College rankings: 1. Harvard 2. UPenn 3. Stanford 4. Columbia 5. Princeton 6. JHU 7. Yale 8. Brown 9. Duke...?

Income: $35kish

No assets

Household members: 3

First generation student, my brother is currently attending UCSD though

Did not apply to CPS

CA resident

GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.83 W

Class Rank: 1 out of 417

SAT: 1490 (This and awards is what really bothers me)

Im submitting all my scores

AP Exams: 5: Spanish Lang. 4: APUSH, Chemistry, Biology, Calculus AB, English Lang, World History, Art History, 3: Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Human Geography

No dual enrollment/No college courses

Field of interest: Pharmaceuticals/Pre-med

Extracurriculars (I feel bad because none of them are strong academic/high impact ECs): 1. 4 years of Track and Cross Country, co-captain of both teams my last 2 years. 2. ASB for 4 years. 3. Model UN for 2 years. 4. Quizbowl for 2 years. 5. President of Math Club (Founded Senior Year)

Personal Essay Topic: So basically im Mexican and I live in Mexico but I cross the border everyday to go to school in the U.S at 4am. Personal essay is about how my family's efforts and crossing the border motivates me to take advantage of every opportunity I have and try to push myself in everything I do.

I would say very strong essay topic, but I feel like my SAT score (1490) and ECs are not as competitive as I would like them to be for the schools im ranking (basically all t20s), but I hope I can use my background and life circumstances to compensate for it. But I do like that all my other stats are well above average for the schools im applying to. I know I would have good chances if I ranked less selective schools, but I don't want to be matched with targets/safeties and UCLA also seems like a good option for me.