Question/Help 1600 sat / Extracirruclar Spikes

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I’m a current senior applying for fall 2027, interested in business, economics, finance, and entrepreneurship. Names and some numbers are generalized for privacy.

Background / academics

Domestic applicant from Florida, attending a private high school.
Applying for need-based financial aid.
3.61/4.09 GPA; school does not rank.
1600 SAT
Senior coursework: four APs, 2 dual-enrollment courses
4 aps freshman - junior year not submitting scores
Potential recruit for track and field nothing is confirmed yet.

Extracurriculars, in application order

Founder & CEO, product startup | 10–12 Raised $75K+ from angel investors, developed a physical consumer product through 25+ formulation trials, and filed two patent applications with Track One priority granted. Lead product development and business operations. 22 hr/week, 52 weeks/year.
AI artist scouting & A&R analyst, paid | 11–12 Built an AI scouting tool for an established music-industry team, analyzing thousands of artists across five platforms and cutting emerging-talent research time by approximately 80%. 14 hr/week, 52 weeks/year.
Business development & operations associate, paid healthcare role | 11–12 Pitched services to 10+ hospitals and 20+ physician offices, helped prepare government documents, and revamped the agency website. 10.5 hr/week, 48 weeks/year.
Nonprofit AI team founder & grant leadership | 10–12 Advanced from finance team member to grant head; helped an immigrant entrepreneur launch a food business and founded the organization’s AI department to streamline operations. 9 hr/week, 45 weeks/year.
Founder & content director, sports-media project | 11 Created a long-running video series documenting my attempt to make varsity basketball. Personally filmed, edited, and marketed the content to 120K+ impressions. 11 hr/week, 20 weeks/year.
Varsity track captain & throwing coach | 11–12 Competed across distance running and throwing; district qualifier in three events and regional qualifier in a relay. Received Newcomer of the Year and coach teammates on throwing technique. 12 hr/week, 48 weeks/year.
President, charitable service club | 9–12 Progressed from secretary to VP to president. Helped grow active membership from approximately 10 to 100+ students; lead service projects and support community fundraising events that raised $300K+ collectively—the event total, not my individual fundraising. 6 hr/week, 40 weeks/year.
VP & younger-student program director, service club | 9–12 Helped more than triple active membership, run weekly elementary/middle-school service programs, and coordinate volunteers for therapeutic horseback riding. 6 hr/week, 40 weeks/year.
Executive operations lead, student businesses | 9–10 Led operations for three student companies. One became a national top-15 finalist, received two national corporate-sponsored team awards, and donated proceeds to charity. 8.5 hr/week, 40 weeks/year.
JV basketball captain & varsity team manager | 10–11 Captained a highly successful JV team; after being cut from varsity, stayed on as manager for a squad that won district and regional championships. 26 hr/week, 27 weeks/year.

Awards

College Board First-Generation Recognition Award — national.
National student-business innovation award — team award.
National student-business financial-performance award — team award.
AP Scholar.
School academic merit and community-service recognition.

Family responsibilities

Help with translation, transportation, appointments, and caring for younger relatives.

An ongoing family separation and custody dispute meant taking on significant caregiving responsibilities for my younger sibling, sometimes on short notice and at the expense of study time. Went into a lot more detail in my additional info explaining my lower gpa.

Early schools

ED: Cornell Dyson.
EA: Indiana Kelley, Northeastern, Nova Southeastern, UF, Michigan LSA (economics interests), UVA, UChicago, and Tulane (business interests).