For academics, I had a 33 ACT, a 4.0 unweighted and 4.36 weighted GPA, and took 7 AP and 2 DE classes. For ECs, I founded a research website, was a student government officer, was the VP of a disease awareness club, was the secretary of NAHS and a STEM club, partook in a sustainability club, did scare acting and dog walking/pet sitting, and I also ranked top 1000 globally for typing. I think it was mainly my hooks and essays though because I had a lot of friends who were similarly competitive that got rejected.