3. Weekly /r/ApplyingToCollege 'Chance Me' Thread

Weekly /r/ApplyingToCollege 'Chance Me' Thread

Here's my academic profile, I'm a sophomore that is looking at competitive colleges like UChicago, Stanford, Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Vassar, Williams, Cornell and UCBerkeley.

Dual Enrollment: English Composition I and II, Psychology, Sociology, Algebra(incl. trigonometry), World History, Oral Communications, Computer Networking, Criminal Justice, and a Visual Basic class. I also took their math placement test and placed into ODE/out of Calculus 2, they don't even offer calculus tho so I'm stuck with online courses.

GPA in college: 4.0 GPA outside of college: 4.0 Weighted GPA(all classes besides college are on a 4.0 scale and college/AP is on 5.0): 4.8

ACT: 31.0/31.5 (30(32 for SS) English, 33 Math, 28 Science, and 33 Reading) I plan to raise this because its abysmal but I'm not sure about when to start and I think test prep is a massive waste of time. SAT: 2100(210 PSAT, I hate the test and will only use for NM.)

Subjective: EdX/Coursera/Udemy/Online Courses(only the ones that I have certificates for): ContractsX(Law, Harvard), The Science of Happiness(Neuroscience, UCBerkeley), Exoplanets, Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe, The Violent Universe(All Astrophysics, ANU), Introduction to Linux(Computer Science, Linux Foundation), Relational Algebra, and Computer Science 101, SQL(All Computer Science, Stanford). Current/Waiting on Certificate EdX/Coursera/Udemy/Online Courses: Introduction to Environmental Science(Environmental Science, Dartmouth), Introduction to Differential Equations(Mathematics, Boston University), Applications of Linear Algebra Part 1(Mathematics, Davidson), Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press(Political Science, Harvard), and Chinese History(History, Harvard).

Worked at the local food bank for tons. I've logged over 500 hours. Tutored at the local after school program to help kids struggling with math and science. Helped to organize an entirely new way to tutor children with less income that uses older books to lower the burden on underprivileged children. Youth leader/working Helped coach my younger brother's basketball team for the past 5 years Refereed soccer last year(level 10 USSF) Worked repairing computers on a somewhat consistent basis since I was 10
Started an online learning initiative at my college, 50-100 people have gone through it. That is part of the reason for all of my online courses.

Honors/Awards/Recognition Stuff: Phi Theta Kappa Mu Eta Sigma National Home School Honor Society Various other math and science awards(AMC 10/12 high scores, AIME once(6), never USAMO tho. Lots of simple research/science fair stuff.)

Random stuff: I'm from Arkansas I really love literature. Our income is $130,000 per year

What do y'all think?

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