Decision: Waitlisted (Again)
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Asian (Hmong) and White
State: Wisconsin (Counselor is Garth Parke)
Current College: WI community college
Credits: 60 - rising junior
Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology
HS GPA: 3.3 UW
ACT/SAT: 30
College GPA: 3.597
Midterm: 4.0
EC:
Phi Theta Kappa (honors society) President, 3
-Organized and developed a teaching curriculum in finding housing for Appleton COTS, a homeless shelter
-Attended Fall 2017 Leadership Conference
Universal Multicultural Association (cultural club) Vice President, 2
-Ran gently used clothing drive
-Founded and funded a multicultural scholarship on my campus through fundraising by selling eggrolls and popcorn
-Hosted campus wide potluck
-Attended MAASU 2017 Spring conference at UM-Ann Arbor
Nursing and Allied Health Club (career club) President, 4
-Hosted, developed, and ran a workshop for young girls at GEMS, a one day program aimed at elementary to middle school aged girls to get them interested in STEM fields
-Organized for other colleges to host transfer informational sessions
-Also ran gently used clothing drive
Resident Assistant (work) 1 semester
Laundromat Attendant (work) 3 semesters
LOR and Essays: Essays were thorough but not very creative. Excellent LOR from my Philosophy professor who let me peek at his rough draft letter that was very specific as to how I excelled in his class and gave at least four specific examples of things I did throughout the semester that impressed him. One LOR from Microbiology professor that was probably pretty generic, but might not have been. I came to class and was one of the only people who ever spoke up and did well. Last LOR from my academic advisor/professor of multiple classes/advisor to all my clubs.
The first application decision for Vanderbilt transfer this year was April 18, my decision came in the 2nd wave.
I’ve also applied to Northwestern for Biology (Rejected) and UW-Madison for Microbiology (Accepted). I added the information about my ECs so others can understand the depth of involvement I had in each EC, which was a lot, especially for my small and uninvolved 2 yr.
This is the third time I’ve applied and the second time I’ve gotten waitlisted.