Hi i've been looking through all these crazy profiles on this sub and i refuse to believe that these aren't the cream of the crop type applicants to t20 schools. i wanted to know if these stats + ecs are what a normal t20 applicant has, and if i need to beef it up further. appreciate any feedback 🙏

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Asian
• State: Arizona
• School Type: Public High School
• Income: Middle / Upper-Middle Class

Intended Major: Finance/Economics

Academics

GPA:

• 3.85 UW / ~4.5 W

Class Rank:

• NA

Test Scores:

• 1510 SAT 740 RW 770 M (retaking in June/August)

Awards

• AP Scholar with Distinction
• National Speech & Debate Association seals

(No major national awards, i think this is the biggest hole in my app)

Coursework:

• Maxed out APs and honors classes

Extracurriculars

1. Founder & Co-President — AI in STEM (Phoenix Chapter)

• Co-founded the Phoenix chapter of an international student-led AI initiative
• Led 10+ workshops and community events introducing Artificial Intelligence concepts to hundreds of students and the public

2. Vice President - Speech and Debate Club

• Helped double the club membership
• One of the first debaters at my school to break multiple rounds
• Seal of Distinction member

3. Data Science / Machine Learning Intern — Drippy AI

• Worked with startup team on ML/data science tasks
• Built data analysis tools and helped develop OCR technology, which eventually ended up in production
• Youngest member in the cohort

4. AI Tool Development for Tutoring Company

• Built and maintained a tutoring company website
• Used AI tools to generate SAT/ACT-style practice questions
• Helped automate content generation

5. Personal Investment Portfolio

• Earned money through various side hustles and invested
• Beat the S&P 500 for 4 years in a row by an average of 20%
• Worth around ~2K

6. Investment Club Founder + President

• Started the school's first investment club
• Grew total membership to 50+ students
• Ran an investment challenge between the students

7. Personal Finance / AI Project

• Built a dashboard for financial research and uploaded as open source project and app
• Website traffic and research runs reached 500+ users at peak

8. NHS

• Nothing major, just volunteered