<p>GPA- 3.67 (I know this is low for Penn but I hear their nursing school is less competitive and I think I have really good extracurriculars)
-All honors and AP classes throughout high school
SAT- 1950
-Intended major is Nursing with a double major or minor in Spanish</p>
<p>-Work experience:
-Lifeguard and Swimming Lesson Teacher
-Team Member at a frozen yogurt shop</p>
<p>volunteer service:
-Worked with the American Academy of pediatrics on a video textbook that will educate professionals about how to work with adolescents
-Child Life Volunteer at the Local Children’s hospital in the oncology and bone marrow transplant units (I spent half of the day working directly with cancer patients in their rooms and playrooms and the other half of the day attending seminars about medicine)
-I went on a Spanish cultural immersion and service trip to Costa Rica where I organized activities for Children at an underserved elementary school. We also participated in a reforestation project
-I tutor other students and students at the middle school who are struggling in Spanish
-I'm hopefully going to volunteer at a different children's hospital this summer but I have to check my work schedules first</p>
<p>extracurricular activities:
-Color Guard
-Oboe in wind ensemble (honors band)
-La Soceidad Honoraria Hispanica and World Language Honors Club
-Medical Scholars Club (we compete in a science symposium and also prepare for and compete in the biology Olympiad)
-National Honor Society
-Two varsity swim teams (one for school the other for a club in the summer)
-High School CYO at my church (catholic youth organization)
-Pi Lambda Sigma (English Honor Society)
-I played in the orchestra for our school's musical this year </p>
<p>Awards:
-Medalist in District and National Spanish Contests
-Our medical scholars club won the most comprehensive research award at the science symposium</p>
<p>Leadership:
-Teen group leader at the children’s hospital where I volunteered (I organized and presented a project to the doctors and staff at the hospital about what I had learned during the program)
-Medical Scholars Club Vice President
-Varsity swim team captain</p>
<p>additional information:
-academically gifted program (seminar and independent study program because I have a GIEP (high IQ) )
-Certified in first aid, CPR and AED.
-I'm not sure if there's even a place for this on an application but I met a physician assistant at the Children's Hospital who allowed me to shadow her for a day in the cardiac intensive care unit and in the cardiac operating room and I'm going to go back again for a day this summer. </p>
<p>My senior year schedule will be:
AP Spanish
AP United States History
AP Literature and Composition
AP Statistics
Honors Anatomy/Physiology
Honors Wind Ensemble</p>
<p>My essay is going to be about my struggle with a chronic illness called ankylosing spondylitis and how it inspired me to volunteer at the hospital where I'm treated to help other kids with medical conditions and how that experience really impacted me and further inspired me to go into pediatrics.</p>
<p>To be honest I'm not even sure I really want to go to Penn. I love the campus but I don't know if I'd fit in with the students there. I'm just curious to see if I could even potentially get in, if it's worth it to apply. Thanks!</p>