Can someone help me out?

ivyboundhopefully
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:14:43 +0000

i’m from new york. i don’t plan on leaving the middles states and the northeast really. here are my stats and some of the schools i plan to apply to. can you tell me my chances and give me some other options? thanks in advance.

Asian Male, 17
GPA : 3.87 (uw, school does naot weight)
Rank: unknown (school does not rank)
I go to a top school in long island.
SATI: 1600
SATII: Writing 800, Math IIc 800, Math IC 760, Bio 700, Physics 800, Chem 650 –> I won’t list all these scores on my apps.
A.P.: Physics B 5, U.S. 5, Spanish 5, Euro 3
currently taking BC Calc, Physics C, Chem, Stat, Com Sci AB, Econ,
English Language and Comp. (hoping for some good scores haha)

EC’s:

Varsity boys track (spring and winter)
Varsity cross country –> 1 season only

High School Jazz Band –> 10th, 11th, 12th (Co-Pres 12th)
All State Trumpet Musician
I had lessons for three years in high school and i have been playing for 7.
Symhphonic band 10th 11th 12th

Community Action/Interact VP
Environmental Club VP
Independent Science Research 9th - 12th (awards below)
Newspaper Co-editor in chief as senior and section editor as junior
Medical Club (VP 10th and 12th)
Spanish Club 9th - 12th
Yearbook Staff
Cultural Unity/non bias club 9th - 12th (currently VP)
Brainstormers team
Politics Committee –> club geared to raise new ideas of action in community

Introductory Biology at a University for 8weeks over the summer
Following summer –> Intro to functions and calc at the same institution +
development of a science project for competition in
national fairs

Community Service at two local hospitals plus some tutoring of kids for SATs, math tests, chem., and physics

Awards and the like:

Siemens - Westinghouse National Semifinalist
Intel Talent Search Finalist
honorable mention two years in a row at local science fairs

National Honor Society VP
Spanish Honor Society

National Merit Scholarship Corp. Commended Student

Bronze Medal as sophmore at local math fair and gold as a junior

My interests: biochem., biomedical engineering, general chem., physics, applied mathematics, and possibly biophysics and chemical physics

in addition to all the science stuff, i like working with computers –> mainly some graphic design stuff

Schools I’m Thinking of:

Harvard
Yale
Upenn –> a strong possibility, probably my main choice at the moment
MIT –> i like science, but i dont know if i would be happy here –> opinions
Stanford –> only school i would leave for other than GWU Med.
New York University BA/MD
Columbia –> either the college or Fu School of applied sciences (not sure)
Northwestern
George Washington University BA/MD
Brown is a possibility
Union College in NY

I know my list only inclusive of the top schools. If anyone could recommend some others, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Just to help, I would like a school:

in or near a city
not too large
preferably one with chem and biomedical engineering because those are the two fileds that interest me most out of the ones listed.
one with some diversity, though this is not a key factor

I Know the post is long, but can someone please help me? thanks in advance again.