Chance Me Please! (ED/EA/RD)

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<p>General: Rising Senior, Female, New Jersey.
Ethnicity:Asian.
Career Interests: Biomed, Premed, Med.
School Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 Unweighted. 4.15 Weighted.
AP : Junior Year - AP Chem, AP US History, AP Lang, AP Calc BC
( Exp. 5 in all)
: Senior Year - AP Biology, AP European History, AP Economics, Physics
Hons, Multivariabe Calculus.</p>

<p>Taken Toughest courseload offered.</p>

<p>Rank: Our School doesn’t Rank</p>

<p>Standardised Testing: </p>

<p>ACT: 33
SAT II: Math II - 800; Chemistry - 790</p>

<p>EC’s:
•Tennis –part of the high school girls team
•Swimming –a member of the X-cel Swim Team, Princeton
•Golf – member of the varsity golf team in school
•Red Cross –a beneficial program at high school
•REBEL –making a difference within schools
•Literary Magazine –writing and sharing literature with those who
have a similar passion
• Math League –
• Community Helpers –at the middle school, traveled to nursing homes and soup kitchens to help the needy
• Volunteer Services –at two different hospitals
( more than three years, 350+ hours todate)</p>

<p>Research:</p>

<ul>
<li>Attended a Summar Program in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University</li>
<li>Did a cancer research for 5 weeks in Medicincal Chemistry at Rutgers
University</li>
<li>Doing Internship at Johns Hopkins Medical School (Summer 2008) for 10
weeks</li>
</ul>

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<h1>I am planning to apply to Northwestern, Duke, JHU, WU, Case Western, UMich, Brown and Cornegie Mellon.</h1>

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<p>First of all, I'd like to point out that I'm not an admissions officer, so I'm not 100% accurate; what I'm telling you is based on what I learned from a former admissions officer at Brown. </p>

<p>Acadmically, a 3.7 UW GPA is mediocre in most cases; but the academic courses that you have down should help compensate for your grade point. But, you cannot say that you expect a 5 in all 4 of the APs you've taken this year --- that's just ... not good. Your ACT score is also pretty good and puts you in the upper range of Brown's mid-50 percentile, and your SAT subject test scores are superb. Overall, you're pretty solid acadmically.</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are quite impressive, because they demonstrate focus and relates to your career interest. However, keep in mind that 75% of freshmen with declared majors end up changing majors, and colleges know this. That said, your research and internship at JHU should help you a great deal. You should do very well for extracurriculars. Keep in mind that sports don't account for much in admissions. </p>

<p>Overall, you should have about a 30% chance of getting into Brown. Well, let's just say there's alot of people who are as good as you are. You can inflate your chances by writing killer essays and by having great recs. </p>

<p>For UMich, you're an OOS, so it's very difficult to get in. Your UW GPA will definitely play against you in admissions, and UM really cares about that GPA, so UM is a slight reach in this case. (I know it's unfair since you have such a great courseload.) I don't know much about the other schools, so I can't really give you much advice. </p>

<p>Make sure that you also apply to some safe, not as selective schools, just to play safe. You don't want to get rejected from every college you apply to. Also, prestige/selectivity doesn't account for everything. After all, it's only undergrad and grad school is what counts most, and everything depends on how well you do at a school. That's what the admissions officer told me.</p>

<p>Good luck and GO BROWN (AND BLUE)!</p>

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<p>I wouldn't heed the idea that your grand point average will be a major barrier. It is below average for Brown, yes, but your scores are definately there (the ACT is is actually closer to 75 percentile than the 50 percentile). And, as said, your course load is strong. </p>

<p>The strong point though is the goal-oriented nature of your activities in regards to community service, SAT subjects, and research. And although it is a little late to pursue it now, the way to maximize this effect would be with extracurriculars. The ones you have seem relevant, but to see leadership positions in a club or sport would be preferable. If it is not too late, I would make sure to seek a few next year.</p>

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<p>Thanks Verbal and ab2013. Two differing views.</p>

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<p>You'll probably get in to at least one school of Brown's caliber. Honestly, the research is good and all but the fact is that's biomed research, which everyone and their cousin seems to be doing in HS these days if they come from a good school, so it's not going to stand out as much. At least 40% of the class wants to be a doctor/cure diseases/save the world from cancer/etc. coming in</p>