Chance me please? Biomed/Bioengineering :)

alphabetwaffle
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:06:52 +0000

Hi I just wanted to know what my chances are of getting into really competitive schools (i.e.; Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, etc.)–I’ll have the colleges listed after my stats :)

Asian American, Private Catholic High School in California
Grade: Junior
Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.67
Ranking: my school doesnt do rankings but I think I’m in the top 10…

AP’s: 15 by the time I graduate–Chinese, Calc AB, European History, American History, Bio, Chem, Physics, Environmental Science, English Language, English Literature, Macro-Econ, Gov, French, Psychology, Calc BC OR Stats (I haven’t decided yet lol)

SAT II: Math Level II (800); Biology E (780); Chemistry (730…gonna retake this though)

SAT I: 2160 (first time–definitely gonna retake…)
PSAT: 233

EC’s:
Summer Research Internship at the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Stanford EPGY
Data Entry for a Cornell University research scientist
Vice President of Research Club
Publicity Officer of Interact Club
National Honor Society (aiming for President in the spring)
Varsity Swimming all 4 years
Water Polo
Science Bowl
Robotics
Science/Engineering Club
KSFH 87.9 (I am a DJ for my very own FM radio show in the afternoons!! )
Peer tutoring for California Scholarship Federation
TA for my school’s Science Department Head
Foreign Language Honor Society
Over 100 Hours of Service–tutored/helped Autistic children
Volunteer at Children’s Hospital @ Stanford

Awards/Honors:
Semifinalist for the USA Biology Olympiad (first-ever from my high school!)
4.0 Medal (twice)
National Merit Semifinalist (not official yet but I know that my PSAT score is definitely high enough)
AP Scholar with Honor (gonna be National AP Scholar by next year though)
Varsity Scholar Athlete
Brother Eamon Schaffer Service Award
Science Department Award
Nomination for the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
Represented my high school for the USA Chemistry Olympiad

I really want to do a Bioengineering or Biomedical Engineering major in college.

Colleges I really like so far:
Columbia
Stanford
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Johns Hopkins–BME (hopefully but I know it’s tough)
Cornell
CalTech
Yale
UPenn
UCLA, UC Berkeley, etc. (all the UC’s)
USC

It would be so great if anyone can tell me my chances of getting into those ^ schools. Thanks!! :)