Hello guys! I really want to go to any of these schools: Duke, Johns Hopkins, Washington University in STL, so I want to apply to all three as ED. The problem is that I have to choose only one school. I really want to get accepted early and focus on scholarships my second semester. Can you guys chance me so I can choose which school to apply to? Also could you recommend which school I should go to?
These are my stats:
Race: Asian (Should I state that I am Asian on the Common App or just leave it blank?)
Best Composite ACT: 33 (E: 34, M: 35, R: 30, S:32)
Superscored ACT: 34 (E:34, M:35, R: 32, S:35) - JH and WashU superscore the ACT, and Duke looks at each highest subscore but doesn’t recalculate the composite
SAT II: Math IIc: 800
Chem: 740
GPA: 3.88 UW
Weighted Classes:
Soph: Honors chem, Honors Alg II/Trig
Junior: AP Phy 1, AP Lang, AP World History, Honors Precalc
Senior: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, AP Calc AB
ECs:
- Research (9-10): I was involved in research on hippotherapy with horse robots to compare the effects of horse robots to real ones at Washington University in STL.
- Robotics Club (9-10): I designed our robots with 3D CAD software. We won the Rookie Inspiration Award, Arkansas Regional & STL Regionals in the First Robotics Competition (The largest International Robotics Competition)
- JV Tennis (9-10): Seeded 5th, was going to play Varsity but moved to another school which didn’t have a tennis team
I am very passionate in tennis and won several tournaments in Korea outside of school. - Varsity Basketball (11): Position: PW
- Film Club member (11): TBH nothing that impressing. We made short films.
- Took care of my little brother (10-12): My brother and I live away from our parents in a different city (lived in a different country in 10th grade) because of academics. I had to take responsibility for my brother. (I had to do all the chores that your parents would usually do and was my little brother’s guardian)
- Community Service (10-11): I volunteered to help children with disabilities exercise. I played games and sports with them and helped the doctors and researchers at a disability center.
- President/founder/mentor of the Computer repair/donation club (12): Where we got old computer donations from outside and repaired them to donate them to people in need. I am the mentor for the members and teach them how computers work and how to repair them. After we repair and make the computers usable, we donate them to people who are in need and teach them how to use computers.
Hooks: IDK
Income: 800,000+ish
Intended Major: Neuroscience & Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering Dual major, Biomedical Engineering (Which is the least competitive for each school?)
I think my essay is a OK. I am not the best writer, but I believe the topic is very catchy and strong.
The rec letters are the problem. I recently moved to my current school and I didn’t have enough time to make good relationships with my current/recent teachers. So I got rec letters from my freshman and sophomore years but I heard that this is not preferable. I do have rec letters from my junior and senior year teachers, but I don’t think they are very good compared to my freshman and sophomore teachers. This is bc my freshman and sophomore teachers were with me when I came back to America in 6 years and understand the struggles that I had to go through to become the student I currently am.
Thank you soooooooo Much!