<p>I’m a very unbalanced applicant… academically, I feel very secure, but I lack any compelling hook or “significant” (in the context of college apps) extra-curriculars.</p>
<p>Also I apologize for the title sounding pretentious… I’m not really even a supernerd (not enough awards to show off for that), but I do have barely any ECs to help me out. Forgive me, it’s early morning and I have to go to school in about… now.</p>
<p>Student:</p>
<p>Gender: M
Location: NJ
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes
Ethnicity: Bangladeshi</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.0
GPA - Weighted: ~5.3
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 550</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 780
SAT I Writing: 800 (12)
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Biology - E: 770
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Nothing in the context of college admissions that is significant, but…
Latin Club 9/10/11
Model United Nations 10
Key Club International 10
National Latin Honors Society 11/12
National Honors Society 11/12
National Science Honors Society 11/12
National English Honors Society 12
History Honors Society 11/12
JV Track 11/12 (turning Varsity this year)
Fund the less fortunate in Bangladesh about every summer.</p>
<p>Leadership Positions:
President of National Latin Honors Society 11/12</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
120 hours at the dietary of a local rehabilitation center
~100 hours of voluntary contribution of computer servicing last summer (not sure if it’s worth mentioning, but I did help hundreds of people with their computers)
20+ tutoring hours this year for the Honors Societies</p>
<p>Honors and Awards:
American Math Competition 11
National Merit Scholarship Commended Honors 11
National Latin Exam Cum Laude 9/10</p>
<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>
<p>Importance of cost: Important</p>
<p>I’m applying to:
Columbia College, Dartmouth College, Yale University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University</p>
<p>As you can tell I’m a very uninteresting applicant, so I’d appreciate some direction towards some great Bio/Premed-major schools that I’d have a decent shot at (that don’t mind kids with weak ECs that look like all they did was study [even though it was actually my fault because I wasted a lot of my free free time on games and the mall]). I already realize that a few of the institutions on my list are long shots because of my weak ECs; I’m just looking to add on to the list with appropriate choices.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>