Hi everyone!
I am considering applying to the schools above and am currently a high school junior in Pennsylvania; I would appreciate any feedback/comments on my chances for UNC and Duke in particular, especially as an out-of-state student.
I plan to major in something related to biology and follow a pre-med track, and maybe double-major in journalism.
Gender: Female
Race: East Asian
GPA (weighted): 4.28
Unsure of class rank, but definitely in the top 10%.
ACT: 35 (never taken SAT, w/o essay)
Math: 36
English: 36
Reading: 35
Science: 33
9th Grade (no access to AP classes): Honors 9th grade science, honors algebra 2/trig, honors english 9, spanish 2, band, honors U.S. history
10th grade: AP Euro, Latin I, honors Spanish 3, Honors Pre-calc, Anatomy/Physiology, Honors Bio, Honors English 10, Physics
11th grade: AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, APUSH, AP Lang, honors Spanish 4, Intro to Java (slated to take organic chem, but obviously coronavirus came in and stole away our school year). Currently taking an online psychology class from Yale.
12th grade: Planning to take Honors English 12, AP Comp Sci A, AP Stat, AP Biology, AP Physics (Newtonian Mechanics), AP Psych, and AP Spanish
ECs (in-school):
- Officer of Key Club (member in 10th, officer in 11th)
- Reading Olympics (9-12)
- NJHS (9)
- Spanish NHS (11-12)
- Environmental Club (10-12)
- MiniThon (10-12)
- Student Council (9-12)
- NHS (11-12)
- Leader/founder of Art Therapy Club (10-12)
- World Affairs Club (9-12)
- Science Olympiad (11)
- Advisory council w/ guidance counselors to develop a homeroom plan (11)
- HOBY; leadership conference, only sophomore selected in my school (10)
- Launched an initiative to bring Ecosia, a search engine that plants trees from ad revenue, to our district’s 1:1 laptops
ECs (out of school):
- Unpaid internship at local biotechnology center doing individual cancer research (grade 11)
- Volunteer at local hospital with patient transport since Feb. 2019 (150+ hours); shadowed at the same hospital in ED
- Volunteer at organization helping domestic violence victims since Jan. 2019 (200+ hours)
- CIT every summer at local art museum (100 hours)
- Local wind ensemble; played clarinet (10)
- Created local online political newspaper with daily news briefings (11)
Awards:
- Artistic Achievements Award (9)
- John Philip Sousa Band Award (9)
- President’s Award for Academic Excellence (9)
- Boomerang Award for Creative Activities (10)
- 1st place in regional state science competion (11)
- Honorary award at another science competition (11)
- Heritage award at the above science competition (11)
I appreciate any comments and will answer any questions :’))
Thanks!