Hello,
I am Asian Indian male from detroit, no familial relation to Georgia Tech, applied to Scheller, and biomedical engineering for 2nd choice major
3.5 UW GPA 4.1 W( school doesn’t report + or - only letter grades, which hurts me because all my B’s are B+"s)
(also described extenuating circumstances that caused my grades to dip junior year)
Including Senior year: 16 AP/IB/Honors classes
7th Semester Grades(not done yet)
AP Chem- B
BC Calc- B
AP Gov- A
IB Orgo Chem- A
TOK IB- A
Spanish 5- A
34 ACT(34W, 35M, 33R, 33S, 10 Writing)
770 Math II
EC’s:
500 hours volunteering:
Hospital Volunteering
Local Temple/Youth Group
Built houses and taught rural kids English in India
Helped Create a nonprofit business that helps kids in poverty get a better education( current position: Midwestern Rep, and part of Marketing team)
Research Assistant @ Local University- did work relating mental illness medicine and diabtetes
MIT Inspire Finalist: wrote and paper and was chosen to present it at MIT(TED talk style)
LEAD NYU(SBI)- Summer Business Institute at Stern
3 years as a two-sport athlete, and 1 year as 3 sport athlete( total 7 years on varsity won 1 state championship, 3-time runner-ups)
Newspaper- 1yrs as a staffer, 2 yrs as section editor, 1 year as senior editor. Freshman/Sophmore Year–> Won a Gold Key
Junior year–> Top 50 newspaper by Columbia Scholastic Press Association
UNICEF- Founding member of UNICEF club at school, raised money for various causes (2yr member)
Leadership Club- 4yr member and group leader
Tutor/Grader @ Kumon for two years
Recs: 9/10
Common App: 8.5/10
Supps: 7(7.5)/10
School doesn’t rank, probably top 15-20%, Naviance is pretty random but it could be because of the small sample size