Chance a Pessimist for RD

ZapadniyRus
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:06:29 +0000

I’ve accepted the fact that I’m probably not going to get in, but the only way i know for certain i won’t is if i don’t’ apply. Do i really have as little of a chance as i think i do? Thanks guys :).

Prospective Major: BioChem/Math

Location: Florida
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Immigrant- Permanent Resident
Bilingual and have been learning Spanish for the past 4 years

Academic:
~AP/IB/Dual Enrollment Student
~AP/Score: World (5), Psych (this year), Calc AB (4) & BC (this year), Bio (this year),
USH (4), English Lang (4), English Lit (this year)
~IB: HL- Math, Bio, English, History SL- Chemistry, Spanish
~Dual Enrollement: 7 Classes: 20+ credits, A’s in all (General Physics 1 (Calc-based),
Biology 1 and 2, Bio 2 lab, Fundamental of Speech, College Algebra, Stellar Astronomy)
~30+ Academic Classes
~School doesn’t rank: 99th percentile in county (over 2000 or so students)~
~Highly ranked IB school
~Weighted GPA: 5.14
~Unweighted GPA: 3.83 (3.9 academic)

Senior Workload:
~7 IB classes (4 HLs, 2 SLs, ToK)
~1 AP Class

SATs: 1410/2120
~690 CR, 720 Math, 710 Writing

SAT IIs
~Math II- December, Biology- December, USH- 740

Extra Curriculars:
~Piano for the past 7 years
~National Honor Society (11, 12)
~Mu Alpha Theta (9, 10, 11, 12)
~History Honor Society (11, 12)
~Academic Team (11, 12)
~Math Team (9, 10, 11, 12)
~Youth in Government (10, 11, 12)
~Chess Club (9, 10, 11, 12) - President, also played tournament chess in middle school
~Physics Club- (10, 11, 12)
~Aviation Club- (10, 11, 12) - Treasurer, will try to pursue private pilot license in college
~Political Science- (9, 10, 11, 12)

Volunteering:
~Part of a special program at local hospital for those interested in medicine
~200+ hours volunteering at hospital- on going with 4-8 hours a week (10, 11, 12)
~30+ other service hours

Awards/Honors:
~Placed at Math Team States
~Magna Cum Laude
~AP Scholar
~Honor Roll
~Gifted Program

Great Recs
Essay is decent- Wrote of my passion for biology/medicine and how i want to become a doctor to fight alcoholism and drug use in my native country