Williams or Brown ED

esopteradactyl
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:11:25 +0000

Asian Male
Midwest
Competetive Public
GPA: W: 3.74 UW: 3.6, upward trend when I began taking AP courses.



SAT: will take in october, projecting 750 CR 700 M 650 W
ACT: 31 (33/31/31/30) (6 essay. ha) may retake later, projecting about 34
SAT II: 710 Biology, 700 Literature
APs:
5 Literature
4 Composition
3 Biology (long story, power went out in middle, riot ensued in hallway.)

Essays: good to very good
Recs: Good to outstanding

Extracurriculars:

Swimming, year round, 2 hours a day 6 days a week
Varsity Swimming, section qualifier 3 years in the 100 breast stroke
2 years in the 50 free
Piano 6 years, nothing outstanding
Violin 6 years, nothing outstanding
NHS

Research:

I guess this is where I spent most of my time and energy.
Massive hours in the lab, cell culture and a lot of mouse surgeries, competetive repopulation, data analysis etc.
co-authored paper on creatine phosphate concentration in the ischemic heart, published in spring 2008
Summer science program, comparable to RSI, SSP. began a new extremely significant project on whether the heart is regenerated through cardiac progenitor cells or hematopoetic stem cells. created an in-vivo model that is patent pending.
Certified by ACLU in a few different mouse surgeries.

Intel and Siemens Applicant, i think i have a shot a regionals?

Volunteering:
Helped underpriveliged kids with homework, 100 hours (I really liked doing this)
Hospital, 200+ hours
Random YMCA, local community, 100 + hours

So, I’m trying to decide Williams or Brown ED. Do I have a shot?