<p>Chance mostly for cornell-cals-communic.
others-bu, dartmouth, gwu, brandeis, bowdoin, bard, umass-amherst, union</p>
<p>thank you!!</p>
<p>STATS</p>
<p>GPA- 88.67% in competitive nyc high school (my average may seem like a joke since I'm applying to top schools ...but here it goes- my freshman year i had a lot of trouble adjusting and I had a lot of negative influences my averages were like low 70s and such...however working in my lab and my mentor really influenced me (i plan to write about it in my essays)..and after freshman year my averages were all above 90</p>
<p>RANK (horrible)- 290/900- 32% due to my grade situation- transcript was hard to get up</p>
<p>Sat- 750 math-- 700 reading-- 750 writing- total:2200</p>
<p>SAT II's- Lit- 750 Math 2-780</p>
<p>Awards- honor society senior year...semi finalist in small science competition</p>
<p>Low income family
1st generation college student
South Asian </p>
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<p>Extracurriculars / volunteer </p>
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<li>Volunteered at the American Cancer society since freshman year, had an unpaid internship with them for two summers...reaching out to cancer patients...recruiting people...help organize the big walks. cooking dinner to patients, spreading awareness to kids our age</li>
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<p>-- I work in a pathology lab working with pancreatic carcinoma. I've been there my soph and junior year and plan to be there next year..I work there up to 30 hrs/week during the school year and summer. I've written many papers, one of them along with other MD and PhD students which has been published</p>
<p>-- Volunteer at Hospital-- assist nurses, help out patients when ever they need me for something</p>
<p>-- School newspaper- reporter for three years, appointed Editor-In-Chief...my articles were published in different student websites and newsletters. I also freelance for a non profit organization, writing reviews weekly for their newsletter</p>
<p>-Freelance writer for non-profit organization that promotes arts to students. critique/praise shows. published in newsletter</p>
<p>-- Model U.N - v/president...self explanatory what you do there</p>
<p>--Tutor disadvantaged students in my old public elementary school during the summer- 6 years</p>
<p>--I write short stories for for and some of them have been published in local newspapers.</p>