HEY Chance Me for Barnard College Please

AcademiaSavvy
Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:03:17 +0000

Hello, I’d really appreciate it if you’d take the time to read through my ‘resume’ and chance me for Barnard as well as any of the other schools I’m applying to if you’d like

SAT I: 1390 (Got a perfect score on the writing 8/8/8)
SAT II: I’m taking Chemistry and Math II in November and with what I’ve been scoring on the practice exams, I expect 700-750.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% I believe out of about 350 students

of AP classes or Full or Partial IB: AP's: U.S. History, Macroeconomics, Capstone Seminar, Capstone Research, Government, Statistics, Latin [School offers 14 AP's, but 3 of them weren't established until senior year and I'd already taken either the honors or dual-enrolled version, and I took the dual-enrolled route for math, english, and most of science bc we don't have a good science curriculum; also took 20 one-semester-long dual-enrolled courses (heavily focused towards stem and pre-med) and will graduate HS with my AA degree]

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place in county science fair, 4th in state fair, congressman recognition, various youth in science and a couple scholarship awards, regional finalist in chem olympiad

SUBJECTIVE:
(Short Phrases/ one word answers appreciated)

Extracurricular activities (place leadership in parenthesis):
Research at a university in Nanochem (11th, 12th)
Intern in nano lab at dual-enrolled college (12th)
Medical Club (Founder & Prez)
Not saying the name bc too obvious of my location, but belonged to club similar to National Honor Society at the college I’m dual-enrolled (Vice Prez)
National Honor Socitey (Volunteer organizer)
Varsity Cheer (9th, 10th, Captain)
Book Club (9th-12th, there aren’t leadership positions)

Summer: I took classes at my college summer before 11th, volunteered at hospital and library; I got into programs each summer, but didn’t have the financial means to attend and had to work at the fam business)

Work Experience/Community service:
Hospital (11th, 12th, 175 hrs total)
Library (9-12th, 120ish hrs)
Veteran Fundraiser (10th, 120 hrs)
Other miscellaneous volunteer stuff (40 hrs)
Family business (About 8 hrs per week)
Tutoring in Chem and Math (2 hrs per week)

Essays: Honestly this is what I’m most nervous abt I’d say they’re goodish
Teacher/ Counselor Recommendation: #1 Maybe 10/10

2 Maybe 8/10

Counselor 10/10

OTHER:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Chemistry w/ pre-med
Domestic or International (state or country in parenthesis): U.S.
Race and/or Ethnicity: Filipino, East Asian, Native American, Jewish (Religion as well), & European
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Less than 50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, Recruited Athlete, Famous, High Donar): URM, Native American & low income?

Other Schools you are applying to: UNC Chapel Hill, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Barnard, UPenn, UF, UCF, Tulane, UChicago, Fordham, NYU, UMiami, maybe Johns Hopkins.

General Comments: I’m rlly worried about my SAT I and GPA bringing me down as well as that I wasn’t active in STEM until 11th and 12th. Also, if anyone has any suggestions on how I can explain my lack of internships over the summer and other colleges to apply to, pls drop a comment

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