Chance a Future Neurosurgeon! (and future B.Sc Neuroscience double concentration)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m in a program called Early French Immersion- where your fundamental courses, except a few like English/Math and certain tiny electives, are all taught in French language and require you to write in French language/ speak French all the time in the classroom. This is my 3rd year in Early French immersion… lets just say it pwned me because I had to learn from scratch French language. We do not rank students (quoted by guidance counselor). APs are only offered in grade 12 through prerequisites taken in previous years. No one is allowed to skip prereqs. </p>

<p>GPA (cumulative)
4.0 </p>

<p>SAT1- took it today i have no clue…</p>

<p>Extracurricular/Volunteer (Main Ones):</p>

<p>• Head Coordinator for Peer-Helpers. We do things like School Famine for 30 hours, to raise money for world vision famine struck children in Africa, Battered Women Shelter fund raising etc. Also we organize the grade 9 day, and assist in helping the Merivale High School Community all the time. Raise lots of money.
• Junior Achievement- Vice President of Human Resources. We had the best Business Plan in the whole of Ottawa District School Board. We learn about the real world of business, and research a unique/original product and make it and sell it. 50% of profit was donated to Ottawa Food Bank.
• Live It Up- Head Coordinator, we promote healthy living within our high school, and participate in district board events that involve active living. We show how to eat right, reduce the risk of heart failure, show and inform the students about the foods they encounter everyday and the benefits of them.
• Reach for the Top- Academic Trivia Team- we are ranked number 1 in the city, I’m a starter; also I am the secretary for them (making sure we are organized). We made it to provincials 2 years in a row, and TV rounds this year finishing in the quarterfinals.<br>
• United Colours- I am part of an Executive Board, we have no distinguished leader, just the Executive Board of about 4 People, which control the club. We have the Best multicultural Show each year, and have been in the newspaper for it. Participated in the multicultural show myself, and supervised all the performers. We promote unity and inform the youths of the many races/religions/ cultures seen in our school that we represent daily. Most of Profit goes to charity.
• One School to Another- this is a new Club that I decided to start at my school this year. It was a volunteer project I started on my own in my basement, collecting school resources like pens/pencils/lined paper/ binders etc. and sending them to third world countries where under funded third world country schools can give them out. I am the club founder/ President, and it is in association with peer-helpers, but is a purely individual Club.
• I have a total of 1516 hours of community service. 154 hours was used as being a student teacher during summer for elementary summer academic programs at Montessori Academy for the Enriched. Combined hours of 1292 in 4 year span was spent in the soup kitchen at my temple. My supervisor recently passed away so I will not be able to get a recommendation. This was an awesome volunteer experience as I was intrigued by the life experiences these simple folk who come to the soup kitchen for food went through. 1292 hours well spent. Also am going to be clocking well over 700 hours at the hospital with neurosurgery by October.
• I am also being mentored by a neurosurgeon- Dr.Alghaity, who is head resident at the hospital. He is training me in theory of neurosurgical sciences; I’ve watched multiple neurosurgeries taken place while in the room (not the theatre room above the actual OR, but in the OR itself, looking directly at the patients). Under him, I’ve been doing on-calls with him, and plain living the life of a neurosurgeon. This is usually during co-op and after co-op. The mentorship program happened during co-op but is a separate relationship, it wasn’t given to me by co-op at all, I got it on my own. I am currently doing research on rare case studies found in the neurosurgical field, and using multiple cases to prove it. My mentor and his colleagues are verifying this and I will be presenting it at the Daily Academic Residence Day for all the neurosurgeons at the hospital.
• I am on the high school basketball team. Won Most Improved Player statistically. Played competitive basketball outside of school.
• Did boxing competitively during grade 11, took most of my time. Finished with a record of 8 and 0… coach past away recently and the gym has been shutdown due to the financial cost burden on his wife.
• Was part of the Rugby team in grade 10, could not do it in grade 11 due to boxing. West City Division Champions.
• Student Council- OSSSA representative. We are associated with Student Council, but OSSSA is the Ontario Secondary School Student Association, and so it is ran through all the high school’s student council committees, but it is an individual association as well and has high ranked positions within OSSSA.
• I have been recruited to become a Mentor myself to a troubled youth in grade 9. I will be helping him academically and will be assisting him with psychological needs and emotional support. I am very excited to be helping someone at this level, and it seems I can relate to him so it will be good.</p>

<p>Work Experience:</p>

<p>I am currently a record labeled signed DJ for a small company originated in Ottawa named Robbin’Hoodz Production Company. We are a versatile company, having members that range from DJs to music producers and graphic/album artists. We are also connected with a small record label in Sweden. I am also an independent DJ as well, self-employed, usually earning 200$-400$ for each party I DJ at during the weekends usually Saturdays and Sundays of the Month. Just got recruited for professional DJing by a big company in Ottawa called PMEntertainment- doing requested weddings and other functions/soir</p>

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<p>So are you considered an in-state applicant for Stanford?</p>

<p>If so, then contingent on your SAT scores( and your SAT II’S!Where are those?!), I would say you have a very good chance, especially because you are applying early.</p>

<p>Your application, I must say, is a refreshing change from all the other math/science applicants and I feel that college adcoms will see it that way as well. You have a good GPA( although you haven’t told us about any of the classes you have taken aside from the french language component- how are they compared in rigor to US AP/IB level courses? That is very important!) and what really stands out to me are your EC’s. You’ve done a lot of humnitarian work( which I love because sometime budding engineers and doctors don’t get it that they can do other things beside just math/science concentrated activities!!) and your mentorship sounds quite unique and interesting- be careful how you highlight that because you don’t want it to come off as just shadowing a doctor which would diminish the appeal of its value. </p>

<p>Neurosurgery/medical field is really stiff and you will be facing competition from many strong applicants so do keep that in mind. But I would venture to say that you have a really great shot at JHU RD as well.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input bro, glad you caught the humanitarian work :P</p>

<p>oo yah and as for courses:</p>

<p>Marking Scale:</p>

<p>90-100%= A+
80-89%= A
75-79%=B+
70-74%= B</p>

<p>Grade 9:
English- B+
Geography (French)- B+
French Language- B
Math- B
Phys. Ed- A
Science (French)- A
Drama- A+
Integrated Technology- A+</p>

<p>Grade 10 (tried to step it up a notch after moving and rough time in grade 9):
English- A
Math- A
History (French)- A
Careers/Civics (Both French)- A+/A+
French Language- A
French Language (Grade 11)- A
Science (French)- A
Individual/Family Studies- A+</p>

<p>Grade 11 (this is where I’m at bro, upward trend):
English- A+ (topped my class)
Math- Currently exactly 100%, which is an A+ (Topped the school)
Biology- A+
Physics- A
Physics (grade 12)- A (it went up, I’m sure its an A+ almost)
Chemistry - A+ (Topped my class)
Co-op Education (French)- Neurosurgical Profession (2 Periods)- 100%= A+ (Topped the School in terms of who is taking the program)</p>

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<p>OO and as for SAT 2s… october or november… stanford only recommends 2… and they rather i have a good SAT 1 first.</p>

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<p>By the way, i dont shadow the doctor, i am gettin trained by the doctor… i handle 2 patients a week, doing what we call “daily rounds” and explain to them pre-surgery/post-surgery related items of agenda… i also explain the neurosurgical procedures they go through and also options for other routes… I also help examine MRIs and CAT scans… CAT=CT for those who arent up to par in the medical lingo…</p>

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<p>Anyone else got any input?</p>

<p>Id like to know something on Harvard/Stanford… my SAT scores are comin in 3 weeks lol…</p>

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<p>Hello??? In state for Stanford??? Stanford is a private school and being in state doesn’t help!</p>

<p>There’s nothing anyone can tell you without knowing class rank and SATs. Also whether or not your school has advanced classes and if you took the hardest classes.</p>

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<p>Stanford may be a private school but if you look at their applicant matriculation, roughly 40% are in-state while 60% are out of state. Clearly, there is a huge Calfornia pool- but it doesn’t make it any easier for California applicants by any means because there is such huge competition and it is virutally impossible to get into Stanford from some areas but the stats do show a slight pull towards california residents. This is drastically different from Ivies( from which most pull about 1-3% from the home state) and other top schools.</p>

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<p>I also wasn’t just restricting it to California residency. I simply meant it’s just good he has a US citizenship because it’s so much harder for internationals.</p>

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<p>UMm if u read the first part about the program i am in… AP isnt offered till gr 12… i took the hardest courseload possible… and i am ranked top 1%… even though our school doesnt rank…</p>

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<p>Bumppp…</p>

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<p>Well, then with a 2250 plus, you should have the same 9% chance at Harvard and Stanford as all the other “qualified” applicants. Look at it this way, half the class is hooked so the acceptance rate for the unhooked is only about 3%. So with a strong SAT and GPA an unhooked candidate probably has about a 9% chance.</p>

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<p>ooo clearly u must see people who are 16 who have done surgery and case studies in medicine then… i have no appreciation to newyorkas skimmin of my post… </p>

<p>bump…</p>

<p>anyone else</p>

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<p>well it helps when ur doing it in india… so go ahead and laugh…</p>

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<p>gettin documented… hope u know what an endarterectomy is…</p>

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<p>im sending in a DVD of me getting documented… just so u know… anyways i knew i was gona get ridiculous comments like this… hence why ive been advised not to post… should have listened…</p>

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<p>Maybe if your post wasn’t pretentious and you weren’t so defensive…Modesty is so becomimng to Americans and admissions officers.</p>

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<p>Both of you need to act a bit more civil. Posting on here means getting criticism in addition to praise. While it is certainly all right to further explain certain aspects, acting too defensive does cross that line. </p>

<p>However, Newyorka’s comments are also a bit caustic. </p>

<p>“Well, then with a 2250 plus, you should have the same 9% chance at Harvard and Stanford as all the other “qualified” applicants. Look at it this way, half the class is hooked so the acceptance rate for the unhooked is only about 3%. So with a strong SAT and GPA an unhooked candidate probably has about a 9% chance.”</p>

<p>Your words are a bit contradictory and I sense that there is a bit of bias behind them. If the acceptance for the unhooked is about 3% then how is an unhooked candidate’s chance about 9% when that is the overall acceptance rate? Also, saying that half the class is hooked is a gross miscalculation- a good number of the ivies do consist of legacies, athletes, URM’s and other factors combined but it does not reach 50%. And the idea of posting “what are my chances” stats on here come in already with the idea that, yes all applicants know that they have a 9% admissions rate( or whatever the accepatance rate for the particular college is) but rather, what can they do to strengthen their application and what are the weaknesses/strengths of their application so they may “theoretically” have a better chance then other applicants. It is by no means true as admissions are a hollistic experience but it does (hopefully) provide the perspective that anxious students are searching for. </p>

<p>So, please do keep it civil both of you as this is a really helpful tool to all who post here. </p>

<p>No offense intended with this post.</p>

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<p>I really hope you don’t communicate the same arrogance you have in these last three posts and the two in the other thread in your essays, because you would have no chance of getting accepted. No ones cares about your achievements if you think you are the greatest person in the world for having done them. Get some humility and maturity.</p>

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<p>You’re right Scared, my bad. The poster’s horn tooting rubbed me the wrong way. My sincere apology to all.</p>

<p>I gave him better odds than the average unhooked candidate because he has good stats.</p>

<p>The 50% are hooked stat comes from a clipping my college counselor sent to all seniors from a book called The Price of Admission, written by a Wall St. Journal writer. He goes into great detail to support this fact. It’s something like 17% athletes, 20% URMs, 12% legacy, 5% development and famous with a little overlap.</p>