<p>This is karmapigou’s girlfriend (Poseur); he’s too lazy to make his own chance thread. However, karmapigou is motivated, intelligent, and absolutely adorable. </p>
<p>SCHOOLS</p>
<p>Boston University & accelerated med program
Brown University & PLME
Drexel University & accelerated med program
George Washington University & accelerated med program
Harvard College
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University & HPME
Penn State University & accelerated med program
University of Maryland, College Park & Honors Program</p>
<p>STATS
[ul][li] UW GPA: 4.00, 1/334 & W GPA: 4.69, 8/334[/li][li] SAT I: 2330 superscore (two sittings, 2290 each): 740 CR / 790 M / 800 W[/li][li] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 780 Biology M, 800 Chemistry[/li][li] APs: 5’s in American Govt & Politics, Calculus AB, Biology, English Language, World History[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>SENIOR COURSELOAD
[ul][<em>] English 12 AP
[</em>] Chemistry AP
[<em>] Psychology AP
[</em>] Latin 4
[<em>] Spanish 5 AP
[</em>] Calculus C/Multivariable Calc AP
[li] GT Intern/Mentorship (spend 5+ hours per week with a mentor – he’s interning at the FDA, more on this later)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
[ul][li] Research at FDA (summer 2008 & 12th): 160 hours so far; will be ~300 by the end of the year. Studying the microstructure of drug polymer coatings used on biodegradable stents.<br>[/li][li] Hospital volunteering (11th & 12th): 112 hours at the Howard County General Hospital in the ER; currently 4 hours a week at St. Agnes in Medical/Surgical Unit (will be 100+ hours).[/li][li] SGA (9th, 11th, & 12th): Class Board Member 9th grade; Executive Board Member 11th grade; Executive Board Vice President 12th grade (attend leadership conferences, county-wide meetings, etc.)[/li][li] Various science clubs (10th, 11th, & 12th):[/li]-- Chemathon (10th).
– Science Olympiads (11th & 12th): 2nd place Write It, Do It & 3rd place Cellular Biology @ statewide competition 2008.
– Science National Honor Society (12th): Founding member.<br>
[li] Math Team (10th, 11th, & 12th): Weekly practices & tri-weekly county-wide meets.[/li][li] Future Business Leaders of America (10th, 11th, & 12th): 2nd place in Global Business at State Leadership Conference 2007; qualified for Nationals.[/li][li] National Honor Society (11th & 12th): 4+ hours of community service per month.[/li][li] Spanish National Honor Society (11th & 12th): 10 hours of community service per semester. [/li][li] Latin National Honor Society (12th): Keeping a dead language alive? (:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>AWARDS/HONORS
[ul][<em>] Various competition awards (see above)
[</em>] Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist
[<em>] AP Scholar with Distinction
[</em>] National Merit Commended
[<em>] Inductee of NHS, Spanish NHS, Latin NHS, Science NHS
[</em>] English Student of the Year Department Award, 11th grade
[li] Principal’s Honor Roll every quarterrr (4.0) :][/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Sooo, yeah. How’s it lookin’?</p>
<p>biodegradable stents…useless much? And, it’s not research if he’s only “studying” a technology that’s currently in use. Just wanted to clarify that. Um, other than that, this application seems too good to be true…So, if it is an honest app, then he’s in at all his choice (probably even PLME/HPME).</p>
<p>Well the technology isn’t in use yet, it’s being researched across the board as an alternative to both bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents because of the unknown effects of prolonged presence. If you want studies, I can give you links. Secondly, what’s so “too good to be true?” I’m just like any other applicant to med programs. What point is there in lying on a “Chance Me” thread when the goal is to get accurate feedback?</p>
<p>also, nj<em>azn</em>premed, i’ve seen that your test scores are actually very similar to, in fact better than, mine. so congrats on those and being another “too good to be true” applicant.</p>
<p>What I’m doing for my research is kind of like “studying” too. All I do is learn stuff and read things about the what the latest is going on in my area of research and my mentor sends me documents (including yet unpublished papers) to help me understand how things work better. I don’t really do an experiment or anything. Is that bad?</p>
<p>How can it be bad to be expanding your knowledge base in a professional field? Whether people want to label what you’re doing as research or studying, it doesn’t really matter. Thanks for the post, but I don’t think that taking the SAT twice and getting the same score is very amazing (700 in CR the first time is even more unamazing) : ].</p>
<p>(In case you were surrious…) I was jokinggg! He just let me make his thread 'cause I’m better at the internets (i.e. formatting posts, lol.) >:]</p>
<p>Boston University & accelerated med program - safety
Brown University & PLME - reach
Drexel University & accelerated med program - safety
George Washington University & accelerated med program - safety
Harvard College - reach
Johns Hopkins University - match
Northwestern University & HPME - match
Penn State University & accelerated med program - safety
University of Maryland, College Park & Honors Program - safety</p>