I applied UVA College of Arts and Sciences (Neuroscience) ED and I am in-state (not NOVA)
Low Income Public School in SE Virginia
4.4 Weighted GPA, school doesn’t do UW but would assume a ~3.9 (grades dropped sophomore year due to some family and health stuff but explained in additional information)
Class rank: 25/360 top 7%
10 AP, 2 De, 9 honors
Senior Year Courses: AP Calc Bc, AP Gov, Ap Bio, DE English, Sports medicine, TA
ECs (kinda forgot what I ranked them lol)
Magnet Medical Program within highschool:integrated medicine and lab focused curriculum with local medical school
Clinical Internship at a Private Family Practice:
Assisted in patient flow and triage by taking vitals and doing some chart updates
PA Neurology Shadowing at major hospital: Basically just shadowed alot of cases and was around the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
TikTok Account: Had a tiktok account that focused on mental health outreach and advocacy that got like 3k followers and 40kish likes
Church Youth Council Leader: Organized some events for the kids at my church and taught religious education classes
Club Soccer Captain: yeah just soccer and was the captain of the team for 3 years
National Aquarium Volunteer: Did a lot of sand dune restorations and environmental awareness stuff
Cashier job during junior and senior year
National Honors Society
Speedcubing Hobby: personal best sub 15 seconds for 3x3
Essays: I think my personal statement is one of the best parts of my application. I had it reviewed by some college counselors and my English teacher and they said it was very emotionally compelling. I wrote about my childhood dream of wanting to be a power ranger in relation to my dad’s death and people have told me it’s pretty unique
