Hello all!
Since I’m sending out my applications, I thought I’d add this here for some insight on if I have a chance at college, haha. I know that chancing isn’t accurate, but hey, why not? 
Colleges I’m applying to: Northeastern, Boston University, Boston College, Columbia University, Tufts, Yale, Stonehill, and Johns Hopkins
Here we go:
Stats:
SATs: 2130 (Math 740, CR 690, W700)
ACT: 31C
GPA Weighted: 100.32
Percentile: Top 10% of class
Awards:
Principal’s Award for Excellence-Band
Summa Cum Laude Honors (9-11th grade)
National Honor Society
National English Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society
AP Scholar with Honor
10th Grade: NYSSMA Solo Festival Award: All State Audition, 97/100 for flute
11the Grade: NYSSMA Solo Festival Award: All State Audition, 99/100 for flute
Speech and Debate Awards for both Oral Interpretation and Declamation
Extra Curriculars:
Speech and Debate: President (county champion in Declamation and OI, qualified for both states and nationals {CFL league})
Senior school newspaper journalist (& media network)
Mock Trial: Attorney
Astronomy Club
Student Council (Pres. freshman year, representative for all four years)
Book Club
Drama Club
Pep Band
National Academy of Future Medical Physicians Conference
Music Related EC’s:
Liturgical Music (I am a flautist; I play for school masses, etc.)
School Musical Pit Orchestra: Flute for Footloose, Reed I for the Little Mermaid
Student Director of the Wind Ensemble, Section Leader, Principal Flautist
NYSCAME All-County Band
Employment:
I work for various theaters for their pit orchestras. I have done both flute and reed books; reed books include piccolo, flute, clarinet, and saxophone. I am also a private flute teacher.
Community/In School Service:
-Hospital Service: I volunteer on the maternity floor weekly and have served as a big help, ranging from tending to a patient’s needs to translating Turkish when a translator is not available.
-Big Brother/Big Sister Program: A school run program (somewhat like a mentorship) to help the incoming freshman class get acquainted with the school. I have served as a Core Leader, which is the upper level of the program.
-NHS Homework Help: Tutoring students weekly on their homework, projects, etc.
-Catholic Charities Variety Show: A program to help men and women with disabilities; we choreograph dances for a recital in the winter.
-Boy Scouts Street Fair: Yearly/volunteer via my town; help set up booths, make sure event goes smoothy.
-South Pacific: >60 hours; Played flute book for local theater
Total AP’s: 10 (History: Euro, US, Economics, Gov/Science: Physics 1, Chemistry, Biology/English: Lit&Lang/Math: Calc AB)
Misc:
Hooks: URM, First Generation American/College, Female in medicine, bilingual (English and Turkish)
Financial Bracket: <$40k
State: NY
Gender: F
Race: White/Middle Eastern
Intended major: Biochemistry/psychology
Career Choice: Cardiothoracic surgery
Thank you!