<p>Basic
x MD resident
x Aspiring Cognitive Neuroscience major, in hopes of going to med school & becoming an anesthesiologist.
x Public school, best in the area, though not on any top 200 lists or whatever. Has sent grads to Princeton, Columbia, etc.
x GPA: 3.68 UW, 4.05W. Noticeable upward trend, especially in academic classes. My midyear report will certainly show that (if everything continues how I hope it will)
x Rank: Top 10%
x Test Scores:
-SAT: 1890 (640M, 630V, 620W)
-ACT: 29 (31 E, 31 R, 27 M, 27 S, 10E)
-AP: 4 bio, 4 US gov
(I'm only sending the ACT, so I'm not listing my pathetic SAT IIs)
Clubs/Organizations
- Yearbook, FNHS, etc. I wasn't able to be involved due to my mom getting out of jail and having to go to visitation until .. my senior year, when I tried to get more involved. I made a note of this in additional info.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work
100+ hours at a local library</p>
<p>Work Experience:
I was a fabulous dish washer at a restaurant last summer..</p>
<p>Academic Honors/Awards
Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable Mention
Math Student of the Month</p>
<p>Senior Year Courseload:
AP Chemistry (My only B, .. could possibly fall to a C, doing everything I can..)
AP Eng Lit
AP Calc AB (I had to take 2 math classes soph year to get to this level)
Yearbook
Honors US History
Honors Physics (No AP, it's at another school)</p>
<p>Essays:
Very good; my opening sentence was, "I had my first encounter with a pedophile at age 10." My supplements should be very good, too.</p>
<p>Reccomendations :
GC: Pretty good, I guess..
10th grade eng teacher/yearbook advisor: EXCELLENT. It was so nice.
AP Bio teacher: Really good except she misspelled 'man' as 'many'..</p>
<p>Extra:
I'm using fee waivers for the last four schools listed.</p>
<p>So.. could you do percentages or estimates?
(40% chance, 60%, etc or match, extreme reach, whatever.)</p>
<p>THE LIST:
Drexel U
University of Maryland College Park
Vanderbilt University
Brown University (assuming my essays and interview show a high level of interest?)
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania</p>