Chance Me Please!

<p>Hey guys. I want to major in Bioengineering and then go onto med school. Im from Houston, a male, and white which might be some disadvantages for me </p>

<p>Rank: 1/667 at a public school
Unweighted GPA 4.00/4.00
Weighted GPA 5.52/6.00</p>

<p>ACT score - 34</p>

<p>AP scores so far</p>

<p>APUSH(5)
English Language(4)
Psychology(4)
Music Theory(3)</p>

<p>Course Load Senior Year
AP Biology
AP U.S. Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Statistics
Wind Symphony
AP Calculus AB( no BC at school unfortunately)
AP English Literature
Academic Decathlon</p>

<p>EC's and Awards
-Marching Band and Top band all four years( made region and area band good shot at all-state this year) Brass section Leader(Junior year) and Band Captain(equivalent to President Senior year)
- I play Euphonium and Trombone( Top awards on solos all four years on both instruments)
-Eagle Scout
-Academic Decathlon Team Junior and Senior year( 2nd place awards at regionals in Music, Math, and Speech)
-Won with my team 3rd Place at the Youth About Business National Championships( strategic Merger and Acquisition competition)
-National Honor Society(Senior Vice President)
-Spanish honor Society
-National Society of High School Scholars
-Texas Music Scholar</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Usher at Church very week
-Run bingo at a retirement community once a month
-Taught First Aid to younger boy scouts at camp
-In charge of running the Solo and Ensemble competition for the region at my school
-Clean the area on my schools street once a month
-Played trombone at a charity concert(Pure Water Project)</p>

<p>Work Experience
-A competitive Internship( only 10 people were chosen) at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where I worked in the Gastroenterology department alongside researchers and was able to do my own project where I found a solution to help the motility of a burn patients digestive system in a cheap and easy way for third world countries to utilize it.
-I gave a HUGE presentation of my project to the staff of the medical school along with a Q&A session.</p>

<p>Essays and Recs
- my essays will be good( about my experience at my internship along with the cultural lessons learned from working with Chinese and Egyptian colleagues)
- will have good recs from my band director, math teacher, academic decathlon and former English teacher, and my mentor at my internship</p>

<p>Please give me your honest opinion and any recommendations on how to better improve my chances at acceptance.</p>

<p>Um… slightly above average chances?</p>

<p>I would leave out the “Natl Society of High School Scholars” - It is my understanding that this is an organization that solicits members and you have to pay a fee to join. That is a red flag to all schools. They are aware of these organizations and it will not help you to include them on your app or resume. It takes away from the actual merit organizations, like the Natl Honor Society, etc., where you don’t have to pay to get an honor.</p>