Bioengineering Major, Chances at Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>1 AIM-Stanford Biomedical Engineering Major
2 Reach - Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher Program, MIT, CalTech, Columbia, Duke, Williams
3 Match - Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley, Rice, Brown
4 Safety - UCSD, GeorgiaTech</p>

<p>**1 Official Scores **<br>
1 GPA: 3.82 out of 4.00 (unweighted)
2 TOEFL(CBT): 287
3 SAT I: Critical Reading 750 / Math 750 / Writing 670
4 SAT II: Math IIC 800 / Chemistry 780 / Biology M 780 / U.S History 710
5 AP: Microeconomics 5 / Macroeconomics 5 / Chemistry 5 / Calculus BC 5 (subscore 5) / Biology 5 /
6 Environmental Science 5 / Psychology 4 / Statistics 5 / Computer Science A 3 / U.S History 4</p>

<p>**2 Leadership Experience **<br>
1 Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China (2006)
2 Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) – School MUN Committee (2006-2007)
3 Vice President – Official Biology Group (2006-2007)
4 Vice president – “Assorted Noise” (2006-2007)
5 Class Representative – 9th Grade 1st Semester (2004)
6 Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Science Experiment Competition (2007)
7 Team Leader – Science Project Team of National Chemistry Frontier Festival (2007)</p>

<p>3 Work/Internship Experience
1 Assistant Researcher in Korea University Molecular Biology Lab (2005 - 2006)
2 Assistant Researcher in Gangwon University Veterinary Science Lab (2005 - 2007)
3 Assistant Engineer in Bayer International corp. (2007)</p>

<p>4 Activities<br>
1 Vice President – Official Biology Group of HAFS (2006 - 2007)
2 Research Thesis: “DongChiMi’s new prospect as a fermented food and its properties” (2007)
3 Research Senior Thesis: “Antibiotic Properties of GA-33 in Prunus mume” (2007)
4 Best Poster of Research Thesis - London International Youth Science Forum (2007)
5 International Patent for Canine surgery Material (2007)</p>

<p>1 Founder, President - Accappella Group “Interlude” (2006-2007)
2 2nd Trumbone - Orchestra (2005-2007)
3 Solo - Accappella Group “MAVIS” (2005-2007)
4 Vice president - Music Group “Assorted Noise” (2005-2007)</p>

<p>1 Security Council member – School MUN Committee (2006)
2 Student Officer (Chair of ECOSOC) - School MUN Committee (2006-2007)
3 Student Captain of Governmental Cultural Exchange Program with China
4 2006 MUNOS / 2006 MUN Chairing Workshop / 2006 UNA - USA / 2007 BEIMUN /
5 1st Korean High school Debate Championship / 2nd Asian debate Workshop / Marine Camp </p>

<p>1 JV School Lacrosse Team (10,11)
2 2nd in nation - National Lacrosse Championship </p>

<p>1 Helper (2005-2006) in Ha-Sang Visual Impairment Centre
2 Concert for old and dejected people in various institutes (2006)</p>

<p>5 Academic Honors<br>
1 Scholarship - $3,500 from The National Youth Commission (2006)
2 Bronze Medal - Korean Biology Olympiad – National (2006)
3 Gold Medal - The 8th National Experiment Competition in Science Debate - National (2007)
4 Silver Medal - The 4th National Chemistry Frontier Festival - National (2007)
5 Bronze Medal - Korean Informatics Olympiad - National (2007)
6 Sun Certified JAVA Programmer JDK 1.4.0 - Internationally Certified Programmer (2007)7
7 Honorable Mention – Korean Mathematics Competition – National (2004)
8 AIME Qualifier (2007)
9 9th(Silver Award) - National English Fluency Test – National (2006)
10 Bronze Award - International English Test – National (2006)
11 Bronze Medal - M2 Vocal Contest - National (2007)
12 Honorable Mention - Vocal Competition – Yongin City (2006)
13 1st Place - Orchestra competition – Yongin City (2006)
14 AP Scholar (2005)
15 AP Scholar (2006)
16 AP Scholar with Distinction (2007)</p>

<p>**6 Comments **
1 I’m international applicant from Asia.
2 I know I have to boost up my SAT1 scores.
3 My GPA crawls in the bottom, do I still have chances since my school does not rank the students?
4 My primary distinction is biology activities and academic honors. I’ve already secured rec. from professor.
5 Any comments on my college selection would be highly appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Word of advice: Unless you are from Calif, NONE of the UC’s should be considered a safety or match for you.</p>

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<p>Wow, your stats are amazing. I’d say you definitely have a big chance at stanford. Good luck! :slight_smile:
Chance me please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=363142[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=363142&lt;/a&gt; My stats are not as great but look at them anyways XD</p>

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<p>I will apply for financial aids for: Harvard, Williams, Rice, JHU, GTech, and UCSD. Please take that into account. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Really menloparkmom? Hmm. That’s a new information. Thank you for a comment.</p>

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<p>The UC’s are mandated by Calif law to accept all top qualified Calif students. They are public universities, funded by the taxpayers of Calif. Only about 10% of OOS or international applicants are accepted at any UC’s, so the chances will be about the same as they would be for Stanford.</p>

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<p>Wow. I didn’t know that. Hmm, it would be hardcore-crazy war for me to get in UCB XP</p>

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<p>Maybe. Your stats ARE impressive, but you need to go in with your eyes wide open, and not “count” on getting in. I think you need to expand your list to find some real safeties, which means adding more mid level private universities to your list. Brown, Rice, Johns Hopkins are not “matches” for any international students these days, let alone top students from the US. There is a huge crush of US “baby-boomlet” applicants applying to colleges next year- far more than even 4 years ago, so it is more competative than it has been in many years. Just though you should know, ESPECIALLY since you are also applying for financial aid, which not very many universities, except the very tip-top, offer to international students. I would post a question on both the CC parents board and well as the financial aid board, asking which Universities offer financial aid to international students, and build your safety list from there up.</p>