Hey! (I’m a current Sophomore)
I’m very thrilled to be writing this chance me thread!
Background Info: I’m an immigrant from Africa (Kenya). At the age of 6, I arrived to America, where I had the challenge to learn a language so foreign to me. In addition to that, a few months after the move, I was told I had an abnormal heart condition.
I’ll really appreciate your comments!
Weighted GPA from freshman and sophomore years: 4.125/4.34
Projected GPA after junior year: 4.46ish
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/85
First SAT: I haven’t taken it yet
Second SAT: N/A
SAT superscored: N/A
PSAT: 1220 (Freshman Year) 1400 (sophomore year) ---- I hope for a 1500 ( junior year)
AP Courses: AP Human Geography (Freshman year), AP Biology (sophomore year), AP World History (Sophomore Year), AP Physics 1 (sophomore year).
Extra Curricular:
Varsity Basketball
Piano Player
Science Fair
UIL Mathematics/Science
Science Olympiad
National Honors Society
Technology Student Association
Student Council
Work/Volunteering:
I volunteer at the airport close to my home.
I plan to volunteer at the hospital this summer
I play piano at the nursing home once in a while
Awards:
2nd place science fair special award from the tarrant county veterinary association.
Gold medal in the Harmony Science and Engineering Fair
Headlined in a getting smart magazine article about my science research
Won Best digital story 1st place in DISTCO Mathematics PBL
UIL Science (3rd Place)
Finalist at the 31st MOSTRATEC International Science Fair in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil: Animal and Plant Sciences Category.
I’m African American, and my family income is less than 70k