Hi y’all! Chance me please!
Stats and Hooks:
Multiracial (Indian, French, Arab) female from the Bay Area
SAT (Superscore): 730 RW, 780 Math
SAT II: Math 2 - 800, Chem - 760
PSAT: 1460 (PSAT Commended)
GPA: 4.2 W, 3.9 UW
AP’s: AP Euro - 5, APUSH (self-studied) - 4
ACS Gen Chem Exam: Top 6th percentile
Former Biomed Student until Junior year when I entered Middle College
Dual-enrolled in community college as Middle College Student as it was way more affordable than taking AP exams and I wasn’t exactly happy w/ the way my high school ran things (very competitive, hard to stand out, couldn’t exactly explore what it was that I wanted to do because of how linear my school ran things)
Took Calc I and II (equivalent to Calc BC), Gen Chem I and II (equivalent to AP Chem)
Currently taking in Fall Sem. O Chem I, Gen Phys 1 and Tutoring Theory and Practice 1
Signed up for O Chem II, Gen Psych 1, and Tutoring Theory and Practice 2
Classes have been significantly increasing in rigor and AO is very impressed with this
AVID student for two years because I want to go college really badly (even though my peers look down on AVID)
Financial situation is so bad that I’ve been forced to rely on my salary and fee waivers to compete and complete SATs and College Apps; FAFSA estimated to be at max grant money
first female in family to get a college education
ECs and outside activities:
Volunteered/Shadowed 179 hours at Hospital in underserved Indian seaport
Volunteered/Shadowed/Did admin work at 51 hours at a clinic for the underserved in Vallejo County
Shadowed 5 hours with my pediatrician
Volunteer at local Kaiser (80 hours)
Created program to mentor medically-inclined middle school students that received great attention from doctors and local community, all of my 8th graders in the program got into very tough Biomed Academy at High School
Intern at Big Data AI Company
Volunteered as peer tutor at my high school in Math, Science, French
Work as a paid tutor in all Math up to Calc 2 and all Chemistry up to Gen Chem 2 at my community college; I tutor in two ways: tutor CC students in tutorial and work as an AVID tutor for Middle College students since I’m the only tutor who’s from Middle College/knows AVID tutorial method and has the patience to do personalized tutoring if needed since I’ve gotten the necessary training
Co-president of CC Mu Alpha Theta (Math) Honors Society
VP of Education of Gavel Club (means that I serve as president if the president isn’t present for meetings and am second in order, since first is president and there are several VPs in Gavel Club)
HOSA project manager
CJSF/CSF member who will earn lifetime membership upon graduation
Awards/Honors:
4th Place & Silver Medalist at CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee - Mar 2015
3rd Place in Human & Animal Behavioral Sciences (HABS) Category at Synopsys Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (ACSEF) - Mar 2016
CalHOSA State Finalist for Prepared Speaking - Apr 2016
CalHOSA State Finalist for Medical Spelling - Apr 2016
CalHOSA State Bronze Medalist and International Contingent for Medical Spelling - Mar 2017
HOSA International Top 18 for Medical Spelling - Jun 2017
Mu Alpha Theta Academic Honors - Jan 2018
CalHOSA State Finalist for Medical Spelling - Mar 2018
Mu Alpha Theta Academic Honors - May 2018
Dublin High Academic Block D and Honor Pin - Apr 2018
PSAT/NMSQT Commended Scholar - Sep 2018
Other facts:
Memorized two medical dictionaries (Mosby’s and Taber’s) for Medical Spelling Competitions and to combine loves of spelling and medicine
Competitive Speller since 4th Grade
Competitive Public Speaker (I primarily compete in Toastmasters/Gavel Club and HOSA events)
Watches content in different languages (Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, French, Tamil)
Runs a tea account (like actual drinking tea)
Several instances of DI: (attended Brown near You two times and met with AO on PLME committee, direct email contact with AOs, online campus tour, direct contact w/ Ask a Brown Student)
Submitted two-minute video, my resume, polio project (100%) and op-ed for teacher pay (99.2%) to Brown
So people have told me that I’ll be outright rejected from Brown because I’m not an ISEF or Siemens finalist and didn’t do any research (it’s super competitive to even perform research and much less land your name on a paper) and I focused more on leadership initiatives and doing the best with what I can do on hand. The most research I’ve done is get 3rd place at a county science fair and get a 100% on an interdisciplinary research project about polio and WWII. And while it would be awesome to hang out and do research, I do need that humanistic aspect and want an MPH, JD, MBA or teaching credential after pursuing my MD. Plus the # of people applying ED has risen (even though I’m the only one from my high school applying ED to Brown).
I really want to go to Brown, even if I get rejected from PLME. What I want for my college experience is basically what Brown offers and have attempted to give myself that experience of taking what I want while at Middle College. Am prepared for deferral/rejection but still nervous.