Chance me for RSI 2025

Chance Me / Match Me
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demographics

  1. Junior, 15 yrs (16 in oct), South Asian background
  2. Private School (on a full merit/academic scholarship, regular tuition is 40k/yr)

Unweighted GPA: 4.5
Weighted GPA: 5.8
Class Rank: Top 15% of students
SAT Score: will be taken this year

AP coursework

  1. AP Bio (5)
  2. AP Precalc (5)
  3. AP World History (4)
  4. AP Human (4)
  5. AP Psych (this year)
  6. AP Chem (this year)
  7. AP Calc AB (this year)
  8. AP USH (this year)
  9. AP Lang (this year)

Honors courswork

  1. Medical Terminology H (98)
  2. Embryology Honors (95)
  3. Anatomy and Physiology Honors (97)
  4. Science Research High Honors (100)
  5. Chemistry Honors (96)
  6. Biology Honors (97)
  7. English I Honors (94)
  8. English II Honors (95)
  9. Algebra 2 Honors (93)
  10. Chinese I Honors (97)
  11. Chinese II Honors (94)
  12. Music Theory Honors (99)
  13. Chinese II Honors (this year)
  14. Forensics/Pathology (this year)

Interests:
Research, Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Neurosurgery (my, hopefully, future career)
Helping people,

Awards

  1. 1st Place Regional science fair
  2. 2nd place Florida SSEF
  3. ISEF Finalist 2024
  4. iForE: Invited to present, Deemed one of the top 200 High School Researchers in USA
  5. FJAS: Qualified for the state-level Oral presentation competition
  6. JSHS: Qualified for the highly competitive state-level poster presentation
  7. AP Scholar Award
  8. HOSA 1st place Regionals, Medical Spelling
  9. HOSA 4th place States, Medical Spelling
  10. Anatomage HOSA qualifier
  11. Invited to compete for the SARC competition hosted by Columbia University, based on my abstract
  12. Gold Presidential Service Award
  13. 1st place Brain Bee (NSF)
  14. Max Planck Brain Bee - 3rd place tie (2023)
  15. Miami Brain Bee- 3rd place (2023)
  16. Max Planck Brain Bee- 2nd Place (2024)
  17. 1st place in a cultural event (i performed Kuchipudi)

Extracurricular:

  1. Founded a non-profit to raise money for period poverty, and it’s awareness in various countries, through cooking and baking classes
  2. Learned Kuchipudi (Form of Indian Classical Dance) for the past 6 years (I have completed 3/4 levels of Dance Examinations (earning Distinction, 81 (Level 1) 85 level 2) 90(Level 3) (consecutively) up to date (4 will allow me to be certified by the country of India as an official traditional dancer/ Kuchipudi teacher)
  3. NorthSouthFoundations Volunteer Coach and Competitor (elected as an education board member) since 2015 (9 years)
  4. HOSA (VP)
  5. Neuroscience Club (VP)
  6. Science National Honors Society
  7. National honors Society
  8. Premed Honors Society (Gala Chair- currently organizing our annual and biggest, gala to raise money for the pediatric oncology ward at the hospital)
  9. Working with patients and as a nurse assistant at a hospital/rehab center for senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease
  10. Chinese Club (Secretary)
  11. Chinese National Honors Society (Treasurer)
  12. InterClub Council (Secretary)
  13. Volunteered at a medical clinic in India to provide healthcare services to villagers for 2 months (9 hours daily)
  14. Observed an Angioplasty, Stent placement, and a Coronary Bypass Surgery
  15. CPR and BLS certified by American heart association since 2022 (have been renewing)

*** Science Research

  • I have been working in a lab since February of 2023 (still working there), conducted 2 research projects
  • The first project, 2023-2024 FY, I worked daily over the summer 9-5, and everyday after school till November, engaging in wet-lab experience, to complete research on Alzheimer’s disease, eventually qualified for ISEF 2024 in the Biomedical Category
  • In the process of publishing a paper written in joint while doing this experiment
  • This years project has to do with exosomes and Ischemic/Myocardial Infarction tissue damage and repair/regeneration (currently working on it in hopes that I can compete with it this year)
  • This research will soon be published in accordance with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

I literally could not do computer science or engineering for the life of me (I suck at coding),although I have been told my public speaking skills and essay writing skills are really good.
sorry for all the writing,I’m Js super nervous and I really want to get into RSI, thank you for those who are reading/responding! any feedback on what I can do to improve my chance would be greatly appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’m also working at the same medical clinic again this summer in India

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