<p>I am applying to UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins, Emory University, University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>I am about to be a senior</p>
<p>Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Residency: Georgia
School Type: Kinda crappy in terms of academics</p>
<p>GPA: 4.1 weighted; 3.8 unweighted
SAT: 700 W/ 690 CR/ 720 M (superscore)
SAT II: taking math, physics in the fall and winter
Rank: 4/179
APs: Sophmore: AP World History [5]
Junior: AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Language Art(waiting on scores)
Senior: Georgia Tech Calculus, AP Literature, AP Economics, AP Physics C or AP Bio
- And a bunch of honors classes</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (this is where i'm pretty screwed)
-- JV soccer 9th and 10th grade, Varsity soccer 11th grade/ Club Soccer 9 10 11 and soon to be 12th
-- First Degree Blackbelt in Karate
-- Tutoring Underclassmen 11 and will be 12th
-- 20+ hours shadowing doctors
-- 150 or so hours of community service, Ronald McDonald House Charities and adminitstrative duties at a local hospice and i also volunteered in Bulgaria- where i was born
-- I am planning on starting a club senior year at school if that counts
-- I would like to do research with a proffesor at Georgia Tech senior year as well but im not too sure how thats gonna work</p>
<p>Honors/Awards (kinda screwed here too i guess)
-- Honor Roll 9, 10, 11, 12
-- Bausch and Lomb Honorary Scholarship Award 11
-- Most Outstanding Math Student of the Year Award 11 (this is a school thing, not really sure if i can even put it
-- Science Scholar of the Year Award (again from school)
-- Georgia Certificate of Merit Award from UGA
-- National Honor Society (hopefully i get inducted this time senior year)</p>
<p>The reason i dont have that many extracurriculars is because of the fact that in 9th grade my grandparents came to live with us from Bulgaria so a lot of times i've had to take care of them after school. I live with my mom and she wouldn't let me get a job because she thinks working minimum wage is a waste of time.</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: One from my physics teacher who was basically the guy who convinced the school to give me the Baush and Lomb thing -- pretty good relationship with him
One from my calc teacher junior year--also very good relationship</p>
<p>Conselour Rec: Since my school is pretty retarded, I am like one of the top students so they seem to really like me even though im pretty weak everywhere else except for my GPA- should get a pretty good recommendation from him</p>
<p>So yea, if anyone has any ideas on how to get started doing research, i would really appreciate the help. I'm going on a campus tour of Georgia Tech on June 25th -- planning on asking them upfront whether something like this is possible.</p>