Hey Guys,
Please have mercy on me and my vile GPA. I am a junior and am interested in applying to Emory this summer.
Male, Asian
NJ, Top 10 Public HS
Prospective Major: Biological Sciences
Financial Aid: HAKK YESS
I had a rip of depression from 6th grade onward and family dilemmas (nothing as serious as a death in the family), but we have moved on from that together and we looking forward to the future
GPA:
Freshman:
UW: 2.5 (you’re throwing up right now, I KNOW it)
W: 2.7
(3 Honors)
Pls
Sophomore:
UW: 3.6
W: 3.7
(1 Honors - wasn’t allowed to take advanced classes )
I was pulling myself together at this point, slowly and steadily.
Junior:
UW: 3.8
W: 4.1
(4 APs and 1 Honors):
AP Calc AB
AP Lang
AP Bio
AP CompSci
My teachers have told me that the past terminal was the toughest of the year, and my Bio teacher is so impressed he wants to nominate me for Gov’s School!
Life is good right now, and I’ve stopped caring about grades…don’t get me wrong, I study hard, am highly motivated, review tests and ask questions, but I stopped looking at my averages until I have to. I just feel like looking at my grades is pointless and depressing…if that makes any sense xD
Senior year:
By senior year, I will have taken:
AP Calc AB
AP Calc C
AP Biology
AP Lang
AP CompSci
AP Physics
AP Chem
AP Lit
AP Statistics
AP Gov & Pol
AP Enviro Science
I am also taking the AP Psych test.
I predict my Senior year UWGPA to be around 3.7-3.8 and WGPA around 4.2…or maybe I’m fooling myself xD I don’t really care for the difficulty, I just want to take classes that I am interested in and that I will get the most out of. I bash myself for abusing the opportunities I had in 9th grade and how ignorant I was. I’ve somehow twisted myself into some convoluted philosophy…idk I just want to learn.
- With all of this, my cumulative UWGPA would be 3.425, and my WGPA would be 3.675.
- I'm going to pour my heart and writing skills into the essay and my own way
- Teach Recs from Bio and Eng teachers should be pretty good because I have good relationships with them.
Standardized Tests:
SAT: 2330 M [780] CR [750] W [800] Essay: 12 - First Attempt
I didn’t take any AP tests or Subject Tests yet.
ECs:
I did jacksquat in frosh and soph
FIRST Robotics: 3 years, Captain 1 year
Service Club for animals: Founded in Soph year - Founder and Pres 3 years
Academic League: 3 years, 2 yrs state champ
Elaborated Extra Activities:
-I called and contacted the county’s parks corps and spoke with the state’s Park Ranger. With them, I organized an environmental cleanup with school volunteers.
-Got in touch with the state parks again, and helped collaborate on a monitoring project for special, curative plant species. Got school volunteers to join.
- Called and contacted the State's Fish and Wildlife department and conversed with representatives for a week. I managed to arrange for a biologist to come to my school and give a school-wide presentation about endangered species within the state.
-Organized a school-wide fundraiser for endangered bear species
-Competitive Summer Research at Princeton University, where I studied evolutionary biology (I am applying for the Rutgers program this summer too)
PASSIONs:
As you can tell, I care about animals xD But besides biology, my main passion is writing.
Let me go into further detail:
I have been writing for a while, and have entered into numerous nationwide competitions - I didn’t win anything I am entering in more this year, but besides publishing in my school’s Literary Magazine, I’ve got squat.
But I’ve been recognized for my writing by established organizations, and I plan on writing my essay on this one, great experience I had learning with actual authors about writing when I techincally wasn’t old enough to be allowed to do so.
My goal:
I want to be a research scientist (PhD and all) - discover things; contribute to the world. I also want to write - scifi, lit fiction, genre fiction. I want to give back to Earth by conserving the rapidly dwindling endangered species. Wherever I end up for my undergrad, I know that there is more that matters…or maybe I’m just comforting myself?
Soooooo, how 'bout that ED Emory? ED has a ~39%-40% admit rate, the last time I checked.
If it’s too much of a reach, what college should I ED too? - I really want to go to Emory because it is an amazing research institution, but I’ll concede to reality xD
My most realistic expectation is UIUC, but I’m a noob at this so your opinions definitely matter.
Thanks guys
(If there is any info you guys want please ask!)