ED comes out soon so I’m getting pretty nervous
Demographics
- US domestic
- State/Location of residency: CA
- Type of high school (or current college for transfers): competitive private
- Other special factors: (first generation to college, legacy, recruitable athlete, etc.) none.
Intended Major(s) Biochemistry/Biology/Chemistry
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: (calculate it yourself if your high school does not calculate it) 4.0
- Weighted HS GPA: (must specify weighting system; note that weighted GPA from the high school is usually not informative, unless aligned with the recalculation used by a college of interest, such as CA, FL, SC public universities) 4.64
- Class Rank: N/A
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1530 SAT (790 Math, 740 RW)
- APs: 8 APs taken, 5s on all.
List your HS coursework
(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)
- English: Honors freshman and sophomore year, AP Lang & AP Lit junior and senior year
- Math: AP Calculus BC junior year, Dual credit Multivariable + AP Stats senior year
- Science: AP Bio, AP Chem, Anatomy/Phys, AP Physics 1, APES, AP Computer Science A
- History and social studies: AP Human Geo, APUSH, AP Gov, AP Microecon
- Language other than English: 3 years of Spanish
Awards
- USABO honorable mention (top 20%)
- National Merit Semifinalist
- DECA state/district finalist
- Award for health competition (stated below)
Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)
- Chem research for 3 years, presented at undergrad/grad level conferences
- Health competition, only HS participating, placed in top 100 teams
- Co-founded project to pack over 100 hygiene kits for homeless shelters
- Officer for health/community service club
- DECA
- Volunteer at science center for 3 years
- Independent research through school, submitted for science fair (no wins)
- Bioinformatics research program mentored by Stanford professors (no publication)
- Recreational dance team
- Volunteered at summer camp for 4 years
Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)
Essays: I think they’re fine, but not anything crazy. My counselor told me that she thought my personal statement and supplementals were good so I’ll just say they’re decent.
LORs: Anatomy & AP Calc teacher, both of whom I’m pretty close with and have a lot of kids asking them to write recs so I’d assume they’re pretty good. Also got a rec from the PI who I did my chem research under, pretty close with him so I think it’s pretty good.