Brown boy wants to go to Uchicago

DEMOGRAPHICS: Gender: Male Ethnicity: Pakistani/Chilean Residence: Rural southern Wisconsin Income Bracket: 150,000 yr Type of school: Public

Intended major(s) economics, public policy, finance (dependent on school)

ACADEMICS:

Class Rank: 1/134 GPA: 4.0 UW ( my school doesn't rank) AP classes: taken 7 (5 more my snr. Yr) 12 is what my school offers, 4 honor classes Dual enrollment: 2 classes at a UW Whitewater

TESTING

ACT: 35 AP exams: should be all 5s and one four in statistics (I'll adjust once my scores come out)

Extracurriculars/Activities

1). Work for my late grandfather's nonprofit in STEM, operate the day-to-day

2). Work on special projects for a Girls school in Kenya, having to do with homesteading, micro business and agriculture

3). President of FBLA

4). President of DECA

  1. Varsity XC 4yrs

6). Professional drummer, have my own jazz and rock bands

7). Founded a board game club at my school to connect people through board games.

8). Math Tutor and Drum teacher

9). Boys Nation senator from Wisconsin. 100 students out of nation, very competitive government camp thing.

AWARDS/HONORS

AP Scholar with distinction WSMA distinguished soloist WSMA state honors band FBLA Nationals competitor for Data science FBLA state for data science DECA state

LOR:

My letters of REC are in process but one is from my English Teacher who is a Cornell grad and one from my counselor.

Okay, this is about where I'm at in the process, I really want to get accepted to UChicago, northwestern, NYU, Georgetown, or Cornell, or HYPS but 🤷🏼‍♂️ it's not easy! I have a BUNCH of extracurriculars more that could show different sides of me, so let me know if you notice any extracurriculars that are weaker comparatively. Wishing everyone the best of luck for their applications.

Posted Jul 1, 2025, 4:23 PM UTC

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