Chance me!? Maybe? Yes? No? Cornell,JHU,Stanford,Georgetown,Rice,Vanderbilt

<p>Currently in my Sophomore year.</p>

<p>Already completed Required Courses.
Also have Upper level Psychology courses which demonstrate interest match in Majors I will be applying to.</p>

<p>College: University Of Puerto Rico
URM: Hispanic/Latino</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.93
UPR Honor Student Program</p>

<p>High School GPA: 3.78 (I was homeschooled since 9th grade, due to an unfortunate situation which I will be explaining in my essays.) (Also my homeschool program did not offer AP's..but took quite a rigorous curriculum.)</p>

<p>SAT- I have not taken them but I will take them anyway, even though they are not required.
Should I take SAT II's?</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:</p>

<p>1) Feeding a life- President(organized activities in which a group of volunteers fed the homeless, and provided care.)
2) Dental Clinical office radiography technician/ seminar audiovisual and technology assistant.
3) UPR Honors Student Program
4) Association of Chemistry and Physics
5) SIFE Association
6) Volunteer Work at Local Hospital: Hospital Damas
7) Liberal School of Music - Cello/ Guitar Played in the Orchestra.
8) Support Group for people dealing with depression-
9) Blindness and visual impairment support group
10) Association of Photography- Social issues awareness/ President.
11) Red Cross Volunteer
12) MedLife President of Chapter
13) Shadowed a Neurosurgeon and an Orthopedic Surgeon.
14) Leader of Scientific investigation: Conducted an Investigation on Anaphrodisiacs.</p>

<p>Awards: Dean's List
Excellent Essays, Good recommendations from 2 professors(Biology and Math) Also an extra recommendation from the Director of the Volunteer program offered in my Local Hospital.
I will also attach a resume, including my paid work experience.</p>

<p>Feel free to give me some advice on anything I can do to better my chances.</p>

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<p>While it can sometimes be helpful to take the SAT in college, there is no reason to take Subject tests. Subject tests are taken in HS to demonstrate your understanding of specific content, you don’t need that in college, because you have your college coursework instead.</p>

<p>@entomom: I see… thank you for clearing that up for me.</p>