Under-represented Minority - Need Help - First Generation Student.

ricekrispies
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 02:15:00 +0000

I currently rank in the top 5 out of 530 students in my grade and have been
doing so for every year of high school. My current GPA is a 4.5 weighted and
a 3.83 non-weighted. I challenge myself with various honors and AP courses as
well. I just recently took the AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP
Psychology, and AP Language exam. Not to mention, I am signed up for 6 AP
classes next year.

—I received a 5 on Psychology, 4 on Calculus, 3 on both AP Lang & AP Euro.—

I have taken the SAT (1490) and plan to take the Math II and World History in August 2017.

For the summer, I will be participating in SIMR, and will be part of a team
conducting research in the first clinical drug trial of Pregnenolone; a drug
that has the potential to reduce irritability in those with Autism. I will be
working under several post doctoral fellows at Stanford.

P.S. the program has an acceptance rate of about 4%.

In addition to school, I participate in various after school activities, most
favorably, soccer. Current club is De Anza Force for which I am the captain
of. I was lucky enough to play for their academy team for 2 seasons under the u16
U.S National Team Coach.

In addition, I volunteer every day for several hours at the YMCA as a mentor
to the youth. Using my experience from the YMCA, early in my junior year I
started a program (P2C) which incorporates the peer tutoring of students from
upper classmen to help guide and mentor students who come from a
lower-socioeconomic background.

Additional extracurriculars include volunteering at the Red Cross. Club board member in Key Club, California Scholarship Federation, UNICEF, and will be participating in Siemens science competition in the fall.

My dream is to attend Stanford or at least one of the Ivies, any idea on how I stack up?
First generation college student - east African - good income

Thanks