I am a white male from Minnesota. I attend a very well known and rigorous middle/high school hybrid military academy. My family is middle class. I would love to study bioengineering at UW Madison. Madison has been my first choice ever since I was a little kid, but please tell me if I’m good enough.
-Academics-
GPA: 3.55 weighted (sadly), and heavy upward trend (forgot that Freshman year mattered.)
ACT: 31
SAT: N/A
AP World History: 3
AP United States History: 3
AP Calculus AB: 4
AP Calculus BC: N/A
AP Biology: N/A
AP Environmental Science: N/A
AP English: N/A
AP Government: N/A
-Extracurriculars-
Band for 5 years (Equipment Manager last year, Section Leader this year, private lessons 2 years)
Nordic Skiing for 4 years (varsity 1 year)
Cross Country for 3 years
Quiz Bowl for 3 years
School podcast club for two years (Founder)
Logic Club for 3 years (We solve Rubix Cubes and play strategy board/video games) (Co-founder)
Platoon Commander (JROTC school, fairly high leadership position among my peers)
Make EDM for fun
200+ hours of community service
-Letters of Recommendation-
Nordic Skiing Coach/science teacher known for 3 years
Cross Country Coach/science teacher known for 5 years
Confirmation sponsor known for 2 years
Math/Physics teacher known for 2 years
English teacher/middle school football coach known for 5 years
AP Calculus AB/BC teacher known for 2 years
-Bonus-
Septuple legacy (Mom, Dad, Sister, 2 Cousins, Uncle, Aunt)
I have gone to UW Madison’s Summer Music Clinic twice, with the intent of going next summer whether I get in or not
Several positive email conversations with admission officers at UW Madison
Tell me if I forgot anything. Please be as brutally honest as you need to be, I need to hear something, comforting or not.