Chance me for Cornell

putinator
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:32:25 +0000

Student (junior) interested in majoring in Bioenvironmental Engineering and ideal goal is Cornell and Yale but my grades show otherwise.

9th grade:
Honors Chem A; A
Precalc/Trig Honors A; A
Spanish 1 A; A
PE A; A
World Geo/Health A; A
AP Physics 1 A; A
World History Hon. A; A
English 1 Hon. A; A

10th grade:
AP Lang B+; A
Fund. Art B+; A
AP Euro B+; A
AP Calc BC: B+, B+
Spanish 2: A; A
AP CS A: A; A
//I improved most of my grades and idk but to me my courses seem fairly advanced

//I am worried about 11th grade first semester…in danger of having same situation in 10th grade first semester

(Predicted Grades for 1st semester)
11th grade:
APES: A
Spanish 3: A
AP Bio: A
Honors Anatomy: A
English 3:A
AP COmputer Science A: B+
APUSH: A

//worst case scenario is a B+ in APES, APCSA AND AP Bio

Bioenvironmental Engineering would be my pre-med major and I would plan to be a doctor afterwards by going to Med. School. I know you do not need to have the top schools like Cornell etc to be a doctor esp. for bachelor degree but I have some aspirations (like everyone) and those aspirations include Cornell and Yale. Wondering how my chances are impacted.

Major EC’s :

-Research @ UCB and Stanford

-Started two companies (I tutor and give money to cancer foundations to honor my mother’s current fight against it and I also take some money to fund my own science experiments and I save some of it up for my summer trips (3+ years)

-Second company: interviewing veterans esp. WW2 – connects to history hobby (1yr)

-President of Bioenvironmental Club/Polish Culture Club (1yr)

Zooology/Biotech Mentor for elementary schoolers (1 yr)

-Volunteer at Stanford hospital (150+ hours)

-Member of Young Progressives/Current Events (3 years) (connects to social activism) (attend town hall meetings speak out)

Helped out in 2016 general election and local elections during Summer 2016

-Member of MUN (3+ years) (I try to get roles in Environmental Policy and have luckily done so) (also connects to activism)

-Self-learned Esperanto (quite the language right?!?)’

-Made own popular magazine about my passion and current happenings in it

Past stuffs:

-ASB Secretary (10th), was a Student Rep. 9th – no positions this year however
-Did debate but quit because not interesting, MUN more interesting
-CTY Distinction with Honors
-Club Swimming for 10+ years
-Summer 9th grade+10th grade: Debate Camp, Volunteering, Research @ UCB

//NOTE: only really began to like environmental science this year – my favorite area before that was Bioengineering but environmental science was one place where I have lots of stories and is a place I really identify in. This would just be a pre-med major

So basically the questions are

1. Are my goals realistic of Yale and Cornell?

2. I am planning my summers and need help deciding. Costa Rica-Environmental Preservation Trip + Cornell Research + Radiology internship. Is this good or should I do something else?

//I know I am scattered with Biology and Environmental Science but that’s really my passion and, after that, I want to be a Doctor. A lot of the work I do is about helping people and I love helping others.

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