<p>John Hopkins
Washington U. in St. Louis
U. of Chicago
Cornell</p>
<p>Background:</p>
<p>1st generation East Asian in SoCal attending a not so great school
Economic Status: around 20k per year (low income) & parents didn't attend college (1st generation college-bound)</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) I don't know how to calculate weighted
Class Rank: 1/390
SATI: 2120 - M 790, CR 670, W 660
SATII: World History 800, MathIIC 750+(predicted), Physics 700+(predicted), United States History 700+(predicted)
APWH 5, AP Calculus AB 5(p), AP US History 4 or 5(p), AP Physics 4 or 5(p), AP EnvSci 4 or 5(p), AP English L/C 2 or 3(p)</p>
<p>ECs:
JV Tennis 2 years
Science Olympiad 4 years
President in Key club 1 year
Member of Key club 3 years
~100 hours of community service (at hospital)
Computer tech/accounting internship over summer
Science Bowl 1 year
NHS 4 years</p>
<p>Awards:
One of the AP awards
one 1st place regional science olympiad medal
one 4th place regional science olympiad medal
one 6th place regional science olympiad medal</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Essays & recs = solid</p>
<p>1 AP class sophmore year
5 in junior year
6 in senior year</p>
<p>Taking all the AP/Honor classes the school has available except for the ones that conflict with each other in scheduling.</p>
<p>Also, can you guys recommend some good universities/colleges that are good for either medical or engineering or both?</p>
<p>UChicago does not have an engineering program, but does have computer science with a theoretical slant. You should also look at Rice, Emory, and Univ. of Rochester. In my opinion, you have a good list and are right on track for getting in and getting aid. I had a very similar background to yours (although Caucasian), had a similar list, and went to Chicago.</p>
<p>You have pretty good chances. Your SAT's are a little low for cornell, and just about average for WUSTL. I'd say if you can get them up to ~2200 then you'd be a strong candidate for those 2 schools</p>
<p>If your class rank was 7, you would be in the top two percent, so you would still be fine. First in the class, of course, has that wow factor, but the schools that you are considering are not really into glitz, so I would not worry.</p>
<p>I'd say get those SATs up and win some higher science olympiad medals--Colleges like Cornell and the rest like to see state and national competitions. I did Science Olympiad for 9 years (I know, fun times, right?) and I had a bunch of state and national medals. We won nationals a few times, and I'm not saying that you have to do THAT (because it's not really just you, cause you have the whole team, and you can't make them magically amazing), but definitely work on some national or state science competitions--that way it's easier for them to rank you among other students. </p>
<p>Other than that, you're looking really strong. Emory, Cornell, and JHU have amazing pre-med/engineering programs. I applied to all three. go for it.</p>