<p>im going to be a senior at school this coming fall, and i am so worried about my chances at WashU...any input would be graciously accepted, and i'm applying ED as well</p>
<p>Race: indian (US citizen)
Gender: male
Location: chicago suburbs
Class of 2009</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6 uw...4.1 weighted (i know this sucks but ive had like a crazy high school life...will explain below)</p>
<p>ACT: 31 (32 superscore, and 11 on writing)
SAT II: taking Math II and Chem in oct.</p>
<p>Ap: euro, physics, us hist, lit/comp......taking this year, calc AB, macro/gov, spanish, lang, stats, chem</p>
<p>ECs: swimming(2yrs), tennis(4yrs-captain), intramural basketball(4yrs-captain), STAND (antigenocide) club, Spanish club(4 yrs-secretary), scho. bowl(1yr), PALS/HOPE, volunteered to tutor kids in AP euro through teacher and am continuing to do so</p>
<p>out side of school: kumom learning center(2yrs), 500+ vol. hours at local hospital, 50+ hours vol. at pads for hope homeless shelter, ive somewhat shadowed my mother whom is a microbiologist</p>
<p>During my high school life my father has suffered a heart attack, my mother got diagnosed with hypothyroidism, both my grandfathers have passed away (stroke & parkinson's disease), and a couple of my uncles have suffered heart attacks and strokes as well, along with many counts of diabetes in my family including my own father.....all this accumulated in me worrying for myself and my weight since i am at major risk for problems, so during the summer of my soph. year, i made it a goal for myself to become healthy and lose weight...and i am glad to say now tht i have lost 50+ lbs and am a healthy 135 lbs....but all these ordeals have taken a lot out of me and my grades, but i dont wanna hold this solely accountable for my low gpa, but on an upside it has made me even more intent on becoming a doctor and that is my sole focus now.</p>
<p>Thanks for looking!!</p>