Chance me for EA @ BC

wnzgoe179
Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:25:45 +0000

I’m looking to go Early Action at BC intending to major in either Bio or Chem and doing Pre-Med.

I’m a White male going to a New England Prep School. I live in Massachusetts.

ACT:
Single: 32 Superscored:33
E:33 E:33
M:36 M:36
R:29 R:30
S:29 S:31

SAT II’s:
Math I: 740
Math II: 710
Physics: 730
Latin: 730

GPA: School doesn’t calculate cumulative GPA, but it would be something like…
Freshman- 3.65 Soph- 3.6 Junior- 3.8, solid curve from Soph to Junior year, began with a 3.5 and ended with a 3.95

Rank: School doesn’t officially rank, but top 10% (see Cum Laude below)

Only AP available before Junior year was AP Euro, didn’t take. However I took all available Honors courses; Honors Geometry Freshman year, Honors Chem and Alg II Sophomore year.

Junior Year:
AP Latin (5)
AP Physics (4)
Honors Precalc
US History
Junior English

Senior Year:
AP Bio
AP Stats
AP Calc AB
Senior English
Micro/Macroeconomics
-Independent study for AP Microeconomics exam

Notable Academic achievements:
Cum Laude Society- School does the first round of Cum Laude inductees in Senior Fall (first 10% of the total 20%). Indicates that based on Junior year performance I was in the top 10% of the class.
National Latin Exam- 3 Years Summa Cum Laude; Latin 2, Latin 3/4 Prose, and Latin 4 Poetry
High Honors every single quarter- Meh… for some reason our school has High Honors at a 3.3; at a 3.7 I would have high honors for 1 quarter Fresh and Soph year, and all Junior.

ECs:
-Summer Internship shadowing an Orthopedic Surgeon summer after Junior year
-Greek School 4 hours every Saturday for 11 Years
=>Perfect scores on the first two levels of the Greek Proficiency Examination administered by the Greek government
-Traditional Greek Dancing; 6th-11th grades 4-5 hours a week w/ live performances at a Greek cultural center in Boston
-Taught Greek to 1st and 2nd Graders; 8th-11th grade.
-Varsity/JV Soccer; JV 9th and 10th, Varsity 11th.
-Varsity/JV Indoor Track; JV 9th and 10th, Varsity 11th
-JV Track and Field; 9th-11th

Recommendations from AP Bio and AP Latin teachers…they’ll both be very good. Also getting one from the Surgeon that I shadowed; he went to the same high school I did and he’ll very likely say some good things.

Writing my essay on my summer shadowing experience and how that opportunity peaked my interested in a career in medicine. As of now I have it beginning like a narrative and showing one specific day in the OR, and how it changed my view of the medical field and why I’m now interested in it.

Strengths?Weaknesses? All replies welcome.