Chance Me - QuestBridge Finalist

italianpanini
Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:09:44 +0000

Hi!

I am a rising senior who’s very nervous about my chances at being accepted as a QuestBridge finalist and being matched to a QuestBridge school.

I would really appreciate your thoughts of my chances at being accepted as a finalist and possibly matching with some of the Questbridge schools, including Tufts, Northwestern, UVA, UPenn, Columbia, Bowdoin UChicago, Washington&Lee, or Oberlin. My parents are both unemployed and my family’s total household income is below 20k (for the low income part of the standard QB scholar). Here are my stats:

Gender: Female

Race: Asian (Chinese and Malaysian)

ACT: 34 (no SAT or subject tests)

APs: Government (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Calculus AB (4), US History (4), Physics 1 (4), English Lang (3), English Lit (currently taking), French (currently taking)
GPA: 3.81 unweighted, 4.6 weighted

Dual Enrollment: Statistics, Biology, Anatomy&Physiology

Honors: AP Scholar with Distinction, Concours National de Francais silver medalist, Best Delegate at MUN conference, National Honor Society

ECs: Model UN (secretary general), Volleyball (varsity since sophomore yr), Make-a-Wish (President), Rotary International Interact Club (charter member and volunteer service chair), National English Honor Society (editor of school magazine, also helped to establish)

Employment: Public Health International Internship Program at Leadership Initiatives (currently virtual), Starbucks Barista as of April 2019

Essays and Recs: I think my essays were pretty solid, they definitely explained my background and personal growth pretty well. Recommendations were from two teachers that really liked me as a student, so that’s good, nothing extraordinary

Academic Interests: Premed+Physical Sciences

Thank you!