<p>Hey -</p>
<p>I need an objective soul to help me finalize where I need to apply, because I can only look at myself subjectively. I'll try really hard not to make this too long.</p>
<p>Here are stats so far - </p>
<p>SATs:
April 1, SAT I - 630 CR 640 W 660 M --> 1930.
June 6, SAT II, Biology M - 680.</p>
<p>Nov 4, plan to take SAT I again.
Dec 2, plan to take SAT IIs: Chemistry & Math 2C.</p>
<p>Race - Mixed, direct Arab roots. (I immigrated here when i was 1, was born in sudan). African-American can safely be checked and has been checked since I was a kid.</p>
<p>Gender - Female.
Location - Rural Va, small school of 500 total.
Languages Known- Arabic, 3 years of Spanish.
Family Income - Both parents physicians, income probably > 300k. However, there are a total of 9 people living in the house, including 6 children (I'm oldest).</p>
<p>GPA - 4.0 UW, Toughest possible courseload, 6/7 APs this (senior) year.
Rank - 1/~100. When I apply, this could possibly be shared by another person, but by the end of the year, I should be the only rank 1.
APs
US History, 10th, 4
Biology, 11th, 4
Statistics, 11th, 3
Physics B, 12th
Comp. Sci, 12th
Calculus, 12th
English Lit, 12th
Government, 12th
Env. Science, 12th</p>
<p>Recommendations - 1 really good one from Chemistry teacher (had her for two years), and I hope another decent one from AP Biology/Regular Biology teacher. GC rec might be crude/impersonal. We don't quite get along . . . it took a lot of energy to argue for 6 ap's this year. (At this rural school, going above and beyond isn't encouraged.)
Essays - I think it can be really good, PM for topic if you wish to know.</p>
<p>ECs (Yearly) - Volunteering @ hospitals, Math Team all 4 years (could be captain this year), Arabic classes thrice a week since 6th grade, Distance Learning classes, 1 year soccer. =</p>
<p>ECs (Summer) - Free Governor's School Camp (3 weeks of Anatomy), 2 CTY Camps, Volunteering Overseas, 3 college classes this past summer.</p>
<p>Jobs - Peer Tutors, 11th & 12th grade. Minimum wage, but payed to tutor students for an hour per day, which was the imp part.</p>
<p>Awards
Semi-Finalist in National Achievement Scholarship Program, 07 (first in very long time in school's history)
AP Scholar
Won two "3rd place" at regional math competitions, 05 & 06
1st Place science fair - school, 03
3rd Place science fair - regionals, 03, top 3 invited to national Discovery's Science Fair but couldn't attend due to scheduling conflicts.</p>
<p>Passion
I've taken each and every science course offered by my school, AP Biology & Adv.Chemistry were taken in my junior year and I was the only one in a class of seniors. I took Governor's School in Anatomy & Physiology and earned 8 college credits. I'm very oriented toward pre-med, and have been looking at a medicine career for a very long time now. I love research and was able to work in Yale's facilities at the time of my science fair project, and then decided to try other things in the upcoming summers. Volunteering at hospitals in the country and outside the country has led me to believe that I might try working overseas once I hopefully secure a medical degree (possibly working in an arab country). They need help more badly than Americans do. This is what my EC essay will be about.</p>
<p>POSSIBLE COLLEGES?
So . . . I really need to finalize the college list, I can think of about 30 that I could apply to in a heartbeat, but as we know...that's not very reasonable. So far I'm putting "undecided" for college major if I can, but I'm pretty sure the above is what I want to do . . however, what I may specialize in is undecided, and who knows, I may find something cooler to do in college. :)</p>
<p>Here are some I'm interested in. Cut some out, add some, do whatever you think would work for me. Tell me if you think I have no chance and should save my time. By the way, if you made it down this far, it's very very much appreciated. :-)</p>
<p>MIT
Cornell University
Yale University
Harvard University
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Rice University
Emory University
University of Texas - Austin
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Drexel University</p>
<p>All of these schools are located near the eastern coast, because I've never traveled farther west than Texas...although, that could change ! I've heard though it's hard to get into schools on the west coast if applying from the east coast.</p>