(Following general format for chance posts I’ve seen)
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
GPA-4.0 UW 4.49 W
AP Courses: Human Geography (5), World History (5), US History (5), Physics 1 (4), Calculus AB (5), English Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics 2 (5), Biology (5), Micro and Macroeconomics (4 and 5 respectively)
National AP Scholar
SAT (1600)-1550
SAT Subject Tests (790 M Biology 770 Physics)
National Merit Finalist
Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, Undergrad Level English Class, AP US Gov, AP Chem, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, TA for Calculus Teacher
Extracurricular Activities
More Important
Senior Officer of iGEM team working on a research project in synthetic biology (recently engineered a harmless and naturally occurring bacteria in local waters to express a gene from another organism that allowed it to break down toxic chemicals from pollution that were harming local fauna) -3 year involvement
Published research in computational systems biology over the summer with a local biotech startup
Internship with biotech company for 40 hours a week over 10 weeks for summer after junior year
President of Biology Club at high school
Volunteer at Hospital on Saturdays for 4 hours-have been doing so for 2 years and highly recommend it to any prospective premeds
Less Important
Swam 7 years with Club Team/Varsity Letter Swimmer/Multiple Event West Coast Sectionals Qualifier/4A State Finalist
President of Internationally Qualifying FPS Team (basically finds STEM solutions to the problems of the future/ critical thinking competition in a way)
Recommendation Letters
Calculus Teacher I had sophomore year and was teacher assistant for- 9/10-10/10? Close connection
Counselor-Definitely thought I was a lot smarter than I was but hopefully that respect carried over into words on paper-8/10
World History and Economics Teacher-Incredibly fluent writer and overall intelligent person who knew how I behaved in class and my academic abilities well-8.5/10
Essay
-Wrote about Duke Lemur Center and how I’d love to participate in neuroscience research there and how I am considering a minor in evolutionary anthropology and that would tie in
-Also wrote about synthetic biology team at Duke and how I want to continue my work there in undergrad all the way up to (hopefully) med school