Emory, Chance me.

NotABonobo
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 07:45:42 +0000

Hi, I’m applying to Emory RD for 2018 fall term and would greatly appreciated any feedback for my chances at getting accepted. Thanks for reading in advance!

Male, Caucasian. Both parents immigrants. I applied for a Chemistry major, and have a heavy interest in science.

GPA UW: 3.85. My school doesn’t do weighted or class ranks.

Full IB Candidate. My HL’s are English, History, and Physics. My SL’s are Math, Biology and Spanish.

AP courses: AP Human Geography, AP World, AP/IBUSH, AP Chem, AP Env Science, AP/IB Gov

*My school has the history and physics classes as IB/AP. Not entirely sure why but I assume that it is just the same class (which it is) and there is additional IB stuff for IB candidates.

IB Courses: Bio SL, Math SL 2, Spanish SL (did all the way to 4), Physics SL 1, IB Physics HL 2, IB Lang/Lit.

AP Scores: APHUG - 5, APWorld - 4, APUSH - 4, AP Chem - 4, AP Lang - 5.
IB Score: 6 in Spanish (taking the rest senior year)

Sat: 1410 (kinda low. I’m bad at standardized tests :/)
Only took one subject SAT and it was for Chem. Got a 760.

EC’s/awards:
HS Swim (Varsity all 4 years. Went to state)
Club Swim (8 years)
Chemistry Club
HOSA (its a health/science related club). Officer (treasurer role) in senior year. Won 1st at state in a group event and placed like 12th at nationals (out of 90 teams).
CIA (Its a solar panel building club which is entirely volunteering. We build solar panels for homeless people who reside in temporary encampments. We also built panels for a community in Tijuana, Mexico and our adviser went there to install them over the summer.) - around 60 hours
AP Scholar with Distinction

I would give my college essay a 9/10. Spent a butt load of time and I asked my junior English teacher to read over it and give me feedback.
I assume my recommendations should be pretty good. Asked 2 of my favorite teachers: AP Chem and APUSH. No college visits unfortunately because of lower income.

Thanks again for reading through this and I appreciate any feedback!