MIT, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Rice

livi81
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:46:51 +0000

I’m a rising senior and I was feeling ok about applying to colleges next year, but after reading about some of the other students applying to these school, I think I’m out of my league. I plan to apply to MIT, Johns Hopkins, Rice, and Duke. I plan to major in biomedical engineering and I definitely want to study abroad. I’m from Illinois and go to a public high school.
Unweighted/ weighted GPA: 4.0/4.73
Class rank: 2/596
ACT: 33 composite, and I just retook it Saturday, so I do not have the results for the second test
SAT: 650 math, 630 writing, 620 cr (In my school, very few students take the sat and we are given no preparation whatsoever. I did the best I could to prep myself, but I will retake it in the fall)
SAT subject tests: I took chem and math II, and I don’t have the scores yet, but had the same problem as with the sat. The math II was ok, but the chem was really bad and I’m not expecting a good score. I plan to retake these in the fall, too
Schedule:
Freshman year:
Honors English I
Spanish II honors
Honors geometry
Freshman PE & health
Honors world history
honors bio
Nutrition & foods
Sophomore year:
English II honors
Spanish III honors
Algebra II honors
Honors chemistry
AP world history (4)
Honors speech
Tech explorations & basic robotics
Sophomore pe
Junior year:
AP English language (4-5 guessing)
Spanish IV honors
Honors pre-calc
Honors physics
APUSH (4-5 guessing)
Culinary arts I
PE
Senior year:
AP English lit
Spanish V honors
AP calc BC
Anatomy & physiology
Advanced chemistry
Honors government & economics
AP euro
PE

ECs:
International club (treasurer junior year, president senior year)
Debate team/club (co-founder & co-captain)
Spanish national honor society (treasurer)
National honors society
Speech team

I also have a lot of volunteering hours, as I’ve been volunteering at a senior citizen home every other Friday since 8th grade for 1 1/2- 2 hours and I have various other volunteer hours (feed my starving children, share your soles, relay for life, etc). My mom went through a medical assistant course 3 years ago, but other than that, I’m the first one in my family to go to college. I’m a Caucasian female, and I’m basically coming from a single parent home. If there’s anything else I can do to help get into one of these selective schools, please let me know!