Hello! Please gauge my chances of getting into a school with ~10-30% acceptance rate (Emory, Vassar, Wesleyan, UT Austin, UC’s, Notre Dame, etc.)
Background:
-First-generation Chinese immigrant
-Complete deafness in both ears
-Bilateral cochlear implants
-Speech regained from years of therapy
Stats:
-1560 SAT
-34 ACT
-3.81 UWGPA (rough freshman year due to always being absent for therapy + surgery)
-101/100 WGPA
-Top 7% at competitive high school
Extracurriculars (main themes: healthcare/STEM, writing, community service, history):
-3-year Editorial Internship at a publishing company: I worked on various manuscripts of published books
-9-month Advocacy Internship: I created a large project to combat e-cig use in teens
-Founder, president, and STEM tutor of a national tutoring organization for 3 years: This impacts 3000+ schools throughout the USA, has several news mentions and sponsors, and the purpose is to offer opportunities to children living in underprivileged areas to excel in school and have access to the same resources other children do.
-Houston-wide community service club officer for 3 years
-Junior Classical League (Roman history) club officer for 3 years
-Organizing intern on a Democratic congressional campaign: I worked in outreach to voters via Outvote and helped writing policies
-Research Assistant at a state university in computational biophysics: I created mathematical models (researched the effects of the COVID vaccine inocula on later concentrations of the virus in various titer amounts, amongst other projects)
-Launched a free program where I delivered seminars on how to prepare for high school and beyond to underprivileged middle schools virtually and in-person for 3 years
-Summer-long Research Internship at Methodist Hospital
-Several congressional/national awards for work in tutoring organization
-~500 volunteer hours, Youth Expanding Services award
-Additional classes at nearby university: I took courses in Biology, Anatomy, and Psychology
-Online classes enrichment program with Columbia and Emory
-National Merit Scholar for PSAT score
-National English Honor Society
-National Latin Honor Society
