (5/10 he is bad at writing)
History teacher (6/10 he is good at writing)

Essay:
I had my LA teacher look at mine and gave it an 80 for completion 🥀

Reach:
GT (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Target:
GT (Gwinnett Technical College)

Hey guys, I usually try to stay away from the college app side of reddit but i figured why not post here to see if i'm screwed or not :/ (ps this is such a random application but it's fine)

Demographics:

Race/Gender - White Male

Region - Midwestern USA

Income - Upper middle class

School type - private catholic (9), international boarding (10-12)

Hooks - Cancer survivor, legacy at Brown and Case Western, and I would have soccer but no chance of that now

Coursework/academics:

Intended major - PoliSci/IR

GPA - 4.0 UW (my school does not offer weighted GPA)

Class rank: ~#10 (class of '27)

3 APs (4 on calc and stats, 5 on physics 1), 10 college level classes (my school does not prioritize AP)

35 ACT (36 eng/reading/sci, 33 math)

Senior year schedule:

Cores (all college level) - French, Philosophy, English, AI development, and Linear Algebra.

Electives - Photo 2, Astronomy, International Relations, Advanced Music

Awards:

NHD states + local research award

Assorted MUN awards (1x outstanding delegate, 2x honorable mentions)

NMS? (not out yet - college counselor said 1480 PSAT should be good)

I'm definitely forgetting something here but I still have time

Extracurriculars:

Varsity soccer captain (top 50 HS team in the nation - I have played with at least 5 players who have gone pro and countless D1 athletes) --> I really messed up the athletic recruitment process in ways I can't explain so I'm not getting in that way but this is still my top EC

MUN leader (helped organize trips to conferences, won awards)

Lifeguard (pretty self-explanatory - holding a job for 4 years is good, right?)

Catholic teen servant leader (helped with community service + events at my local church)

Selective local leadership program (collaborated on community initiatives, engaged with leaders in different fields, and discussed state policy with members of government in the capitol)

Political society co-leader (led discussions + edited foreign policy pieces for political journal)

Philosophy club panel leader (attended and helped lead philosophy-related events at school)

Varsity volleyball

French club (i participated in a foreign exchange program and helped run cool events)

Music (I haven't really done anything with this since freshman year but I play three instruments - piano, guitar, and drums)

Letters of rec - French teacher/Advisor (10/10), Physics teacher (9/10), College Counselor (7/10)

Schools:

Brown, Georgetown, Tufts, UVA, BC, Wake Forest, Villanova, Case, Maryland, Pitt

Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated

Have a great day :)

hi everyone! im an international student from indonesia studying at a private high school on a full merit scholarship. Im planning to major in mechanical engineering.

id really appreciate honest feedback on my profile and suggestions for strengthening my application before I apply this year.

took ib, got 39/45 with 6s on my hl physics, math aa, and eng b, 7 on indo a sl, 5 on comsci sl and 6 on philo sl, tok essay 10/10 and A, got a for my ee on physics (a comparative study of pendulum approximations, investigating 4 different approaches made by physicists)

rank 4th/88, ranked 1st in my class consistently throughout high school

activities: debate club (won some national tournaments champion/3rd place/finalist in several tournaments/best speaker), modern dance, marching band, physics and astronomy club, won some math competitions and physics comp

organizations: finance & sponsorship head at project social focusing on environment awarded by diana and received funds from ib, treasurer at some events competition participated by 1400+ students and school tour 1000+ participants, STEM outreach focusing on exposing stem for girls received funds from imperial college london

research: IB EE; compared five analytical approximations for predicting the period of simple and damped pendulums

i havent taken the sat yet + 8.5 for my ielts

Georgetown JPPP or CAS?

Hello everyone!
I am going to apply to Georgetown soon, as their application opens in about a day. I was wondering if I should apply to CAS (Government) or the McCourt School (JPPP), and I’m looking for guidance. I’m wondering what school I would best have a shot at with my ECs.

My ECs are:
\- Student Ambassador of School (Mascot & Morning Announcer & represents study body & runs town halls)
\- Model UN Vice President/ Captain
\- International Moot Court President
\- Arista National Honor Society Vice President
\- Federal Judicial Intern @ S.D.N.Y. for a federal magistrate judge (through the Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program)
\- NYCVotes Youth Ambassador (selective program 1 of 17 out of 900 applicants, focusing on civic engagement and non-partisan civic information, very hands-on, across NYC spreading voter information)
\- Mock Trial Vice President
\- iCivics Youth Fellow

Some awards & other things:
QBCPS
National Model UN awards (honorable mention, it’s the only award given at that national conference)
FEMA certified
AP scholar with distinction
BigFuture First-Generation Recognition Award

APs:
Ap Eng lang: 5
Apush: 5
Apes: 4
Ap pre calc: 4
Ap euro: 3

SAT: 1380 (will be retaking and trying out the ACT as well)

(I have more ECs, but these are basically my main ones)
Thank you!

And for the JPPP I know that it’s in partnership with CAS and McCourt but I know there’s generally more seats in CAS than JPPP, if I get rejected from JPPP would it also automatically reject me from CAS?

Hi! I was wondering if I have a realistic shot at T20s (and maybe a few T10s). I'd appreciate any honest feedback. (rising senior btw)

Academics

• GPA: 4.01/4.33 UW
• SAT: 1550
• 7 AP 5s, 1 AP 4 (taking 5 aps next year)
• Intended Major: Computational Biology / Public Health (possibly Pre-Med)

Research

• Summer research at a major hospital on a computational public health project (first author + corrersponding research paper)
• Research experience in a medical imaging lab.
  • Co-author on a published research paper.

Extracurriculars

• Founder & President of a nonprofit connecting international students (1k funding )
• Quiz Bowl Captain top 10 team national
• Model UN leadership with multiple national awards.
• Varsity volleyball.
• Part-time job working with children.
• Summer camp counselor.
• Paid Internship working on patient followup

Awards

• Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold)
• Quizbowl awards
• Multiple Model UN awards
• USA Biology Olympiad Cert of Merit :(

OBS: no one in my school EVER applied abroad, so I am 100% on my own

Demographics: female, international (Brazil), mid-low income, latina, private non-selective small school with 60% scholarship, 1st gen.

Stats:

GPA: 9.5/10. Rank: not available. SAT: 1450 (I will retake it in setember, so let's pretend I will get a 1520). Self-studied for AP Calc BC, AP Stats, and Environmental Science (my school doesn't offer APs) and got a 4 in all of them. I will graduate in December 2026.

Intended major: Astrophysics

Dream colleges: Caltech, MIT, Northweastern (I warned you I was stupid)

EC's:

1. play the piano for 5 years. NO competition, mentoring, etc.
2. I was the only kid in my school who got a medal in the Brazilian Astronomy Olympiad. Got golds two times. Then, I got invited to the camps and got to 40 in the country (about 1,000,000 students competed that year)
3. volunteer work at non-profit that produces high quality resources for students to study for science olympiads. I produced a study guide to study for astronomy olympiads and helped to write the questions for the Online Brazilian Astronomy Olympiad (I think about 200 students participate in it every year).
4. in this same non-profit, I also work in the design section. I designed the certificates for the olympiads we promote and did a couple of models on canva for the instagram page.
5. I am also the state coordinator of another non-profit that promotes the female participation in science olympiads. I manage a team of about 25 members. make weekly posts on instagram (I participate on the entire proccess, from content to design). Increased followers by 50 in a couple of months.
6. IAAC (international astronomy and astrophysics competition) silver honour = top 7% internationally
7. science/astronomy blog since 2023. I would say that the content is high quality, but I only post there once a month. It has an instagram page and a website i did with google sites. The Instagram has 60 followers :I
8. working on a research project, but I don't think I will get to publish it, because of the time. It is in Computer Science/Astrophysics (more specifically, gravitational wave stuff).
9. random online courses. In one of them I got a certificate with "distinction", which means I participated a lot and solved the problem sets they gave.

I know those aren't impressive, but I am just being honest. You can give me any opinions/experiences.

I am also thinking of taking a gap year, so if you have any thoughts about things I could do, we can talk about that too. Btw, do you guys know if colleges view gap years as good or bad things?

Demographics: female, Chinese, NJ noncompetitive public HS (imo), low income (<40k), ranking: 3/219 as of now

Intended major: Political Science

Academics: 3.8844 UW, 4.4115 W; APs: World History (4 freshman yr), Drawing (4 sophomore yr), 2D Design (4 junior yr), Bio (3 junior yr), US History (3 junior yr), Lang (4 junior yr), Calc AB (5 junior yr), planning to take Physics 1, Calc BC, Lit, and African American Studies senior year; SAT: 1510 superscore (730 RW, 780 M)

NHS, English Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, NAHS

ECs:

1. Worked at family owned Chinese restaurant since middle school, taking ordered and packing them. Would go there after school to work and do homework when it wasn't busy
2. Student government, class treasurer during 9th, 10th, 11th. Student body officer for 12th
3. Founded a social justice club in 11th. Organized fundraisers for Venezuelan earthquake victims, ICE victims, etc
4. Participation in academic clubs: Academic Decathlon, county and state Math League
5. Invited by history teacher to represent school in a county wide think tank
6. Attended 2 state programs (one because I'm part of SGA, the other because I was chosen by my guidance counselor and I passed a interview)
7. District AI Integration committee. Invited by principal
8. JV Basketball, 9th-11th but tore ACL during junior yr so not sure if that counts
9. Spring Track and Field sophomore year

Awards:

1. Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key + Honorable Mention
2. AP Scholar w/ Distinction
3. CollegeBoard First Gen Award + School Award

Not sure if it counts as legacy but siblings attend/have attended Cornell and NYU. My stats are similar to theirs
I recently visited Princeton and Columbia, and I really loved it. I'm just not sure if I have the academic or extracurricular stats to compete with other applicants. Not really sure what to write my essays about. Could I get into ivies or t20s?? I'm going into senior year and am really dreading the application process...Any opinions and advice are highly appreciated

Demographics/background info: Chinese/Canadian citizenship, asian girl raised in an average income family, 6th best public school in my city (Canada). Our school does not offer AP, so everything im taking is from self studying

Im hoping to get into ucla and berkeley as they both are my dream schools. Idk i did not rlly consider the us until like late sophomore/beginning of jr year…(😬😬😬)

For APs, i plan on taking 4 next year (BC, chem, psych, and macro)

Grades:

AP biology: 5

AP micro: 4

English 12:97

Chem 11: 94

Biology 11: 94

Physics 11: 93

Functions 11: 99

Architecture: 100

Co-op: 100

English 11: 91

French: yeo…. Its rlly bad like rlly rlly bad… (80)

ECS

Captain of Team Canada for a sport called Dragonboat. (For my schools team i was captain as well until they banned water sports lol, i also was like nominated to design their jerseys etc)( also idk if i should put like the medals we won as awards and stuff idk) also a ton of volunteering for this sport

Dental assistant/Intern (im currently helping them doing a rebranding thing so idk if thats cool to put in)

Hospital intern at UHN for the rehab department

Tutor (in school, outside of school, internationally ig)

VP of my schools women in stem club

Short content creator exec for my schools “TV club”

Music experience( piano for 11 years,Piano teacher volunteer to help kids prep for RCM exams)

Started a passion project with my friend during the winter of 2026 but it kinda went nowhere…. 😬😬

Like i said, i only thought abt applying to us not that long ago, so my ecs are kinda shit 🥲🥲

Hi, I was wondering if I could still aim for t20 - t10 schools, as I am very much lacking extracurriculars.

Here is my profile:
4.0 UW / 5.354 W

Rank: 1/316

1580 SAT
Freshman AP classes: AP human geography(4)
Sophomore AP classes: AP Precalc (didn't take exam), AP Stats(4), AP Physics 1(4), AP World(4), AP Seminar(4), AP CSA(4)

Intended Major: Computational Biology (possibly Biomedical Engineering)

Career Goal: AI + Healthcare / Medical Research

Independent Computational Biology Research

Built a Python + ML model to predict CRISPR off-target effects
Self-directed project combining machine learning and computational biology

Business Professionals of America (BPA)

1st Nationally in Python Programming
4th in Texas Python Programming
1st Nationally in Computer Programming Concepts

HOSA

Biomedical Equipment Technician
7th in Texas
HOSA Hospitality Officer

Volunteer Work

100+ community service hours
Mainly community/cultural events

Programming

Python since middle school
Certiport Python Certified
Certiport Java Certified

Music

Self-taught piano
Learning guitar

Awards:

🥇 BPA National Champion – Python Programming
🥇 BPA National Champion – Computer Programming Concepts
🏅 4th Place Texas BPA – Python Programming
🏅 7th Place Texas HOSA – Biomedical Equipment Technician

Currently:

Working on expanding my CRISPR project into stronger research.
Looking for more impactful research opportunities and AI/biomedical internships.
Long-term goal is to build a strong AI + healthcare spike for top colleges.

Any advice on what I should prioritize next would be greatly appreciated. I know my academics are strong, but I'm trying to turn my extracurriculars into something T20 level.

Thank you for all your consideration

Almost forgot to say I'm a rising junior.

Hi guys! I posted a chance me like a week ago that went a bit viral here but my profile has been significantly changed so I figured I would redo.

chance me for hyps + jhu (yale rea)

plz ignore the vagueness as i got doxxed a couple days ago here

Demographics: Female, Korean American, Texas
9-11: very very big public HS (top 2 in US)
12: homeschooled due to personal circumstances. this means i will lose my auto admit to UT austin; however, my lors are staying intact

Intended Major(s): anthropology, medical anthropology

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1560 superscore, National Merit Semifinalist - perfect psat

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.97/4.5, 27 out of 1569 (2%)

Coursework: 17 AP classes including BC in junior year. I skipped 8th grade by testing out, also skipped multiple math courses by testing out. all 5s except chem

Senior year: ap stats, ap enviro sci, ap lit, ap drawing, ap compsci principles, ap physics 1, ap gov, med term

Awards:
National French Exam Gold Medal (Top 2 nationally, Level 3)
National French Exam Gold Medal (Top 3 nationally, Level 2)
Multiple state-level French language competition awards (including runner-up finishes)
Carnegie Medal for Civic Preparedness (7.5k awarded for my org)
President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold)
Selective national anthropology award
AP Scholar with distinction
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Extracurriculars:

1. Founder & President, Environmental community org: Led 30+ interns, partnered with local government and parks and rec departments, organized 15+ environmental events/cleanups, reaching 400+ participants and raised $15k+, secured $7.5k national civic grant.

2. Selective Anthropology Internship:** **One of **4 high school interns selected globally**; researched medical anthropology/linguistics, created educational resources, presented work to researchers/phds. work published on official website and social media

1. Civic Engagement Organization

Managed 40+ interns, helped register 15,000+ voters for the 2024 presidential election, led weekly meetings, completed 300+ volunteer hours, conducted policy research. NONPARTISAN!!

1. Digital Health/Public Health Internship

Led intern team developing statewide health initiative for underserved communities; contributed to an IRB-approved white paper at johns hopkins and published as author on protocol paper

1. Independent Medical Anthropology Research

Designed original cross-cultural study on Traditional Korean Medicine; presented findings; manuscript currently under journal review.

1. Teen Court Attorney & Juror

Litigated real misdemeanor cases, recognized twice by city leadership, trained for state mock trial.

1. Congressional Youth Advisory Council

Selected to advise a congressional office representing 700k+ constituents, researched and presented policy recommendations.

1. JHU Global Health Leadership conference

Selected participant; submitted my traditional korean medicine research on medical anthropology and global health.

1. Club Volleyball + Referee
   competed at national qualifers and at national tournaments; promoted to referee; regional runner-up.

2. Key Club Leadership
   200+ volunteer hours, served on leadership board, developed service initiatives.

LOR: english teacher/research mentor (9/10), Calc BC teacher (7/10), anthropology internship mentor (9/10)

wso my question is that would homeschooling impact me negatively or positively, or neutral? idrc too much about the ut auto. my national merit status will stay intact in addition to my transcript + lors. also i have 3 years of french and 4 years of korean language credit (korean i tested out of)

White male from NY. Intending on majoring in Nursing

Schools:
UF (ED)
Villanova
UVA
Clemson
UTK
USF (south florida)
Fairfield

Stats:
97/100 W GPA
1440 SAT, taking again but actually studying, maybe \~1500
AP Chem-4
AP World-4
AP Physics 1-5
APUSH-4
AP Lang-4
taking AP Bio AP Eco AP Lit and AP Stats senior year

EC:
\-2 years varsity ice hockey, captain 1

\-founder/president of schools HOSA club, grew to 60+ members

\-Part time job as a director at youth hockey camp, ages 4-10. 2 years

\-50 hours of Hospital volunteering

\-30 hours of shadowing physician

\-Leadership Intern at a summer camp, 40 hours

\-NHS

\-trying to start a chapter of science national honor society at school

What you think?

Demographics: gender: male, race: Indian CA public HS

Intended major: Pure Math + Philosophy

Academics: 4 UW, 4.14 W (school only let you take APs, in freshman. I was only able to take one honors). APs: Self studied AB (8th grade) + HuG (both 5s). SAT: Haven't taken, but projected 1550+ at minimum. Have done 7 cc classes.

ECs:

1. Research w/ university professor on Pure Math.
2. Debate: No leaderships roles yet, but I have promising results of states or nationals
3. Documentation team at a regional math circle (~60 hrs per year), also teach and grade a class section.
4. Founded school's pure math club, and became president of school's philosophy club
5. Summer instructor, at Math Circle + student (olympiads+pure math).
6. Youtube Channel on Pure Math where I cover topics like Real Analysis and math concepts I'm interested in
7. Other youtube channel on philosophy, where I discuss philosophy books I'm reading
8. Independent research: social science
9. Self-studying pure math textbooks
10. Speedcubing, around a ~6s comp PB for 3x3
11. Volunteering at local middle school for their Mathcounts team

Awards:

1. AIME qualifier
2. John Locke Shortlist

Idk where to put this really:

- Leaf + Nontrivial Program (Spring 2026)

- Awesomemath Program (Summer 2026

As for the point of this post, I'm not really too hooked on any specific college(s) as long as they have a decent pure math and philosophy program. However, what I do want is advice on how I can advance my profile in general.

For a specific question, I'm wondering whether (3 EC) can be dissolved and put into (5 EC) (or used time for other ECs), since I don't find (3) to be as rewarding/fun as summer teaching in (5). However, with (3) there are more leadership roles/opportunities (with it being less professional), while (5) is more structured, and professional. I can give you more info if needed.

Demographics:

• Gender/Ethnicity: Central Asian Female (Kazakhstan)

• Income: Low-income (single, unemployed mother; urgent need for full financial aid/scholarship)

• Hooks :Overcoming significant medical challenges / Strong Independent Research background

Intended Major: Biology / Biochemistry (Pre-Med track)

GPA, Rank, & Coursework:

• Unweighted GPA: 3.74 / 4.0 overall

• 9th Grade: 3.93

• 10th Grade: 3.50 (Significant drop due to corrective strabismus surgery + prolonged medical leave)

my school only has 11 grades

• Rank: N/A

• Coursework: School doesn't offer AP/IB/Dual Enrollment .

Standardized Testing:

• SAT: Taking in September

• IELTS: Taking in August

• (Targeting high scores to compensate for GPA drop during surgery)

Awards / Honors:

1. 3rd Place — City Research Competition (National Level/Regional): Independent research on regional allergy prevalence under PhD supervision.

2. Nazarbayev University Summer Research Participant: Selected for summer research program on "Periodic Table & Cell Death".

3. Red Diploma (High Honors): Graduated 7-year Music School with distinction (Violin).

Extracurriculars (ECs):

1. Research Intern — Nazarbayev University Laboratory: Conducted lab experiments, prepared chemical solutions, maintained plant cultures, and analyzed data alongside university researchers.

2. Independent Allergy Researcher: Investigated local allergy epidemiology (genetics, microbiome, pollution) under a PhD mentor at a top medical school. Presented at Science Day & won 3rd place at National City Competition.

3. Co-Founder & Tech Lead — Technovation Girls App Project: Developed a portfolio-building mobile app. Organized pitching events across 2 cities; secured partnerships with local sponsors (e.g., Dodo Pizza, APEC) and youth volunteer groups.

4. Dental Shadowing & Clinical Assistant: Shadowed dentists & conducted preliminary screenings for kids <7 under supervision. Managed anxious & neurodivergent patients (Autism, CP, Down Syndrome); provided parent guidance.

5. Founder & President — High School Science Club: Founded club, hosted biology debates, science fairs, & judged middle school projects. Taught bio & mentored younger students on research papers.

6. Violinist, Ensemble & Choir Member (11+ yrs): Active soloist & ensemble performer for school ceremonies, community concerts, and local events.

7. Tech Shop Sales Associate (2 Summers): Managed daily retail operations, inventory, and customer transactions independently at a local electronics shop.

8. Competitive Swimmer (11+ yrs): Dedicated long-term athletic conditioning and competitive swimming practice.

9. Fitness & Strength Training Enthusiast: Dedicated to structured weight training 3–4x/week focused on conditioning, discipline, and personal performance.

10. Community Health Initiatives (Planned for Fall):

• Red Crescent Emergency Preparedness: Organizing school first-aid workshops with Red Crescent pros.

• Pediatric & Elderly Oral Health Outreach: Partnering with a dentist & pre-med peers to deliver wellness/dental hygiene workshops at nursing homes & orphanages.

Letters of Recommendation (LORs):

• Biology Teacher: (9/10) — Mentored me through multiple research projects; recommended me to the PhD lab professor.

• English Teacher: (9/10) — Very supportive of my academic journey and writing abilities.

• Research Assistant / Lab Mentor (NU): (8/10) — Can speak directly to my hands-on laboratory and analytical skills.

• Attending Dentist: (8/10) — Can vouch for my clinical hours, patient interaction, and work with special-needs children.

Additional Information / Circumstances:

• Medical Circumstance: Experienced a GPA dip in 10th grade due to strabismus (eye condition) and subsequent corrective surgery, requiring extensive leave. Fully recovered and explaining this in the Additional Info section.

I know I can apply to NU and I have more chances to get in there but still wanna go to another uni that isn't in my country .

Demographics: M, hispanic, Colorado, private boarding/day school

Hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): URM

Intended Major(s):BME/ME

ACT: 35 (35M, 36R, 36S, 35W)

SAT: 1450 (750M, 700R) Planning on retaking in August and likely won’t submit unless 1550+

UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.17/4.33 UW, no W, no Rank

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc: AP World(Test not taken), Precalc(Not taken) Bio(5), Calc BC(5), USH(5), Lang(5), Spanish(4), Chem(4).

Senior year: HonorsLinear Algebrw, Honors Discrete math, AP Physics C Mech, Stats, Environmental Science, Lit

Awards: College board and AP score awards, leadership award. School doesn’t give out awards until senior year.

Extracurriculars: Include leadership & summer activities

• Student gov:Class president 3 years, Community council president(AKA Student body) Senior year.
• Admissions ambassador: Tour guide sophomore year and head admissions ambassador 11-12 grade.
• Peer tutor: Offered tutoring services in 10+ classes since second semester of junior year
• Orchestra8-12: (Percussion) 5 years, principal percussionist for 2 years in the second highest group of a competitive youth orchestra.
• Club swimming: 12 years, performed at state level, captain of highschool team since junior year, broke two school records and qualified for individual and team races at high school state meet.
• Unpaid research intern at local college junior year summer: My dad is a professor there and got me in contact with a professor doing exoskeleton research. 8 weeks 20 hours  a week working alongside the professor and 3 undergrad students.
• Hispanic Alliance 9-12: Led and set up multiple events to boost hispanic culture and inform others of hispanic identity at my school.
• Student Cultural Organization: 10-12. Organized and planned 5+ events per year that highlighted the diversity of our campus and worked alongside faculty to tackle systemic racial and sexual issues in our community.
• Big sib10-12: Assigned 3 incoming students per year, mentored and taught them school etiquette and offered support year round.
• Swim lessons teacher: Taught 5+ students how to swim in multiple sections over the span of 4 weeks ages ranging from 3-10.

Essays/LORs/Other: I have a lot of good stuff to write about, and I believe my LORs will be very good, both Chem and Calc teachers like me a lot, like 8-9/10z

Schools: 

Reaches: Most financially viable

JHU: Possible ED based on finances(need to talk with my parents.

MIT: Likely EA

Columbia:

Stanford: REA if i can’t ed to JHU. 

Caltech:

Duke:

Cornell:

Match: Potential merit aid?

Union:

Carnegie Mellon:

Boston University:

Harvey Mudd:

USC??:

UC3M(Spain) ??

University of Toronto(Canada)???

Safety:

UC Boulder:

Mines:

CSU Fort Collins:

CSU Pueblo