I was rejected from Upenn, Northwestern University and Cornell so my morale is pretty low. I’m aware that these were “reach” schools but at this point I feel like the remainder of the universities I applied to will reject me too.
If anyone can chance me for Northeastern university, Notre Same and NYU-- it’d be greatly appreciated. Suggestions on where I should transfer would be great too. I don’t mind chancing back either (though I’m not very knowledgeable with it 
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Get ready for a stats dump!
I’m applying as an international student for Junior transfer from CC
Applied Major: Biology (applied to CAS for notre Dame and NYU but to the college of health sciences in NEU)
Background: I’m an international student who has travelled the world until settling down in the U.S. around 6/7 years ago. I’m fluent in a few languages (mandarin, cantonese, english, japanese) and was born in a third world country. My high school grades weren’t very good 3.0 GPA (weighted).
SAT: 1700 (old)
GPA: 3.69 (it would’ve been around a 3.85/3.9 if it wasn’t for ONE quarter. My grandmother died and I was being harassed by a professor which caused me a lot of stress. It’s the only quarter that I did badly. My other quarters are mainly As with a few A-'s) Huge upward trend (4.0s every quarter with each quarter after this one being 15+ unit credits)
LOR: both LOR are from science professors. One from my Biology professor and another from my nutritionist professor. I’m planning on entering the health care field.
EC:
Member of the Leo Club (Lions International) for 3 years.
- Project manager for 1 year in the Leo Club and focused on childhood cancer: I planned fundraisers and activities which helped raise awareness and support for childhood cancer.
-Social Manager for 1 year in the Leo Club: planned social events for new and current members and also helped with volunteer activities.
-Recipient of the Silver Seal Award (50 hours in one school year)
-Overall around 150 hours of volunteering
Officer of the Japanese National Honor Society for 1 year
Officer of the Cooking Club for 1 year
Member of an audition choir for 2 years in High School and one quarter in College
TA for Mathematics for 1 year
I was a part of my High School’s JV Softball Team for 1 year
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
Currently volunteering at a cat adoption center (around 1 year 2-3 hours every week)
I also added that I take care of my little sister VERY much. My parents are both too busy, so I cook, clean, drive and help her with everything. I’ve been doing this since my high school years.
I know my EC’s in college is extremely minimal…I’m so terrified that I’m going to be rejected for this…
In my essay I wrote about the challenges I faced in my youth in a third world country which was prejudiced against my race, and how my family was denied justice and healthcare after my brother got beat up in school. I talked about how I still love my country, and I want to go back someday to make it a better place. I related this to how I want to enter the medical field and be a part of Penn’s interdisciplinary program where I can choose courses which are related to global rights issues as well as science. I also talked about how I wanted to delve into research and study about social issues concerning healthcare and how we can bridge that.
Thanks to whoever is reading this and has given me feedback.
Any tips on how I can improve would be amazing!