<p>Molecular and cell biology major with maybe a minor in business or econ
schools: UC's, upenn vagelos program, northwestern, cornell, usc, carnegie, brown, uchicago, ut austin...you dont have to address all..mainly the ones in the title woudl be much appreciated
so here are my stats:
CA asian indian
4.0 unweighted_my school doesn't weight but i've taken 2 AP's and 3 honors and have gotten all A's
35 ACT
750 math 2
790 u.s. history
790 chem
760 bio m</p>
<p>E.c.'s by the time I graduate( so clubs im joining/doing this year too)
volunteered with special needs kids( 200 hours-ish-3 summers)
volunteered at hospiytal(100 hours-2.5 years)
tutored in biology at school(2 years)
in leadership at school( did food drives, benefit concerts, giving tree etc-3 years)
science honor society and spanish honor society(2 years)
CSF(4 years by the time I graduate)
DECA(marketing-3rd place apparel and accessories and 6th place hospitality management)
wrote part of a research paper with a proffessor
internship( learned about drug discovery/researched current cancer drugs and processes using computer technology)
swim team( J.V. 9th and 10th grade)</p>
<p>Well I think the only thing that’s kind of… ‘lacking’ are your EC’s, kind of out of focus, but nevertheless good. Though I’d try getting a leadership position or two in a couple of those. And you haven’t taken enough AP’s/Honors, most applicants have nearly a full schedule of honor’s/AP. Of course, if they just aren’t offered in your school, just have your guidance counselor write you a letter of rec explaining that.
ACT is great, but SAT IIs USH and chemistry are really your good ones to send in.</p>
<p>UCLA- in state, so a reach
UCB- mid-high reach
UChicago- kinda foggy, they’re kinda strange at times, but somewhere between middish high reach to reach
UPenn- mid-high reach (just a tad more than UCB though)
Northwestern- reach
Carnegie- reach
Cornell- middish-high reach (though less than that of Upenn)</p>
<p>I’d agree that the weakest part of your profile my be your ECs. They seem a little unfocused, and sometimes unbalanced. Make sure to follow through on what you’re involved in this year. And, of course, don’t do anything for any other reason than yourself. </p>
<p>Academically, you’re very impressive. (I wish I had stats like yours!) It seems to me like you’d be a pretty good match/slight reach for all of these schools. UChicago might be more of a high reach.</p>
<p>I would have to say you ARE lacking in EC’s although only to some extent. I think UC’s (all of them) are matches and UChicago, Upenn, and northwestern are low-reaches…meaning you might need some luck to get in (or just an awesome essay accompanied with great recs).</p>
<p>i know my ec’s are lacking >.< but do you know what I can do or do i just talk about how much i love doing them in my essays?
how about ucsd? its my dream school</p>
<p>umm about 10 or so…i’ve taken all but ap lit , ap spanish, calc bc cuz im taking calc ab, ap stats, ap environmentalsci and ap compsci( the other ap’s are for toher languages im not taking)
i did take physics and psych at the community college though</p>
<p>Uh, really. I kind of disagree with the people above. Your EC’s are fine, especially due to your interests. You’re interested in Bio, and you have lots of science EC’s. You enjoy helping people, so you have a lot of service. There are two main aspects to your EC’s…What’s wrong with that? Nothing. They’re fine! Just not like…omg you cured cancer, but they’re still solid.</p>
<p>Apply with confidence, just make sure to illustrate your passion.</p>
<p>i also just got a job teaching swimming so it may seem like i did something to do with swimming and kids all through high school…does that help my chances? and im applying to chicago ealry</p>
<p>your scores are pretty good. It looks to me that academically you fall in the range for all of these schools. Now the EC’s are not very good at all, you’d be wanting to do something about that. </p>
<p>UC’s- Berkeley-slight reach, LA- slight reach, SD- great fit,
, Uchicago-mid to high reach
, Upenn- mid to high reach
, Northwestern- reach</p>
<p>now keep in mind that it also depends on which college, department you’ll be applying to</p>