Asian male for MIT/Stanford
Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.)
Male, Asian, Competitive Public, aggressively middle class
Intended Major(s):
math, cs, econ
ACT/SAT/SAT II:
1560 (800,760) tho planning to retake for 1580
UW/W GPA and Rank:
4.5/3.98 school doesn't rank but i'd assume top 5%
Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc
12APs by end of senior year, also 6 DE classes (in. ODE, Calc 3, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math)
Awards:
USAMO Qual (no medal cuz im a chud tho)
College math comps t10
Purple Comet 1st Place
Economics Award
Some business awards
Extracurriculars:
Service Business w/ 100k revenue
Math YT Channel with 30k subscribers
Club President (100k budget, 1000-person events)
Volunteer Nonprofit (300 people)
Edtech startup CMO (5k active users)
Math Team coaching (team won some awards for this!)
Essays/LORs/Other:
LORs should be 8/10 - club advisor & math teacher loved me, but others are pretty standard
Schools:
Stanford REA (ik im screwed)
MIT
Caltech
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
Cornell
Rest of UCs
Anyways - really concerned about lack of research/work experience - also feel like I haven't done much to stand out? Followed all the advice about applying sideways but really feel like I dont stand out in any particular aspect