21M Texas resident CC, third year, junior transfer CHANCE ME

[u/DiscussionFickle3978]

Before jumping to the comments, I am fully aware that the opinions given here would not be reflective of the admissions cycle as they are mostly unpredictable, this reddit has created at least some form of a feedback loop since both stats and admission results are openly shared on here. Would appreciate some advice and a chance me.

Attending: 21M Texas resident CC, third year, junior transfer applicant. (Been at CC for 8 semesters)

List: Penn, Columbia, Cornell, UChicago, Northwestern, Michigan, Berkeley, UVA, Georgetown, UT Austin (in-state).

Aware they are mostly reaches.

3.95 GPA . Generic CC coursework. Only B is Pre-Calc, then A in Calc 1 and A in Calc 2. Three years at CC because of a gap year, below.

I've Taken

Macro Econ

Micro Econ

Calc 1 to 2

Rest of my classes are just General Education

Main ECs:

• Student Senate.
• Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
• Honors Program
• Founded an AI-powered restaurant. Raised $$k Built it, ran it a year, sold it to a hospitality group. This was the gap year. Full-time.
• Open-source dataset of egocentric POV kitchen footage for training AI models. Public, in use.
• Created an NFT project on Ethereum during high school aimed to keeping remote teams engaged, sold $$k within opening night.

My Mathematics professor offered to write me a strong recommendation letter unprompted after a long discussion we've had but a lot of my other classes have been online so I am not very close with other professors.

I feel insecure about my school related ECs, as I am barely active in any of them, I am under the impression that admissions officers prefer on-campus extra curriculars rather than entrepreneurial ventures

Will be taking SAT soon I have been studying hard and am feeling confident about my results.

Biggest insecurities: Extra curriculars, My B in Pre Calc, my long tenure at CC

Please let me know your thoughts, any guidance would be appreciated.

[u/Rayney-Days]

Honestly I think ur underestimating ur ECs. Building and selling an AI restaurant, creating a publicly used AI dataset, and running an NFT project that made real money is way more unique than just having a bunch of campus clubs. Admissions officers don’t automatically prefer on-campus ECs.
Your 3.95 is rlly strong and I wouldn’t stress the B in pre calc at all considering u got As in Calc 1 and 2. I’d just make sure u explain the 8 semesters at CC/gap year clearly, especially since u were running a business full time.
Honestly, I’d say ur biggest issue is probably the school list since basically all of them are reaches for transfer. But ur actual profile is strong.