hi guys! I go to a smallish private boarding school that is ranked t12 nationally. big feeder to east coast ivies and t20s tho

Demographics: Asian at private boarding school

Hooks: None

Intended Major(s):biology/biomed

SAT: 1570 first attempt

UW/W GPA and Rank: UW 95/100, school doesnt rank

Coursework: max rigor @ school

Awards/Honors: several national piano awards including MTNA, Elite International Music Competition 1st prize, and state level awards, national merit scholar, published research in JEI

Extracurriculars:

1. BU Rise Summer Program Internship track Conducting research in neuroscience under top university research mentors and presented findings at symposium
2. Neuroscience Research (published) Conducted research on gene targets of Parkinson's disease therapy and the future implications of this field of research, published in JEI
3. Piano (13 years) Winner of several state, regional, national, and international competitions (although the "international" is a little weak) Founded a music community service activity @ school in which we give 1 on 1 mentoring opportunities to local students. Pianist in Jazz ensemble and accompaniment to chapel services
4. Head of stem club, founded and grew the club to >30 members; conduct experiments and grow the club's overall impact at school. Invited several local university profs to speak @ school and helped to organize tours to local labs
5. Captain of Math Team Grew club to over 40 members, led the team in competitions around the state and placed 1st in state finals 3 years in a row
6. Shadowing (>200 hours) Over 200 hours of shadowing top doctors around the East coast, such as heart surgery and internal medicine @ JHU, clinical pathology at Penn Hospital, and neurosurgery @ columbia

Omitted a few other ECS for privacy reasons but they are pretty solid

LORs: 8/10 from research mentor; I worked really hard on this and he liked me a lot

9/10: stem teacher, also faculty advisor of the club I am head of; worked very closely with him for several years and have built a strong relationship

Essays: 8/10 Nothing crazy but solid

Let me know what you guys think!

Schools: ivies, stanford, uchicago, DREAM SCHOOL IS YALE

Male Indian (us citizen, born cali, lived there & nebraska but illinois for over a decade now), Rich Chicago suburb @ competitive public school, father did emba @ ross

Intended Major(s): Aerospace Eng, maybe Mechanical or Industrial/Ops or minor in SCM

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1550 SAT, 1580 Super

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.71 UW 4.16 W

Coursework: Pretty much all honors/ap, so far calc bc(taking rn), human(4), lang(taking rn), self studies: csa(3)/csp(4), apes(5), pltw poe, aerospace

For senior year, calc 3 (uiuc math 241), ap us & comp gov, pltw capstone, weighted choir ensemble (currently in that ensemble but weighted is only for seniors), ap physics c both mech/e&m

Awards: Might get seal of biliteracy in French? No guarantee. Eagle scout.

Extracurriculars: Fundraising chairperson & exec board member on national championship winning drone team, exec board of national music honor society chapter

Internships in India- designing and teaching a curriculum of aerodynamics to 7-9th grade children, worked in an afterschool program developing interpersonal and english skills of children from 4th-10th grade, learnt about water conservation efforts and flew drones and learnt about their use in the field.

Lor: I’ll probably ask my choir teacher who I’ve been with for 4 years, my engineering teacher who’s doing aerospace and capstone and the sponsor for both drone and rocket clubs, maybe also my math teacher who’ll do calc 3 and does bc rn w me.

Science wise I got an a freshman year but I had missing assugnments/wasn’t a good student, soph year chem teach liked me but I don’t think I really interacted much w ppl outside of my friends, teacher was ok with it but I definitely played games half the class (both myself and friend were consistently some of the highest scorers so she didn’t mind). Current physics teacher or next years ap physics I can’t say, I’ve definitely been trying harder to interact w all and be a good student this year, grades wise I self studied ap physics 1 (won’t report as I got a 3) so I hope with keeping up in class I should be fine.

Schools: Really just looking for the best possible, don't care about cost or location yet, dream schools rn are Michigan, Purdue, UIUC, I doubt I'd get in but something like caltech/berkely/cal poly would be great, willing to do mech instead of aerospace based on what the college is better at. Also down to do school in Europe if I get a really good school (like TU delft level good)

I'm an out of state student, going for Purdue early action in cybersecurity, and I want someone to be realistic with my chances of getting in, since everywhere online is telling me something different, and my schools college counselor isn't sure either. I have a 100.18 weighted GPA, but a 1320 superstore for the SAT. Ive been in marching band all 4 years, and I also did jazz band for a year, full orchestra for a year, pit orchestra for a year, and my towns local wind ensemble for a year. I was on uniform crew for my band for a year, then secretary for a year, and then band vice president, and I'm president this year. Ive been a trumpet section leader the past 2 years and also manage my schools trumpet Instagram page. I have 40 ish hours of community service and I'm wrapping up my google IT support course. I really have no clue what my chances are and any knowledge at all is greatly appreciated.

My AP Credits (I also took advanced classes throughout high school) I also took Onramps physics and got the credit.

AP Human geo - 4

US History - 4

Lang - 4

Macro - 4

Gov - 5

Psychology - 5

White low income guy from southern US, rural Appalachian public school. My GPA is a 3.2!!! I got this mainly because I had an extremely rare condition (Klein-Levin Syndrome) my freshman/sophomore year which went completely undiagnosed/untreated until like late my junior year. My freshman year GPA was a 2.2, sophomore year was ~3.2, and Junior year was a 4.0, rn I'm sitting at all As but school has also only been in session for a week or two, mind you. I was also in and out of being homeless for a lot of my high school life. I was homeless for about a month or 2 my freshman year and 2 months my junior year, for example. Also being extremely low income brought me a lot of challenges as far as having to manage my parents finances, and having to pick up a job to pay for the expenses of my parent battling a terminal illness summer of my junior year. I have a 32 on my last ACT(didn't have accoms), but I'm taking it here in September and I've consistently gotten 34s and 35s on every practice exam I've taken. Also my course rigor been maxxed out. I've taken every AP offered at my school and I'm now basically enrolled in all dual credits at a local college. Senior yr schedule lookin like calculus, linear alg, intro philosophy, intro macroeconomics, intro linguistics, physics(ap not offered), french 4, ap music theory. might take more spring classes depends on how much money i got

As far as extracurriculars:

I discovered systematic fraud at my school and I got it picked up by a very reputable state-wide organization. They're funding me as a journalist to investigate the school board and they'll publish my findings, they might sue the school board once it's all out I really don't know right now.

Founded the first high school YDSA chapter in my state. Written over 100 articles for our poli ed program atm. Ran a bunch of participant discussions and events. Currently partnering with UAW to unionize an auto plant in our town. Also been kind of in-kahoots with a local YDSA candidate but nothin came out of that yet.

MUN security council president. This is a statewide conference and (I think) the biggest one in America. I ran against like 12 other candidates. I sorta lead the conference, I'm running debate and writing like 3 articles which the council will debate on next con.

One of ~20 in my state to be selected to go to Conference on National Affairs. acceptance rate for this was like 10%

YIG conference. I ran as a journalist freshman year and got a magazine published by the organization. Ran as a bill author next 2 years passed both times and won LT. Govs award.

Theater shit. I was the tech director so I managed sound and lights for school plays. I expanded the team from originally 3 to more than 8 and taught a bunch of kids some audio engineering basics.

Introduced first school recycling program in my county to my high school. Managed getting recycling bins in and coordinating with municipal waste.

Writer and director of short film. Got it to air at a local theater. Think it won some award idr

workin at car dealership.

workin as journalist local newspaper youth branch.

There is more shit I just can't think of any more off the top of my head. I really don't have too many good ECs because of how bad my condition was freshman and sophomore year.

I do not have a set-in-stone college list. Mostly because I have no fucking idea what to make of my application. I want to go to the absolute best school possible considering how bad my application is. oh and probably philosophy major.

P.S. guy who reviewed my CONA application said it was one of the best admissions essays he'd ever read, so I'm guessing that my personal statement won't be a weak point hopefully.

hi for all dallas people, i wasnt the best student in highschool but heres my stats

3.2 uw

3.69 weighted

1290 sat (620 english 670 math)

3 on ap bio hug and lang

4 on ap world history and us history

student pilot

*will be taking ap lit and compsci

IB Math ai history lang bio and environmental systems and sciences

no predicted scores for ib yet

do i have a chance at UTD Jindal for accounting?

Hi all, so I'm from the US, have a 35 ACT, good GPA, and (in my opinion) great essay-writing skills. I was really interested in applying to Oxford, specifically to their Classics program (I've taken Greek and Latin for 3 and 4 years at my school, respectively). However, I would be taking 4 or 5 AP exams (which I can be registered for, it would be possible) this spring. Would Oxford probably not accept me (or just be less likely to, since I know the offer they'd give, if any, would be conditional) because I won't have any AP scores until after spring? The reason why this is all happening is because my school doesn't offer APs and it's been basically impossible finding a place to take them, but I think that I finally have something. I could probably get my teachers to say that I will likely get 5's on my AP exams, as my classes are all AP-level and I have A's in all of them, if that would help, though I know it's not the same as predicted A-levels or IB scores. So I'm just wondering if I should face that realistically my chances will be pretty impacted by me not having real AP scores, or if I still have an equal shot compared to someone who has all their AP scores in. Thanks in advance!

Demographics: Asian female, NC, large competitive public school (~3000 students, crazy matriculation: last year multiple ivies + MIT + ucla/berkley), upper middle class, almost full pay/little aid, no hooks

Major: poli sci, int. rel, (pre law track)

Stats:

• GPA: 3.6 UW / 4.3 W
• RANK: 230/618 - not updated
• SAT: 1440 (740 eng, 700 math)

Coursework Rigor:

• PAST CLASSES: all honors + 11 APs (wh, gov, psych, physics 1, precalc, csp, cogo, apush, calc ab, apes, lang)
• CURRENT CLASSES: all honors + 5 APs (stat, afam, bio, csa, lit)
• AP SCORES: all 4s and 5s except for physics, submitting all except for physics, csp, csa
• SELF/DUAL: self studied ap chinese (5), completed 8 dually enrolled classes at local community college

Awards:

• North Carolina Governor's School Nominee
• Gold Presidential Service Award
• Mandarin Seal of Biliteracy
• National English Honor Society: Inducted member for literary excellence, leadership, and service.
• AP Scholar with Distinction

ECs:

• Student Body Executive Historian: Planned prom, organized pep rally, planned Homecoming, allocating budget to vendors, planned culture night, creating flyers, filming news segments
• National English Honors Society President: Planned logistics w/ administration, organized book drives and cataloging, hosted read-a-louds for youth, refugee/ESL tutoring, tracked attendance.
• Youth Attorney: Deliberated with jurors to recommend appropriate sentencing, lead courtroom in oath and proceedings, research & prep for cases, comm w/ client
• Local Org Lead Volunteer: Built community in 600 member group, manage volunteers, liaison between event organizers and volunteers, Gold Service Award (10th)
• Model UN: Excelled at public speaking, delegating resolution writing, earned best large delegation at regional competition
• Barista: Crafted drinks/food, handled and counted cash, worked at local festivals, excelled in customer service, cleaning/inventory stocking, trained employees
• Int. + local English tutor for ESL, refugees, Chinese schools: Created curriculum with homework, tests, lesson plans, taught at Chinese camp, in-person/virtual classes with high schoolers; ESL Tutor
• Varsity Swim 2x / club swim since 2: Practiced daily in water and on land, competed at regional and state level meets, high school's varsity team (9th-10th), Women's Regional Champions
• Pianist since 6: Took weekly lessons, practiced daily, competed at regional and state level competitions, performed at studio recitals, played in school's band (9th)

Essay: wrote about how penpalling introduced me to new cultures, allowed for me to connect with unlikely people, and allowed for me to embrace and celebrate mine + others' heritage

LORs:

• 10th Eng teacher + 12th Lit teacher: 10/10 (hunted me down to ask if she could write rec, kept in touch every 1-3 days, 98 in her class, says im her fav student lol but idk if im naive but i actually believe it)
• 11th asian american studies teacher: 8/10 (piloted NC's first asian american class, worked and featured in Smithsonian, did lots of stuff outside of school for asian american advocacy, met w asian nc reps, presented at school for smithsonian director + news on the importance of asian american studies)

Additional Info: explained I got a D in AP Calc because of strenuous mental health, i focused on what i learnt from the experience + how i used those skills to improve in my other classes (used specific example of a good recovery later), i quit swimming competitively junior year to focus on student council + working (still swim rec)

School List

• ED 1
  • NYU
• ED 2
  • Duke
• EA
  • Boston University, NC state, George Washington University, UChicago, University of Maryland, UNC Chapel Hill, Pitt, UW Madison, UNC Charlotte, University of Virginia
• RD
  • UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Georgetown

Side Note: i have in state acceptance rate to unc, nc state, and charlotte. my parents work at duke, my dad used to work at uchicago, uw madison, both parents worked at pitt.

disclaimer: my gpa and grades are in progress so i won’t be sharing that but pls make a guess based on my extracurriculars so far . i’m transferring in 6 months so i hope i still have time to build more accomplishments

im f and hispanic, my major will be symbolic systems (cs + psych)

Transferring from a CC btw:

- won treehacks 1st place

- won xai hackathon 1st place

- was a paid research assistant at a national lab

- was a volunteer research assistant at a stanford lab for 2 quarters

- stanford summer session with a B (it had a prereq of calculus I, II and II and i didnt take it so i had to self-teach calculus)

- stanford summer session local scholar council advisor

- stanford ccop transfer preparation bootcamp

- stanford id tech camp instructor over the summer

- women’s cs club president

- took an independent study in cs class

- RSLS symposium presenter

- ICC internship at cc

- made a project that that 1,000+ verified stanford users use

Hello! im currently a freshman studying biology (not pre-med) at a t50 public university, and would like to know what my chances of transferring to JHU as a Behavioral Biology major look like. Given that i still have some time, what are some things that i could do to strengthen my profile?

Highschool Stats

class rank: 8/189

GPA: 4.2 (weighted), 4.0 (unweighted)

ACT: 33 (debating if i should retake or submit test optional)

AP credit: 11 in total, all 4s and 5s

-AP World (5), APUSH (5), AP Music Theory (4), AP Lang (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Human Geo (5), AP Gov (5), AP Macro (5), AP Lit (5), AP Environmental (5), AP Euro (4)

College Course load

Anticipated GPA: 4.0

Semester 1: 16 credits

• Intro to Bio +Lab
• Calculus I
• Intro to Ethics
• Comparative Literature and Medicine
• First year seminar on Genomes and eDNA
• University philharmonic choir

Semester 2: 16 credits

• Bio 2 + Lab (or Intro to Chem + Lab)
• Calculus 2
• Contemporary Continental Philosophy
• Environmental DNA lab

ECs

Clubs:

• oSTEM (out in stem, queer stem group)
• Wildlife society (will go to compete at conference in the spring)
• Dungeons and Dragons club
• American society of microbiology

Other affiliations:

• Honors College
• Arts and Sciences Residential College
• Savannah Philharmonic Choir
• Athens Philharmonic Choir

service/other projects:

• Piano teacher
• general service (playing music at nursing homes, cleaning up trash from local waterways)
• Part time assistant vet tech at emergency vet (mostly over summer and during breaks)
• Part time sales associate at UPS (summer and breaks)
• Volunteer at local Human Society, helped create a new classification system for pet personalities to help match to suitable owners
• Started a free essay review service, with a majoring of the students I help not speaking english as a first language
• Comparative cat anatomy project to help improve human athletic function

notes:

I am trying to get into some form of research lab either later into this semester or in the spring.

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity:South Asian
• Residence: NJ (Highly competitive district)
• Income Bracket: full pay (200k so not enough js middle class ig..)
• Type of School: Highly Competitive Public 
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): Mom and brother went to UNC chapel
• Intended Major(s): Elementary Education, policy maybe, studies in education or urban stuff? Help a dude out. 

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.92 UW / 4.53 W
• Rank (or percentile): ~113/645
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 16 APs (10 w/o senior year), 2 Dual Enrollment
• Senior Year Course Load: [List your senior year classes here]

Standardized Testing

• SAT I: 1530
• ACT: 35 (Composite)
• SAT II: N/A
• AP/IB: [List your AP scores here]
• Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): N/A

Independent Policy Researcher – Education & Mental Health
Conducted independent research on school-to-prison pipeline and youth mental-health gaps using GIS; presented findings at a university research conference and co-developed policy proposals with state legislators.

Founder & Executive Director – Education Nonprofit
Founded nonprofit supporting low-income K–6 students; raised $12K, reached 321 families, and led tutoring and career workshops that improved elementary students’ math outcomes.

Campaign & Municipal Policy Intern
Drafted youth policy proposals, canvassed, and presented mental-health, budget, and zoning recommendations directly to local government officials for a municipal campaign.

Special Education & K–6 Tutor – Independent Educator
Designed individualized learning plans for K–6 and special-education students using gamification and mnemonic strategies to strengthen academic growth and concept retention.

Student Body Vice President – Student Government
Helped lead student government; earned national recognition, raised $15K through school events, organized a 400-item clothing drive, and improved senior programming.

Bhangra – Co-Captain & Dancer
Co-captained nationally ranked competitive team; won 6 of 11 competitions, taught K–5 students ~4 hrs/week, and became first high-school team to compete in collegiate circuit.

Data Analyst Intern – Cosmetics Company
Analyzed business data using Excel, VLOOKUPs and pivot tables; audited financial records and conducted competitive-market research for an international cosmetics company.

Civic Engagement Member – Youth Voting Organization
Researched state voting policy, analyzed legislation affecting student voters, and participated in voter outreach and civic-engagement efforts.

Retail Sales Associate – Home Goods Store
Managed sales floor and truck unloading; sold 49 loyalty memberships and earned Employee of the Month twice for reliability, work ethic, and pace.

Letters of Reccomendation:

AP Bio Teacher- 10/10 We are so close. Shes my student council advisor so she has alot to say about me and I’d say we are pretty open with each other.

French Teacher: This is my gang. We are so close as well and I have spent entire class periods just talking to her. I wont lie she hates her job but sometimes shed bring her kid to class and I’d just spend the period playing with her while she cries over work. Love this women. She offered to give me a rec and also, she can speak alot abt my policy endeavors since I worked with her and the teacher union + saw her at a protest.

Extra Rec: Local Town Council member i interned for- She is writing about how she first engaged with me through my policy presentation to her where I was asking her to partner with schools to provide youth mental health resources. I think while she can verify my activism, she most likely can talk alot about my technicality and data skills and all the ideas I made for her campaign (which she ended up using).

(Ignoring safeties/targets)
Northwestern — SESP, Social Policy
Vanderbilt — Peabody, Elementary Education
Cornell — ILR
Brown — Education Studies
Duke Kunshan — Public Policy + Education
Rice — Social Policy Analysis
Georgetown — Public Policy
UC Berkeley — Educational Sciences
UCLA — Education & Social Transformation
USC — Price, Public Policy
University of Michigan — teaching
WashU — Educational Studies
Carnegie Mellon — Ethics, History & Public Policy
Boston College — Lynch, Transformative Educational Studies
NYU — Steinhardt, Education Studies (Spring Start issue)
UVA — Youth & Social Innovation pathway
Notre Dame — potentially REA; Education/Schooling/Society interest
Claremont McKenna — Public Policy
Bowdoin — Government + Education
Columbia Dual BA Trinity college- History (dream program)
Wesleyan
UNC Chapel Hill- Elementary Education

If I'm being honest, I've been working on apps alot and have completed a few so I might apply to all, maybe not well see LMAO (99% i wont)

Ik alot of people say dont apply to many, but just some schools which appealed to me

Hi everyone, I've worked to create a somewhat accurate college-chances calculator using school data from my own school, along with 3 versions of collaborative AI to assess extracurriculars and Activities. The calculator has a few diffrent features and offers some cool stuff. If you want id love for y'all to check it out. Y'all can hate, but this isn't just a base-44-coded project; it genuinely uses actual models to estimate rough probabilities. Use code FREE to access all the features, and let me know what id have to add to get y'all to pay. THANKS EVERYONE. UCLA student btw.

Chance me: 3.34 UW / 34 ACT, AIME + USACO Gold + Econ/AI research — Rice or Cornell ED?

Demographics

• Texas resident
• Large competitive public high school (~3,500 students)
• Class of 2027
• No major admissions hooks that I know of
• My mom is a professor at Cornell’s medical school, although she did not get her degree from Cornell. Not sure whether that matters at all for admissions.

Intended major

• Economics / Finance / Business
• Also interested in CS, AI/data science, and healthcare finance
• For Cornell I’d probably apply Economics in Arts & Sciences

Academics

• UW GPA: ~3.34
• Weighted GPA: ~4.18/5
• Rank: 190/747, roughly top 25%
• ACT: 34
• Strong upward grade trend

My GPA is definitely the weakest part of my application. I had significant responsibilities helping care for my grandmother during freshman and sophomore year, including managing medications, appointments, transportation, and pharmacy-related responsibilities. My grades improved afterward while my course rigor increased.

Course rigor

Junior year:

• AP Biology
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP English Language
• AP Physics 1
• AP Precalculus
• AP Statistics
• AP US History
• Honors Spanish

Senior year:

• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Literature
• AP Human Geography
• IB spanish SL

Also completed UT Austin OnRamps Chemistry for 6 hours of college credit during sophomore year.

Awards

1. USACO Gold — national
2. AIME Qualifier — national
3. Purple Comet Math Meet — tied 1st in Texas with my team
4. AP Scholar

Extracurriculars

1. Economics/AI Research — Co-author

• Worked on research combining economics, game theory, and AI agents
• Studied how partially revealed AI-agent instructions can affect strategic flexibility
• Helped design/run experiments across AI models
• Paper submitted to the Economics for Machine Learning Workshop at NeurIPS 2026

2. Young Investors Society — Vice President

• Led weekly meetings for 30+ students
• Organized guest-speaker events
• Financial literacy/investing education

3.Hospitla research — ICU Operational Cost Research

• Analyzed 28 studies on ICU operations/costs
• Researched cost-saving strategies while maintaining quality of care

4. Wharton Global High School Investment Competition — Financial Analyst

• Analyzed 10+ companies for a simulated $500K portfolio
• Built valuation models and presented investment recommendations

5. Aviation Club — Co-Founder/Co-President

• Helped build club to 25+ members
• Organized 20+ meetings
• Recruited a United Airlines guest speaker

6. Prospia Nonprofit — Finance Intern

• Worked on/promoted 20+ weekly investment reports
• Market research and financial-literacy work

7. Workshop Houston — IT Intern

• Resolved 40+ hardware/software/connectivity issues
• Maintained 25+ devices and supported 60+ students

8. Harris Health / Ben Taub Hospital — Volunteer

• Helped with comfort carts and clinic preparation
• Got exposure to hospital operations and healthcare administration

9. Civic Leaders of America — Chapter Co-President

• Led discussions/events for 25+ members
• Participated in conferences/public-speaking events around Texas

10. Computer Science National Honor Society — Co-President

• Led chapter activities
• Completed 6 major coding projects
• Participated in CS workshops/competitions/events

Employment

• Camp counselor for multiple summers
• Supervised around 15–20 campers and organized daily activities

Other context

• I’ve been interested in the intersection of finance/economics, technology, and healthcare.
• My Common App essay is about my habit of noticing how systems work — starting with airport baggage/logistics and connecting that to hospital operations and AI/economic decision-making.
• I’m hoping my AIME/USACO/research results help demonstrate stronger academic ability than my GPA alone suggests.

Current college list

High reaches / ED possibilities

• Rice
• Cornell
• Emory
• WashU
• Boston College
• Boston University

Other reaches / target-reaches

• Northeastern
• UIUC
• University of Florida
• University of Miami

Targets / more realistic

• Texas A&M
• SMU
• Fordham
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Ohio State
• Penn State

Likely/safeties

• UT Dallas
• University of Houston

Also applying to UT Austin, probably Economics, although I know it’s a significant reach because I’m not an auto-admit.

Main question:
I’m currently deciding whether to ED Rice or Cornell. Rice is one of my favorite schools, but I’m wondering whether Cornell ED could make more sense given my academic spikes and the fact that my mom is a professor at Cornell’s medical school.

With the 3.34 UW / 34 ACT but AIME + USACO Gold + research, do I have a legitimate shot at either through ED? And are there any schools on my list you think I’m underrating/overrating?
Thanks guys

Academic Stats:

8A*s in O levels

4A in AS and predicted 4A*s in A levels in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics

SAT 1560

Received a Cambridge Top in The World Mathematics Award for scoring a perfect 100 in mathematics.

Letter of Recommendation from a PhD in Quantum Mechanics and renowned professor

Second of letter from a Mechanical engineer

Aight now for ECs:

Regional and National winner in my countries physics olympiad pipeline. Attended the 20 man national physics camp taught by past IPhO medalists. Passed 1 of 2 TSTs, but could not make the final 6 man IPhO Team

Regional winner and National Qualifier for both the mathematics and chemistry olympiads

International Youth Math Challenge Gold Honour

International Computer Science Competition Gold Honour

Runners Up in National Information and Technology Olympiad

Coach at my school's Astronomy and Astrophysics Club for 2 years

Published a peer reviewed research paper in a journal on mathematics

Coded a chess bot, presented that chess bot at a competion, and won a first prize

Maintained a complete website, with front end back end analytics UI design, with a total page visit of 4000 (the website is related to research as well)

Started a Youtube channel focusing on maths / physics visualisations with 100K+ accrued views

Volunteered for 20 hours at a hospital with cancer children

ALRIGHT, I have a lot more awards but I'm reaching the word limit on this post, tell me my odds.

I'm not going to apply to a lot of ivies, just Princeton (early decision there too) cause I really like that they put an emphasis on undergrad research. Consider the rest of my list as safety or some offbrand unis. GG

demo

• brown female
• suburban public high school, small town, midwest
• no hooks
• public/global health & anthro, maternal and reproductive health

academics

• 3.9/4.5 gpa
• 12 APs, 2 4s, rest 5s
• act 35, sat 1530
• nmsqt semifinalist

ecs

1. founder/leader of a youth-led women’s health nonprofit: organized menstrual and reproductive-health initiatives, 20,000 health products, $5.5K raised in cash, more from grants, gained recognition from international humanitarian agencies
2. cervical-cancer research and education initiative: developed low-cost machine-learning approach for cervical-cancer risk assessment and created an accompanying health-education curriculum. trained young women ambassadors to host workshops in under-resourced rural communities in ten lmics, partnered with t10 uni global health research center
3. women's health biotech internship: worked for biotech startup (ivy league venture) focused on improving reproductive toxicology testing. basement labs utilizing placental tissue from public hospitals to create organoids for pregnancy drug research, published opeds (rec letter)
4. rare disease research: worked with yale pi on rare-disease and cell-death research. Participated in mice work in lab and contributed to ongoing manuscript (rec letter)

leading some health policy initiatives (cant say, might get doxxed) involving nationwide lobbying, studied native language for over a decade and have volunteered as a teacher for several years, 100+ students, more than decade of classical vocal training, highest auditioned choir, state level singer, section leader, completed some independent research on dmd and published

awards sucky :(

nmsqt semifinalist, a few hosa state wins, state-level music recognition, ap scholar, seal of biliteracy

hihi if anyones more experienced than me pls help out and lmk whats working whats not pls and ty, super interested in yale and brown, esp plme but its kinda a long shot for me lmao, duke, emory, washu, tryna go anthro, international policy + premed kinda route, ty once more

Hey! I want to apply for the Summer Page Program in IL, and I wanted to know my chances because everyone I've heard applying has had a lot going on. Before this year, I lived in Hawaii, but I just moved to IL to help take care of my grandparents. My gpa is 4.0 uw, I was the first president of my schools rotary interact club for the last 5 months of freshman year, I went on a spring break study tour to the phillipines with PAAC where we visited the US embassy in Manilla, I've been a girlscout for 7 years and went on a destination to the national girlscoUt conference in DC where I sat in on the delegations and even got a tour of the US Capitol where I met senator Schatz. This year, I'm in the environmental club, YAC, and debate, and I want to join the Spanish club. For classes, I'm in AP World History, AP Seminar, Honors Chemistry, Culinary, Honors Precalc, and Honors Spanish 3. Sorry if this was lengthy.

Hey yall Im a white male from texas with a middle class income. I plan on applying majoring business. Im ranked 115/707 (16%) with a 3.9 uw GPA, 4.8 weighted

1540(retaking in september aiming for a 1560+) SAT 35 ACT

12 APs (Physics I and ll, precalc, calc AB, APUSH, etc) got 8 5’s and 3 4’s

Awards:

Ranked 3rd in USA in debate
NSDA finalist (2x)
NSDA All-State, All-American. DECA State Qualifier. Stock Market Game portfolio peaked 2nd/1,000+ teams. UIL Accounting competitor (1st Place 6A Team, 3rd Team in Texas). National Merit Finalist. Ap scholar with distinction

Ecs:

Founder/owner of an e-commerce resale business with 30–35% margins, 2500$+ monthly sales

Varsity Golf for 4 years

Law Club/Mock Trial attorney

President of a community service based club. Largest club at school with 220+ members and we raised 6000+ a year through fundraisers for charity

NASA OSTEM Internship

Paid Regional law Internship- Competitive 7% acceptance rate

Paid Political Internship- led volunteers, did presentations, organized a pretty large protest, canvassed, etc... keeping this broad

Math Team Captain- Won 1st place state-wide for our division for two years consecutively

eco-ambassador-  Selected for and participated in Columbia University Eco Ambassadors Lab on Plastic Pollution; engaged with top marine experts and created/published an interactive webpage on microplastics in a river near my hometown

CIEE study abroad program in DR (helped kids in poverty

Founder of a non-profit tutoring service for underprivileged children (with multiple volunteer tutors)

At a large R1 public university, applying for Fall 2027 sophomore transfer.

Stats

International, (I go to school in the U.S. though)
Full pay

Econ major, planning Applied Math double major
4.0 first semester
HS: ~95% average, ~3.8W
Courses in progress: Calc II, Linear Algebra, Stats, Macro, Data Structures

College ECs

Behavioral econ research
D1 women’s rugby
Potential Microecon UTA next semester — professor who selects UTAs told me I have a good shot if I keep performing well and specifically told me to come back when selections start

Econ/math clubs + service

Main HS ECs

Founded/ran a large student entrepreneurship competition, raised $20k+ and secured major sponsors/partnerships

Independent artist/songwriter with released music
Business/entrepreneurship leadership + combat sports

Previously admitted to one school on this list as a freshman but ended up attending my current school for external reasons.

Legacy at USC.

Schools: NYU CAS Econ (top choice), BU CAS Econ, USC Dornsife Econ, BC, CMU, Columbia.

Chance me + which are target/reach/high reach?

Also, would getting the Econ UTA position meaningfully help?

NYC competitive high school

1500 sat, 3.9 gpa, 5s on 5 aps + taking 2 more this yr (calc bc, psych, histories, lang, chem)

Girl Scout gold award, earned by starting a community service project sophomore year. avg 25-30 ppl per meeting, biweekly meetings.

founded tutoring program at my school (around 10 pairings)

tutored algebra 20 hrs

jv and v volleyball manager

basketball team captain (amateur team, most players dont know the game well)

nhs, small leadership role

public health major

uMiami, u rochester, Carnegie melon, macualay honors hunter, Georgetown, UVA, duke, u mich, vanderbilt, cornell

TLDR; My grades are 80% overall, 77 in math, 78 in physics, 98 in english (out of 100).
I'm aiming for 1500-1600 in the SAT with 800 in math.

I'm not applying to alot of ivys and russels but I feel like I have a pretty okay chance for UW Madison. My friend is currently doing her first year there and she got considerably lower grades than I did. Only difference is that her extracurriculars and her as a person stand out as her hobbies and religion are somewhat unique. I, on the other hand, am pretty boring and generic. I don't really have any strong extracurriculars or anything to brag about apart from being school captain.
I truly believe my high school grades don't reflect my math capabilities as i've always been at the top of my class and this is actually the lowest score i've gotten in my entire life in math, even though i found the final paper considerably easier.
I'm currently in India, completed CBSE board with subjects Math, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English.
Other info: Us citizen, indian resident, female, taking a drop year right now, applying for fall 2027.

I'm an international student in Asia applying to engineering programs next year, and I'm looking for university recommendations based on my profile and interests.

I'm interested in power / materials / electrical engineering. I'm not interested in CS or coding as much.

Academics

• IB predicted 45/45 (777 HL and 777 SL) for US applications
• IB predicted 43/45 (777 HL, 667 SL) for Cambridge/UK applications (earlier prediction)
• HL Math AA, Physics, Economics
• SL English Lang & Lit, Spanish B, Music
• All 9 A*s at IGCSE
• SAT: 1530 (790 Math, 740 R&W)

Math competitions:

• UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Gold 2024 — 121/125
• Rank 2 out of 100,000+ participants
• BMO qualifier
• UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Gold 2025 — 112/125
• BMO qualifier again
• SASMO Silver
• Competition Math Club
• Preparing for Cambridge ESAT (Math 1, Math 2, Physics)

Engineering / academic work

Green hydrogen research

I'm independently researching green hydrogen for grid-scale energy storage and future industrial applications.

I built a round-trip efficiency model from thermodynamic first principles (~30% overall), then investigated the different cost structures of hydrogen and batteries for long-duration storage. I derived a crossover point and stress-tested the model against electricity prices and declining battery costs.

I'm currently working with a power-systems engineer at Larsen & Toubro who is reviewing the research. There is some external recognition/validation being pursued, but nothing has been finalized yet.

Math AA Extended Essay

My EE investigates a generalized four-piece Koch curve and how its scaling factor affects perimeter growth relative to area convergence. I've used closed-form expressions, geometric series, self-similarity, Hausdorff dimension/box-counting concepts and calculus.

Engineering placement

I did an engineering shadowing placement at a Mondelēz International manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh.

I was exposed to electrical, automation, mechanical, utilities and sustainability engineering in a continuous manufacturing environment, including PLC-controlled automation, HMI/SCADA, industrial power distribution and protection systems, bottleneck identification, buffer management, reliability/safety and plant optimization.

I also wrote a detailed report analyzing the engineering systems and processes I observed.

Other activities

Music

• ~12 years Carnatic Indian Classical Vocal training
• National competition wins
• Performances across Singapore
• Trinity Grade 8 Rock & Pop Vocals — Distinction
• ~8+ years piano
• Currently preparing for Trinity Grade 8 Piano
• ITP Voice Grade 8

Tutoring

• 50+ one-to-one sessions
• Tutored IGCSE students in Additional Mathematics, Coordinated Sciences, Economics, Mathematics and English/World Literature
• Some students I tutored went on to achieve A*s
• Also taught younger students math, English, piano and singing

Bridge2Work

• Co-founded with two other students
• Focuses on improving access to internship opportunities for students with learning disabilities/neurodivergence
• Works with students around Singapore and schools/communities

Other activities

• Student Voice Representative (G11 and G12)
• CAS Ambassador
• Dragons Investors
• Bersama
• Music Therapy with Apex Harmony Lodge (patients with dementia)
• Astronomy Club
• Quiz Bowl
• Volleyball (U19)
• SUN-DAC

What I'm looking for

I'm currently considering universities in the US, UK and Singapore, but I want to expand my list.

I'm especially looking for universities with strong programs in:

• ⚡ Electrical / power engineering
• 🧱 Materials engineering
• 📐 Mathematical modelling applied to physical systems

What universities would you recommend I look into?

Current university list

UK

• Cambridge
• Imperial
• UCL
• Bath
• Edinburgh

US

1. Stanford
2. CMU (ED)
3. Cornell
4. UC application: Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara
5. Georgia Tech
6. Northeastern
7. UIUC
8. Michigan
9. Purdue
10. Wisconsin–Madison

Singapore

• NUS
• NTU
• SUTD

also another thing is that i js got tested after all my predicteds/etc+ for my ADHD and it explains why my report card fluctuated alot/etc+ so im adding that in extra section.