No hooks…except for these ??? <---- See! I have four hooks!
No but in all seriousness, here we go
All Schools of interest:
Every UC (SD and Cal are the dream) except SC,R, and, well, do I really have to say the last one?
Alot of Midwestern Schools: Northwestern (ED) UM, UIUC, Purdue, UW Madison, Uminn, IU
Other: USC, UT Austin, U of Washington, UofA
Background:
I want to major in pharmacology or biochem research
White Male
Dad graduated from Purdue
Sister attended UCSD!!!..But dropped out (She has a different last name then me idk if this matters)
Junior attending a great public school in California
Academics:
UW GPA: 3.85
W GPA: 3.9
UC GPA: 4.05
No honors or AP freshman year
Three honors classes sophomore year
Only one AP my junior year: World History ( I done fucked that up)
Planning three my senior year: Stats, Chem, and Enviro
Current ACT score is 28, but receiving 31/32 on practice tests (going June 11 for the last time)
No SATII…yet. but planning Chem and Math II in September (Too late for ED?)
EC’s and leadership:
350 hours of volunteering at a science museum in the past year (and none before)
Leadership position at said museum. I and several other volunteers am in charge of 100’s of other volunteers.
Four years in a human rights club
Three years on board with this club (this includes my senior year, where I will be president)
Two year member of an anti domestic violence club
Three (relatively inactive) years of speech and debate
Two year member of my schools secular student alliance, also president my senior year
Awards:
Award for excellence in English and Social Studies my sophomore year
Presidential volunteer service medal Gold earned in half the allotted time (250 hours in six months vs one year)
Victory ribbons for going 3-0 at two different regional debate tournaments
Human Rights Club got CLub of the year out of over 100 other clubs while I was on board
Vsauce4: Servin’ up that weak sauce and still applying to Cal UCLA and Northwestern. I’d really appreciate some feedback!