Hi Im an upcoming senior and I’m reallllllly nervous about colleges. I want to apply to top colleges like Wash U, Pomona, Vandy, Rice, JHU, Cornell, Brown (legacy), Dartmouth, Northwestern, and a few others.
ACADEMICS:
SAT 1: 2200(superscore)
GPA UW:3.75; GPA W: 4.02
SAT 2 math:740
SAT 2 Chem: 720
9 APS soph-sr year: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, APES, APUSH, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Language and Composition, AP Spanish
ALL other classes taken were Honors
(NOTE: i go to a VERY competitive public school in Cali, and recieved 2 C plus grades in Algebra 2/Trig Honors, which was the average grade. I’m super scared that this is going to ruin my chances at any top school but I’m hoping my research (down below) makes up for it.)
EC’s :
Nationally ranked tennis player(been playing for 12 years and ranked at a recruiting caliber of JHU, trying to get it for tennis there); didnt play for high school b/c our team was not competitive enough for me to improve
Volunteer at a homeless shelter-set up science experiments for them to encourage interest
Founder of a neuroscience club at highschool and president of it for 3 years
Fundraised for better science school equipment-raised 2000 dollars w/ club
Did a course at UC Berkeley for a summer and received an A grade
member of another science club
started the “Be Wise and Conserve Water” campaign at my school
brought in guest speakers to talk about environmental issues in class
RESEARCH for two summers:
One summer at Stanford at a Psych lab working under a pHD professor, am getting his rec!!
One summer at a very competitive research program in SB-created a paper and got published for my work.
Entered my research in a science fair and got 2nd place prize
Entered a science competition for clean environment innovation and got 3rd place-designed my own water filtration device
Dancer for 12 years-performed all over the world in Australia and India and other places for non profit organizations. Did 4 Solo performances for different causes
self choreographed one full solo performance
I’m hoping that with a STELLAR Rec from my teachers that I have a great connection with and my research professor, as well as an amazing essay that I’m working on, I’ll still be in the running. I’m also planning to retake the SAT 2 Math to prove my math competency and hope to get an A in AP Calc AB as well. I received an A in PreCalc both semesters.
PLEASE let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help my chances. Thank you!