Demographics: White female
Residence- CO
HS - public
No financial aid
Interest- Food Science/Biochemistry
Reach- Cornell, Johns Hopkins
Less Reach -Cal Poly, UC Davis, Purdue
Safeties- Clemson, UMASS Amherst, University of Florida
Numbers-
Unweighted GPA:3.85
Weighted GPA (5-point scale): 4.10
Class Rank: 15/256
ACT- N/A
SAT - 1450
SAT II - 760 Math II
AP scores- AP Physics 3, AP Chemistry 3, AP Calc AB 3, AP Stats 3, AP Calc BC 4 (5 AB subscore)
Extracurriculars
-Varsity Swimming 4 years
-Math tutor
-Captain of the Swim team 2 years
-DECA 2 Years Officer one year
-Internship Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
-Summer College at Johns Hopkins (food, nutrition, and public health)
-Research Internship UMASS Amherst food science department
- Summer Student Program Research Internship Jackson Laboratory (paper hopefully published)
-Volunteer trip with FIMRC in Nicaragua (nutrition education)
Honors
NHS, Academic Allstate First Team, 3rd Colorado Journalism Award (for article on FIMRC), High Honor Roll (3 years), 3 School swimming records
Essay
-Sophomore year personal project IB final, researched the effects of different energy bars which had their major calorie source from different groups (protein bars, fat based bars, carbohydrate bars) and tested their effects on blood sugar of athletes during sustained exercise (1 hour) and used these results to design my own energy bar that provided more consistent blood sugar over longer duration of exercise, wrote a business plan for my company and entered it in DECA business plan competition, state finalist for the plan
Wrote an essay about that experience and how it relates to my passion for food science