Hey everyone!
-So I’m a senior in NOVA.
-Hispanic (first generation to be born in the US)
-Not the first to go to college though, as my mom has her master’s degree (my dad has a high school degree)
-Class rank: homeschooled
-Intended major: biomedical engineering or biology (possibly pre-med)
-GPA: 4.55 weighted, 4.14 unweighted
-APs: Macroeconomics, World History, Environmental Science, Chem, English Lang, Comp Sci A, Physics 1, Calc AB
-SAT: 1390 SAT
-Subject Tests: Spanish, Chem, and Math 2 (scores pending)
- ECs: Medical Youth Society, speech and debate team (LD and I am co-captain this year) engineering internship at a university, an internship in the National Building Museum, head news editor of a homeschool newspaper with over 50 members, lead pianist in church, office assistant at the American Cancer Society (I get leadership experience as I’m in charge of organizing large projects such as galas), NHS, math tutor, chemistry teacher (and research) assistant (past 2 years), peer mentor to 9th grade girls, 300+ community service hours.
-Awards:
Biology Science Department Award
Bronze presidential service award (past 3 years)
Excellence in Design from the National Building Museum
-Hook: first person in my family to plan on majoring in STEM