HBCU + Other Schools

lcs2016
Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:49:02 +0000

Race: Nigerian/African American
State: TN
School Type: Private
Citizenship:Nigeria/US
Income Bracket: > $150 K
GPA (UW/W): 3.83/4.58
ACT: 34 Composite (33 sci, 35 math, 32/30 eng/writing, 36 reading)
SAT I: lol
SAT II: taking Spanish, world history, and math II in June
AP: World History (4)
Junior/Senior Course load:
IB Biology HL Y1/2
IB Economics HL Y1/2
IB Spanish HL Y1/2
IB English SL Y1/2
IB Math SL Y1/2
IB Chemistry Y2/Honors Physics

Extracurriculars

HOSA (since 9th grade) [Vice-President, Co-President]
Diversity Club (since 11th grade. We tutor K-8 refugee children) [Vice-President, President, Co-Founder]
MUN (since 10th grade)
Varsity Golf (since 10th grade) [Co-Captain]
Robotics Club (since 10th grade) [Director of Social Media]

250+ volunteer hours from tutoring and volunteering at a local hospital

Potential areas of study: Spanish, Biology (Pre-Med), Economics, or Public Policy with a focus on public health

Awards:
HOSA Regionals 1st place in Pharmacology and 4th in State (had to study and take a test over pharmacological(?) topics as a competition)
Robotics team placed 3rd regionally in BEST robotics competition (3rd)

Schools of interest:

Howard University
Rice
Yale University
Columbia University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
UC (Berkeley and LA)
Northwestern
Stanford University
UT Austin (Plan II Honors program)

*Completely aware that chances to top schools aren’t really an indicator of whether or not I’ll get in.

Any tips to help improve my application would be greatly appreciated

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