<p>So, I thought to do a quick post on here to discern if I should open the books on my RD apps right now.</p>
<p>I am Early Decision to Operations Research with a planned Biomedical Eng minor and Pre-Medicine track.</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): CR: 770, Math: 800, Writing: 710 (2nd try)</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (straight 36s, 33 writing)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 750, Bio: 770</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish? 4.52 weighted, school does not offer AP or many honors courses until Junior year. Has taken hardest curriculum available at school, with a strong bias towards math/science)</li>
<li>Rank: Not reported, top 5% (probably ~~3%)</li>
<li>AP: Chem: 5, English Lang and Comp: 5, Stats: 5; currently enrolled in Government, Calculus BC, US History, Biology, Physics C, English Lit and Comp</li>
<li>IB: N/A</li>
<li>Major Awards: Nothing extraordinary, NHS, Spanish HS, State Scholar's Program finalist, AP Scholar</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Music (Piano, Violin since around age 7, First violin in Youth Symphony 9, 10), Varsity Chess (3 years/letters, co-captain), Varsity Golf (2 years to be 3 letters), Student representative to local Board of Education, Student Government representative (3 years), AMC 10 and AMC 12 entrant (3 years)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: 2 second-semester jobs working as an event coordinator for the state's leading music teachers' organization</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer in school event planning, coordination. Participates in every event as a coordinator.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Musical studies, extensive travel (upwards of 19 countries across the globe, no "holiday" destinations [read: Caribbean], was told to declare in resume)</li>
<li>Essays: CommonApp essay explains initiative and drive for OR and BME interests with a clear outline of future plans. Cornell Supp references specific research conducted within the university in connection to my interest and ideas in engineering. I thought I did a good job, and several others confirmed.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Waived right, should have been decent at the very least. Carefully chose two teachers whom I know very well and have performed excellently in and showed determination. Both claim to start from scratch with each new recommendation. (Government/History and Calculus/Statistics)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Waived, but should have been decent at the very least. I am one of two students with my GC who remains in close contact with him.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>Country (if international applicant): Not international, but declared dual citizenship (Australia)</li>
<li>School Type: Public High School, one of best in state.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese (undeclared)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Over $250k</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unless 1st generation American college is one.</li>
</ul>
<p>Feel free to chance me for my other schools too.</p>
<p>EA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Bioengineering or Chem/Biomolecular Eng)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Undeclared, not required)</p>
<p>RD
Duke University (Biomedical Eng)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton, Operations Research)
Johns Hopkins University (Biomedical Eng and Pre-Medicine)
Yale University (Economics or Business)
Princeton University (Chem Eng)</p>