Hi there, I am a senior just starting my college apps hoping to go for bio premed next fall. Sadly, my freshman/sophomore year grades and standardized scores are really low.
Northwestern for ED (Weinberg)
Stanford
UChicago
UMich
Columbia
Wellesley
UCLA
Cornell
Emory
Indiana University Bloomington
Purdue University - West Lafayette
UIC
Loyola University Chicago
Ball State University
Butler University
Stats:
GPA: 3.85W, 3.5UW
Rank: Top 15% (class: 850 students, school doesn’t rank by number)
ACT: 29 Composite, 30E 31R 28M 25S 8W (highest writing 10)
SAT: 1330, 670CR 660M, 12 Writing
AP: AP Biology (3), AP Language (3), AP Psych (4), APUSH (4)
Planning to take: AP World History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Art History.
In October I’m taking SAT IIs in Math 2, Bio-E, and maybe USH or Spanish
General info:
Female, black/white
Income: ~200K
Middle school:
Algebra I (B/B)
Freshman:
English 9 Honors (B+/A-)
Spanish 1 (A-/A)
Biology Honors (B/A-)
Geometry Honors (B/A)
Music Theory (A)
Studies in Photography (B+)
European History (B/B+)
Sophomore year is where I really messed up:
English 10 Honors (B-/B+)
Spanish 2 (B+/A-)
Algebra II Honors (B-/C+)
AP Psychology (C+/B)
Sociology (A-)
Business Managment (A-)
AP US History (B+/A-)
Chemistry Advance (B-/B+)
Junior: (highest GPA all 3 years, went from 3.1W to 4.3W)
AP Language (B+/A)
Human Anatomy & Physiology Honors (A-/A)
Precalculus Honors (B+/C)
Spanish 3 Honors (A-/A)
AP Biology (B+/A-)
Intro to C++ Programming (A/A)
Senior year I am taking the following: AP Macroeconomics/AP Microeconomics, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP World History, AP Computer Science, Spanish 4 Honors, and AP Art History.
EC:
National Honor Society (2016, 2017) member
Indiana Academic Super Bowl (2016, 2017) Science & Fine Arts Team Captain, Interdisciplinary member
Volunteer Club (2015, 2016, 2017) Vice President
Hospital Intern (2016, 2017)
Student Government (2016, 2017)
Future Physicians Club (2016, 2017) member
STEM Teens (2015, 2016, 2017) member
Interact Club (2016, 2017)
Figure Skater (Intermediate USFS) (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Piano (2014, 2015, 2016)
I have over 200+ hours combined worth of volunteer service and I’m on track for Honors Diploma. I have really strong letters of rec and good relationship with my counselor, so probably strong eval. I did a summer program at a medical school and volunteer work at a museum in Chicago. I took both SAT and ACT three times.
Awards:
AP Scholar (2016, 2017)
High Honor Roll (2016, 2017)
Honor Roll (2014, 2015)
My dream college is Northwestern, which is why I’m applying there ED, but with my stats will it make any difference? Is there anything I can do to boost my GPA at this point? Should I not submit SAT/AP scores to any college?
Sorry for the long post and thank you to everyone in advance!