Chance a 6'7 ltn Asian dude for Engineering/Business, Ivies + T20s
Demographics
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian
Residence: basement
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Type of School: Medium, semi-competitive public school- we have 3-4 ivies a year
Hooks: n/a
Intended Major: Mechanical engineering, with a second interest in business/entrepreneurship/econ when applicable
Academics
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.7 W
Rank: likely top 2, but school doesn't rank
APs completed: All 5s, World, US History, Stats, Chem
Junior Courses: AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, College Spanish Honors, AP Physics Mech, English 11 Honors, AP CSP
Standardized Testing
SAT: 1590
Extracurricular / Activities
-Science Research @ T100 — 2nd author in robotics-related SPIE published paper
-Engineering/Research Intern @ Ivy League — worked on CAD/control systems for some NOAA and NSF-backed projects
-Business Club Chapter President (FBLA, BPA, DECA, etc - not tryna get doxxed) — Raised $14k+, broke membership record (180+ members)
-Community Service Org Co-Founder/Director — started a community service branch within the business club mentioned above, raised a separate $10k+ for charity, set up community events
-Independent Science Research — research in the same field as EC #1, planning to submit to Regeneron STS next fall (not expecting to get anything), selected to give a keynote speech about it at a local science fair tho 🥶
-Science Olympiad chapter co-founder/co-captain — qual'd for states in our first two years (first from our county to do so ina minute), top 20 team in the state, filmed some science experiment videos for elementary schools
-Varsity Volleyball Starter, #1 Team in region
-Varsity Basketball
-Student Council Secretary
-Volunteer SAT Tutor @ Schoolhouse, 50+ hours
-Volunteer basketball coach/robotics instructor @ local community center, 100+ hours
Awards / Honors
- State/Regional Champion, international recognition in business club mentioned above
-Columbia Uni Science Honors Program (about a 15% accept rate i think)
-Science Olympiad State, Regional, Invitational Medalist
-All my school's honor societies + co-prez of math honor society
-pretty sure ima get national merit semifinalist
-ap scholar w/ distinction
Essays
started thinking about my personal statement a lil bit, but overall i'd say ima solid writer, def not like a strong creative writer or wtvr, I think my essays will not improve my application by much but won't hurt it either
LORs
-professor @ T100, prolly like 8/10
-professor @ Ivy, prolly like 9/10
-math teacher, i'd say 9/10
-english teacher, 7.5/10?
-business club advisor, 9/10
School List:
probably gonna try most of the t20s, including hypsm, penn M&T, cornell, Duke, GA tech, NYU Stern BTE, Michigan Ross IBE, JHU, Northwestern, CMU, Rice, Berkeley, Vandy, purdue, and some state schools too
ANY ADVICE/HELP/TIPS/CRITICISM WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!! 🙏🤲🙏