<p>So, first off I'm from a very underrepresented state (MS - which I'm pretty sure is very underrepresented at most elite schools - which I think makes me a geographic minority? I'm from a rural area also haha) and I go to a small high school (<50 in my graduating class) that offers no APs or Honors classes at all. That being said:</p>
<p>***Standardized tests:
-ACT - 33; retaking, should have 34+ by application time
-PSAT - 225 (should definitely be a semifinalist/finalist, my state's cutoff range hovers around 202)
-Still have to take SAT IIs</p>
<p>***Grades and classes:
-Unweighted GPA - 4.0 (98.6 at the moment). My school doesn't offer any AP classes, but I've tried to make up for it by taking as many classes as possible. I've actually run out of science and math classes to take at my school, because junior year I took all of the math/science classes that seniors usually take. So this year, my schedule is kind of strange because I'm taking 4 APs online.<br>
-Class rank-1st </p>
<p>-Last semester I took two classes at a local college, A+ in both
-This semester I another class at local college, A+
-Just completed the Mississippi Rural Medical Scholars program and took two pre-med classes, A+ in both</p>
<p>***Honors, awards, etc:
-1st place, mississippi mathematics and science tournament (biology - also plan on majoring in some type of biology) sophomore and junior year
-Science Quest finalist - biology sophomore year and physics junior year
-since 9th grade I've had the highest average in every class I've taken
-star student, scholar athlete, other misc. awards</p>
<p>***ECs
-Student government: 9th grade class treasurer, 10th and 11th class president (running again this year)
-Beta Club president
-Math/Science team
-Academic team
-varsity cross country, competed in state championships twice
-about 100 hrs volunteering at a hospital
-50 hrs volunteering in Ecuador over spring break building a school
-50 hrs volunteering second half of summer at a local orphanage
-last summer attended a leadership program at Johns Hopkins
-Just completed the Mississippi Rural Medical Scholars program (really selective, only 20 kids in the state get accepted, spent 5 weeks taking pre med classes and shadowing doctors)</p>
<p>**<em>Essay/recommendations:
essay - *should</em> be great
recommendations - my principal and counselor both really like me so I should have stellar letters of recommendation</p>