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Demographics
- KS resident, medium sized city
- Below average? high school (~130 in my class)
- Have large interest in int. relations, but my parents want me to go into science field (they said applying to Georgetown is fine though, because they like that area)
Cost Constraints / Budget
Don’t qualify for Pell Grant, parents will pay for all of college
Intended Major(s)
Georgetown: International Relations / School of Foreign Service
Brown, WashU/WUSTL: Biology / Biochemistry
UPenn: VIPER (though Biology if not)
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
- Weighted HS GPA: 4.27 (Normal 4, Honors 4.5, AP 5)
- Class Rank: Valedictorian (1/~130)
- ACT/SAT Scores: 34 ACT
List your HS coursework
- English: regular (9th - no honors available), honors (10th/11th), DE with large state school (12th)
- Math: Algebra 2 (9th, honors), Pre-Calc/Trig (10th - DE with same state school, honors), AP Stats (11th), AP Calculus BC (12th, didn’t fit with my schedule)
- Science: regular research (9th), Biology (10th, honors), Chemistry (10th, honors), AP -Biology (11th), Physics (11th, honors), Anatomy & Physiology (DE with same state school), AP Chemistry (12th), AP CSA (12th)
- History/SS: regular (9th), US History 1 (10th, honors), APUSH (11th)
- Languages: Spanish 2 (9th) & Spanish 3 (10th)
- Other courses: EMT (12th), 4 years of biomedical classes (9th-12th), psych/sociology (taking at state school)
I’ve taken every AP at my school (except for Studio Art) & I’ve taken almost every science course available (except astronomy)
Awards
NMSF (likely to be a finalist)
School science fair: got 2nd 2x times (researched medical diseases)
School district award for volunteering with kids
AP Scholar
Extracurriculars
Captain of Quiz Bowl (2yrs)
NHS Officer (1yr) - can only join jr/sr years and can only have a position sr year
Volunteering at a local elementary & tutoring kids (3yrs)
HOSA (3yrs) (went to internationals for it, 1yr)
Produce music (won online competitions for it)
Member: multiple cultural clubs, STUCO, Class of 2025 (usually I just create graphic design posts for them)
Freshmen orientation guide (1yr)
Essays/LORs/Other
Essay: 7/10
LOR: AP Stats Teacher (11th) & APUSH/NHS Sponsor (11th-12th) (7/10-8/10 for both), AP Bio & Biomed Teacher (11th, 5/10)
English teacher also said she would write me one, but it would be 4/10
Schools
Accepted to lots of state schools w/ good scholarships (UMN, Alabama, OU, KU, etc)
- Applied biomedical engineering to UMN, biology everywhere else
Waiting to hear back from Purdue (FYE, biomedical engineering)
I mainly just want to know if I even have a shot, especially for Georgetown as I don’t have any “classic” international relations ECs (also, I tried making a club, but people at my school just don’t really care for politics), but I do stay invested in international affairs.
For matching:
- mainly just strength of any science programs (namely biology/engineering) and opportunities to grow a good application for future opportunities
- just not extremely religious (ex: mandatory mass, strict rules, etc)
- don’t care for size, location, distance, etc