[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
SAT Scores (and # of sittings): 2260 one sitting
ACT Scores (and # of sittings): n/a
SAT II Scores (and # of sittings): Bio molecular: 800 Physics: 770
School Profile (Brief): medium sized competitive public school
GPA (Unweighted/Weighted): 3.60/4.7
Rank: 59 of about 350
Course Rigour: Hardest possible class sched
AP/IB Scores: 5’s on world history, bio, chem, both physics c courses, calc ab and bc, english lang, US government
Notable Honours/Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National merit letter of commendation, scholar/athlete, recipient of SMART grant (competitive awarded only to faculty researchers at academic institutions, first high schooler to ever win after inventing new method of neurosugical histopathology) for 2.5k
Notable Extra-Curricular Activities: Mock Trial, varsity baseball, MUN, founded charity through school, offical regional coordinator for entire regional international exchange program, religious service group, national honor society, co-author on medical paper concerning novel treatments for spinal cord injury
Work Experience:
Only faculty researcher in the history of medical school at the age of 17, continued onward through present. Slated to be paid informal associate professor by the age of 18. I’ve secured funding for the medical school through highly competitive grant writing, and currently the sole researcher in the neurosurgical field attempting to translate treatments from stroke to sarin gas attacks, ALS, CJD, MS, and other neurodegenrative diseases. As to my knowledge, no other person my age has come to close to being formalized neurosugery researcher.
Non-Consistent Extra-Curricular Activities (Volunteering, Summer Activities, etc.):
paid for three full years at lab, fuckton of NHS and religous volunteering
Passions:
neurosurgery, history, weightlifting, baseball
Recommendations:
written by PI of lab. most well written thing I have ever read. 11/10
peer rec from a dear friend 10/10
Essays (and content, if you like):
wrote about crushing stress of being a high schooler in academic medicine, and how I thrive. 10/10
supp was a little abstract- It was about how writing styles and weightlifing speak to people’s hearts
Interview:
very short but he seemed very impressed- thought I deserved spot on medical school staff at Dartmouth.
Your Prospective Major:
Neuroscience and biochem
State/Country:
mid atlantic
Ethnicity/Gender:
White male
Hooks:
professional neurosurgery researcher with ability to secure NIH and DoD funding for Dartmouth if given the chance
Strengths/Weaknesses:
maybe my GPA? I completely changed after my freshman year, only received 4.7 weighted and above.
Your Assessment:
Dartmouth’s loss. Most would have jumped at the opportunity for funding
Other Acceptances/Rejections/Waitlists/Whither you plan(ned) to apply:
nowhere