Chances for JHU, etc.?

AlgAustinite
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:54:28 +0000

I’m currently a middle class student of North African origin. I was going to apply to the following schools and wondered what my chances were:

JHU
Rice
Emory
Cornell
UT-Austin

GPA: 3.86 (unwieghted)
3.92 (weighted)

coursework has included all pre-ap classes possible along with AP Human Geography (3), WHAP (4), APUSH (5), and AP Lang (5).
senior coursework includes:
AP English Lit
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Biology
Medical Microbiology/Pathophysiology
Pre-AP Spanish III
Video Game Tech

SAT: 2100 (750 Reading, 690 Math, 660 Writing)
ACT: waiting for scores
SAT II’s: taking bio and math level 2 next month

EC’s:
-JV/Varsity Soccer for 3 yrs
-HOSA (secretary) senior year
-UIL Academics Current Events for 2 yrs
-Science Fair freshman year (advanced to state)
-Science Olympiad senior year

i’ve been on the academic honor roll all of high school of course and was recognized at the regional science fair thus advancing to state, i have also won awards at district competition for UIL Current Events and i am an AP scholar with honor.

Volunteer Work (150-200 hrs)
-helped repaint house working with muslim-jewish interfaith organization
-led youth prayers during holy month of ramadan
-helped teachers of a religious part-time school with students
-worked at library with shelving books, etc.

I am also going to begin teaching at a Weekend Islamic school started by my parent. This is a paying job.

Also not mentioned is the fact that from the summer following my freshman year until now i have been in a program where students memorize the entire Quran (Koran). This is a major commitment that takes several years and I have had to attend classes throughout the year and all during the summer. It is especially tough considering I play soccer and have to work with my other EC’s along with the AP workload.

I want to major in public health and become an epidemiologist. I have a great interest in diseases and am inspired by Richard Preston’s work, who I plan to write an essay about.

My recs should be good as well

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