Go to a competitive public charter school in a small state in the northeast.
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Unweighted GPA: 3.88
SAT: 1600
ACT: 35 (M:35 W:34 R:36 S:36)
PSAT: 1500 (M: 750 R:750)
SAT II: Math level 2- 790 Biology- 800
AP Scores : Biology(5), CS(4), Lang(4), US(4), Calc AB(5), Stat(5)
All A’s freshman year. One A- sophomore year. 2 B+ and 2 A- junior year, although I did jump from 1 AP to 5 APs. We do one course grade for the entire year
Senior year courseload: Physics, Software Engineering, AP Lit, AP gov, AP calc bc, AP chemistry, AP econ
Extra Curriculars:
Tennis : 9, 10, 12
Community Service Club (10,11,12) - Secretary
Science Olympiad (9,10,11,12)
Quiz Bowl(9,10,11)- top 3 finishes at local tournaments
Indian Classical music(vocal) - learning and performing for the past 9 years
Business Pitch competition at local state university- designed app and worked with team on pitch for funding (11,12)
Youth in Govt. - mock trial style competition (11,12)
NHS member
Work/Volunteering
120 hours at local science museum, help design exhibits, etc (10,11,12)
President of Local Indian youth group, organize social and volunteer events, raised $1500 through bake sale for charity for homeless(10,11)
President of local lions heart organization, help organize volunteer events(10,11,12)
Miscellaneous volunteer opportunities through school, NHS, etc: 50 hours
Research:
Science fair projects(10,11,12)- made it to regionals in grade 11, won special award, should make it this year
Summer before junior year: 20 hours a week at biomedical engineering lab at Univ of Delaware. Mainly helped a grade student with image segmentation and analysis for his project. 3 months
Summer before senior year: 40 hours a week at biochemistry lab at Univ of Pennsylvania. Worked on standalone project under guidance of postdoc. Will be included as author in published paper next year. Submitted paper to siemens
Awards:
National merit semifinalist(should be finalist hopefully lol)
Biogenius state level 2nd place (science fair)
2nd place in computer science at Delaware valley science fair (regional)
2nd place in Economics Challenge in the state
Science olympiad: numerous top 3 medals at state level
Presidential volunteering award gold (9)
Intended Major: Biomedical engineering/Computer Engineering
Income: >200,000
Hooks: none
Race: Asian (Indian)
Chance me for Penn, Columbia, Georgia tech, UMich, UMD, CMU, Hopkins, Cornell,
Tanks