Finalized College List Advice

ElmTree
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 08:58:30 +0000

Since the common app and uc app open up in a few days, I decided to finalize my college list. I’ve done tons of research on a variety of schools. In addition, I considered many factors including the strength of the biology program (I want to go on a pre-med track), weather ( hate the EXTREME cold), party culture (don’t want), school size, student to faculty ratio, neighborhood ( don’t want a bad one), religious affiliation, diversity, financial aid, stressfulness (i don’t want an infamous stressful school like MIT), and overall culture. I just wanted to get ya’ll 2 cents about my school list. I know what you are thinking, “THAT’S WAY TOO MANY SCHOOLS”…i know. I didn’t want to apply to a lot, but my parents are overestimating my abilities and forcing me to apply to a lot lol.

Stats
4.26 GPA W (9-11)
3.86 GPA UW (9-11)
4.42 gpa W (10-11)
3.9 gpa UW (10-11)
10 AP Courses
33 ACT, 800 Math, 770 Biology

Clubs and Organization
President of Three Very Big Clubs
Member of NHS and CSF
Hospital Volunteering
700 hours community Serves

Internships
Immunology Biomedical Research Internship
Cancer Biomedical Research Internship

Awards
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Honor
California Scholar
Honor Roll

Hook
Profoundly Deaf Since Birth (My essay is essentially about how deafness shaped my experiences and my motivation to pursue neuroscience)

Schools

Reach
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Duke
U Penn
Brown
Wash U
Columbia

Match
UCB
UCLA
Michigan Ann Arbor
Washington University

Safety
UCI
UCSD