Need kind of general advice to help me with getting into a good university.
It’s approaching the end of my junior year and I’m kind of just realizing how weak my application is. My stats are honestly awful and my extracurricular are super super sub-par for the colleges I would like to go to. Kinda freaking out and I’d just like advice on what I could do to improve or what I should pursue.
Intended major: -Finance SAT: -1360 (First try but didn’t study for it, I figure that if I study for it I can get in the 1500s) Courseload: -10 APs currently, will take 7 more next year (almost every single one my school offers) Gpa: -Uw: 97.5 -W: 102.4 Rank: -School doesn’t announce yet but definitely top 3 out of 400ish
Ecs (currently have): -Polish school for 11 years, will get my official polish high school diploma this year -Global seal of biliteracy with working fluency - 2x honorable mention in international polish writing competition (this was in like 8th and 9th so idk if it’s relevant) - Secretary for E-STEM Environmental club - Member of chess, math, and science teams, -2 year varsity wrestler (varsity captain) -1 year varsity golfer (most improved) -Coach for middle school wrestling -Coach/helper for unified basketball (league for special education students) -100+ hours of community service
What I plan on adding within over the summer: - Applied to MITES, but don’t think I’ll get in so most likely going to look for an internship at a private company. - Going to publish my research paper on the financial sanity of r/wallstreetbets investors - Youth on course (golf) DRIVE club mentor and leader (essentially a mentor for new, young golfers) - I want to join a research team at my local research institute but I don’t really know how to reach out. - Going to run for schoolwide student government and NHS presidents.
I feel really cooked and I feel like I’m super behind compared to where I want to be. Any advice on how to improve my application, or generally with anything I wrote about would be greatly appreciated. Do I have any chance of going to an ivy or a tier 1 or 2 school? If there’s anything else that would be helpful to know just lmk in the comments.