<p>Hey guys.
I'm an international student. Pakistani national. Ethnicity: Persian (middle eastern)</p>
<p>These are the schools i'm going to be applying to.
Harvard (EA)
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
Columbia
Brown
Rice
NYU
Carnegie Mellon
UCB
UCLA
U Michigan
Case Western Reserve
U of Washington-St. Louis
U of Rochester
Pittsburgh</p>
<p>Here are my stats
All A+'s (one A and a B) throughout 9-12th grade.
BUT due to severe health issues (hospitalised for about 5 months), My finals went absolutely horrible. I'm glad I was even able to take them...
SAT II Bio 790 Chem 800 Math I,Literature and Physics to be given in May.
Self studying for AP Bio, AP Chemistry (expecting a 4 or 5). Also taking the ACT in June.</p>
<p>Really good Recs (All teachers tell me that I'm one of the top 1% they've ever taught), Rank: ~3-7/800 (Confidential info. Only counsellor knows)
EC's
800+ Hours of Shadowing experience with a general surgeon.
I was the founder/Secretary general of the GCU Environmental Conference, 2012. 45 teams from all around the world participated and we got sponsors from everywhere such as VINCI, france, Coca Cola, etc.
I am the COO of Pakistan's first student run science magazine. We've also had people like Prof. Walter Levin (Professor Emeritus, MIT) write for us.
I was the press secretary of the GCU Library society
I won and led teams to 3 MUN's and have won the outstanding diplomacy award in two of them.
I interned under the chief of UNICEF, Nigeria for 2 months.
I volunteered as a field officer in the polio campaign in Nigeria for a month.
I am the marketing chief at AFWA, an NGO that is currently running schools to teach over 500 homeless children.
I led the healthcare awareness campaign initiated by ASSET, a local NGO.
I led a tree planting campaign as an inaugural for the international year of forests. 10'000 trees were planted during the campaign. </p>
<p>Awards/Honors
I won 3 outstanding diplomacy awards at 2 national level MUN's
I got the Daud Ilyas medal for best graduate class of 2012
I got a roll of honour in extracurriculars in my school. </p>
<p>*Wanted to mention that I was on a gap year in 2012 due to severe health issues.
*I am not Pakistani by ethnicity. My father's from Malaysia and mother's from Iran. </p>
<p>Oh and my essay's about how my experience (health) in 2012 wasn't a bad thing and how it made me so much more hopeful and happier than before instead of bringing me down...</p>
<p>Intended major: Neurobiology or Biochem. Not exactly sure yet!
No financial aid needed but it would be awesome if I get it. (Family can't afford it but mom's job pays for 70% of tuition so it's sort of affordable. I'll be applying for need based in places like Harvard, etc but not places where admissions aren't need blind.)</p>
<p>Thank you guys, in advance for the help. Really appreciate it! I didn't know where I wanted to go and a lot of other things the last time I posted here but I'm dead set on pre-med. Yes, I know how hard it is to get into med school for international students. I've done my research on that.</p>