I’m a senior in high school at the moment, and here are my stats:
Weighted GPA: 3.95/4.0 (student at an IB school. School held status of best in the state of PA the last two years)
Unweighted GPA: 3.5/4.0
Class Rank: School does not rank
ACT Composite: 33/36
English: 35
Math: 34
Reading: 30
Science: 33
Writing: 28
Subject Tests:
-Math Level 2: 730
ECs and Accomplishments:
-Commended Student for PSAT
-Member of school’s NHS chapter since junior year.
-Student council general assembly member since my sophomore year.
-Was part of a group that organized a hackathon at my school when I was a sophomore.
-Member of the school orchestra since my freshman year (violin).
-Played on the boys’ tennis team since sophomore year (was cut as a freshman)
-Member of my school’s HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) chapter as a freshman, sophomore, and senior. Held a leadership position as a sophomore, and also won third place in an event at the regional level that same year.
-Member of my school’s FBLA chapter as a freshman and sophomore (competed at the regional level.)
-Volunteered in a local hospital’s escort department this past summer to gain a feel for a healthcare environment.
-Worked in a summer job at a local ACT/SAT preparation place, even worked for them a little before the summer.
-Attended a week-long practicum at a major software company this past summer. (IB requirement for my school)
-Also attended a week-long practicum at a local biomedical engineering company this past summer. (IB requirement for my school)
-Speech and Debate since junior year, leaning more to the speech side (did Dramatic Interp. last year)
-Helped to start a political discussion and debate club at my school recently (me and two other classmates)
-Part of my school’s UNICEF and Key Club chapters.
Major of Interest: Biomedical Engineering (Applying RD and Asian)
Great grade metrics and pretty good ECs. No clue which IB exams you took but I’m also not quite familiar with IB, just that RPI gives credit for it. I’d be very surprised if you didn’t get in. Visit campus at some point (that always helps) and best of luck!
@joedoe The way my school works is that we take a healthy courseload of honors and IB courses each year.
9th grade:
Pre-IB Physics (Honors)
Pre-IB Algebra II (Honors)
Pre-IB International Studies (Honors)
Pre-IB Literature (Honors)
Symphony Orchestra (Regular)
Introduction to Engineering (Regular)
Health and Wellness (Regular)
Java Programming (Regular)
German II (Regular)
10th grade:
Pre-IB Biology (Honors)
Pre-IB Chemistry (Honors)
Pre-IB Math Analysis (Honors)
Pre-IB Literature (Honors)
Pre-IB Civics and Government (Honors)
Symphony Orchestra (Regular)
Intro to Engineering II (Regular)
Health and Wellness II (Regular)
11th grade:
HL Literature (AP weighted)
HL Psychology (AP weighted)
HL Biology (AP weighted)
SL Mathematics (Honors)
SL History (Honors)
SL Theory of Knowledge (Honors)
SL German (Honors)
Symphony Orchestra (Regular)
Health and Medicine I (Regular)
Health and Medicine II (Regular)
12th grade:
HL Literature Yr. 2 (AP weighted)
HL Psychology Yr. 2 (AP weighted)
HL Biology Yr. 2 (AP weighted)
SL Mathematics Yr. 2 (Honors)
SL History Yr. 2 (Honors)
SL Theory of Knowledge Yr. 2 (Honors)
SL German Yr. 2 (Honors)
Symphony Orchestra (Regular)
Health and Medicine III (Regular)
I would say you have a very solid chance of getting in, just be sure to visit campus and make your interest known (aka go into the admissions office and ask questions, email them in advance and ask if you can sit down with them). That mainly serves to help you get scholarship money, in terms of admissions I’m sure you’ll be fine. You seem like a bright kid and BME research here is thriving.