Chance Me: RD 2025 - Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Columbia

Chance Me please!

Hooks:

  • Woman in STEM
  • Took a class at Cornell and received an A
  • Four years of engineering classes

Miscellaneous:

  • Major: Environmental Engineering, pre-law track
  • White
  • From North Carolina
  • Urban high school
  • Did not list specific volunteer hours on apps; don’t believe volunteering is “quantifiable”

Stats:

  • 3.96 UW (one B in AP Calc AB)
  • 4.6 W
  • No ACT (couldn’t submit since CALS is score free)
  • AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes: 18 AP weighted classes(AP Psych, AP Lang, APES, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP US Govt, IB Physics SL, IB Philosophy SL, IB World Religions SL, DE Sociology, DE Geology, AP level engineering 4 years)

EC’s:

  • Author: all 4 years (wrote 2 books; publishing first one now, second one is being copyrighted now)
  • 2 research papers/projects: all 4 years (publishing research now, research leader in group project, proved theory of global warming, created handheld device to prevent cyanide fishing)
  • Engineering club: all 4 years, treasurer (9th), Vice President (10th), president (11th and 12th)
  • Math honors society: all 4 years, president (11th and 12th)
  • Technology honors society: 10th, 11th, 12th, Vice President (11th and 12th)
  • Volleyball: 9th, 10th, 12th (setter and libero)
  • Swim: 11th, 12th (50 free and 100 free)

Honors/awards:

  • State level math scholarship (10th)
  • 4 state and regional level engineering semi-finalist and finalist awards (all 4 years)