hey ! my names ari, and it would be great to be chanced for a few schools. currently going to an all-girls private school in ontario, canada as a junior
gender: female
ethnicity: desi
also identify as lgbt+
desired field of study: either astrophysics, or pre-med
Academics-
-3.8 GPA, going for a 3.9 in my senior year
-taking one AP course, as its the only one offered at my school
-current courses include functions, AP english, chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, french, & music
-in the top 5% in my grade
-haven’t taken any tests yet, but I plan on taking the SATs, and two SAT subject tests. the practice tests ive done so far though have all gotten me results between 2300-2350
ECs/Activites:
-debated individually at the national level this year. head of my team, won several competitions, went to provincials as a team last month
-lead oboe in my school band? chamber choir. have played classical piano for 11 years, doing my grade 8 RCM exam in june
-in the inaugural stages of starting a family charity to fund the education of children in india
-head coach for my school’s KLQ team
-writer for the school newspaper
-house head at my school/member of the athletics and spirit council
-FRC robotics
-did an astrophysics & cosmology course at Brown this summer
-MVP at the Michael J Fox Foundation
-90+ volunteer hours
-co-founder of Pennies for Parkinson’s, a Canadian fundraising endeavour
-nominated for and attended Ontario Educational Leadership Camp twice
-head of the STEM club
-6 years of acting & directing experience in theatre over 12 productions
-have done several and will continue to do talks across the country on Parkinson’s disease, and how to handle it in family situations
-founder of No Reservations Required, a new charity in the GTA that provides gourmet meals to people in homeless shelters from recipes donated by the top restaurants in toronto
-head of TedxYouth@Durham, which will take place this august. also will be speaking at another Tedx event next month
that’s about it for ECs I think? if it makes a diff, i can also speak five languages: english, french, hindi, spanish, & dutch, but only the first three fluently
Schools:
-Harvard
-Princeton
-Brown
-John Hopkins
-Cambridge
-U of T
-McGill
also won’t qualify for financial aid
what are my chances right now to get into these unis? how much should i raise my average by? how can I round/fill up my EC section? which should i ED for?
and also, with all this, what do I need to score MINIMUM on all the aforementioned tests?
thanks for reading!!