Well, Here's My Story.

ChasingStarlight
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:26:40 +0000

I switched school districts, and states, between my 8th and 9th grade year. It was a tough move, but the new district I went into was a ridiculously easy and uncompetitive one – thus, I had a 4.0 GPA with no problems. Then, we moved again and back to my old state, but to a ridiculously competitive to the point of insanity school – and my unweighted GPA dropped to a 3.8. If you notice, the two classes that had prerequisites from my old school were the two classes that I dropped in. This is still pretty good, but my classes for my next year (my junior year) are even harder so I have to work twice as hard to even maintain this GPA. Yes, my school is recognized as a tough public high school by colleges. Also, I’m piled high with extra curriculars and volunteering, though I play no sports. Tell me what you think.

Oh, also, I live in Ohio.

Freshman Year:
Honors English - A
Honors Biology - A
Honors Environmental Science - A
Honors Geometry- A
Spanish 1 - A
Phys Ed - A
Art 1 - A
Honors Wold History - A

Sophomore Year:
Honors English - A
Honors Chemistry - A
AP Biology - B
Algebra 2 - A
Spanish 2 - B
AP US History- A
Public Speaking - A
Debate - A

Outside of School -
Discover Hopkins - JHU: Preventative Medicine and Health in the 21st Century - Pass

Junior Year :
AP Comp Sci - ?
AP Economics - ?
AP English Language - ?
AP Chemistry- ?
Honors Physics - ?
Spanish 3 - ?
Precalculus - ?

PSAT scores:
172 Freshman
207 Sophomore
? - Junior

AP Scores -
Biology: 5
US History - 4

SAT 2 Scores -
Biology M - 750
US History - 740

EC’s :
Model UN - Superior Delegate,Vice President
Speech & Debate - State Level Original Orator
Mock Trial - “Best Lawyer” award at Districts
Premed Society
Amnesty International
Drama Club - 1-2 plays every school year
Guitar- on and off through high school, pastime activity

Summer Internship at Cleveland Clinic in Biomedical Engineering Department, presenting data to Science Fairs across the board, hoping to get some scholarships there.

Schools I’m Looking at -
UMich
Brown
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC SanFran
Johns Hopkins University
OSU
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
UNC Chapel Hill
Wash U @ St. Louis
Stanford (!)
UPenn
Northwestern
Darthmouth
Boston University

I was to be a Premed, majoring in Biomedical Engineering or Cognitive Neuroscience.