I am a rising senior living in Illinois, and will be applying to colleges this fall.

A school will resolve yes if I am accepted. This includes if I am accepted conditionally, or off of the waitlist, or only in a “second-choice” major. No matter how I am accepted, it will resolve yes.

It will resolve no if I am rejected.

It will resolve N/A if I choose not to apply.

Here is some information about me. I will add anything else that may be relevant if people ask in the comments:

1590 SAT (800 reading, 790 math). 36 ACT. 4.0 unweighted GPA, 4.767 weighted. I’m probably ranked around 4 in a class of ~350.

I have taken the following AP classes, and received 5s on all of them: calculus BC, physics 1 and 2, chemistry, language and composition, US history, world history, macroeconomics, human geography.

I am undecided on a major. I have flirted with doing any of math, computer science, physics, engineering, or economics at some time or another. Some schools you don’t need to choose immediately. For those where you do, I will probably do either physics or engineering. I will prioritise choosing physics at most schools, except for places where the engineering is known to be significantly better than physics.

extracurriculars:

science Olympiad all years of high school, this year our team got second place in state. I received gold medals in materials science and robotics event. However our school is in the A division, which is less competitive than the AA division.

I sing in multiple choirs, and the school a cappella group. I have qualified for the statewide high school honors choirs multiple years. I also perform in musicals at school, and have gotten a couple of lead roles.

I have done some volunteering through habitat for humanity and other organizations. A bit more than 100 total hours last year.

I do some other stuff, but those are the most noteworthy things.

Context:

I am half white, half Asian. Male. Both my parents went to college and my dad is a professor. We are pretty well-off, but not absurdly rich.

On the other hand, I go to a very diverse Title I public school, which means that we have many low-income students. So there isn’t a lot of funding, less attention is payed to higher achieving students, fewer opportunities available, etc.

Overall: basically the vibe is I’m smart and test very well, but haven’t done anything super super impressive.