<p>I plan on majoring in astronomy and doing a pre-med route. That way, if I decide to do medicine, I can do that, and if I decide to pursue a Ph.D in astronomy or astrophysics, I can also do that.</p>
<p>Arab-American in Houston, Texas.
Competitive IB world school.</p>
<p>GPA: UW: 3.80
GPA W: 4.38
Rank: Top 12% for sure, Top 10% maybe (get ranks this summer)
IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>SAT: Took Apr 13, expect 2000+. On PSAT got 219 and hopefully qualified for NMS.
Plan to take SAT II's in Bio and Math, hopefully get 700+.</p>
<p>IB test scores: based on practice exams, expect 5-7 in Bio and Chemistry Standard Level.</p>
<p>Volunteer (not much):</p>
<p>NHS 25+ hours
Museum of Natural Science: ~35 hours
Dog shelter ~50 hours
Other ~20 hours</p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>President and Founder of the Pre Med Club
NHS member
Key Club
Mu Alpha Theta
Theatre Production Company (very involved in theatre and acting)
Robotics
Young Republicans - Officer</p>
<p>Recs:</p>
<p>Counselor likes me
Bio teacher who taught me 3 years
Chinese teacher, taught me 2 years and is sponsor of NHS</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>UIL Zone & District: Best All Star Cast for a play production for UIL One Act Play contest.
City Council Certificate for assistance in helping raise money for a city park.</p>
<p>I will obviously make it sound more lively on the application, but this is just a rough list. </p>
<p>I am worried about one thing though: due to family circumstances in the 8th grade-freshman year transition, I was unable to meet my responsibilities for my ROTC class for first semester freshman year and got an F. Everything else since then has been an A and I have endeavored to do well and show that that was an isolated case, but it still worries me. Any tips? I definitely learned alot and was able to cope (financial struggles).</p>