Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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<p>I'm a rising senior, and I would definitely major in bioinformatics/molec bio. Chance me?</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Location: New Jersey
Race/Gender: Asian Female (but I think I'm gonna mark other)
Prospective Major: Bioinformatics/Molec Bio
Unweighted GPA: 3.55* out of 4
Weighted GPA: 4.15* out of 5
Class rank: Top 10% of ~800</p>

<p>*I'm not sure if those numbers are right, I calculated them myself, b/c my school only does weighted out of 7. I'm 6.41 out of 7.</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors Science - A
Honors Geometry - A
Honors History - A
Honors Spanish 2 - A
Honors English 9 - B</p>

<p>Soph year:
Honors Chem - B
Honors Bio - B
Honors Functions - A
"Average" History - A
Honors Spanish 3 - B
Honors English 10 - B</p>

<p>Junior year:
AP Bio - A
Honors Physics - A
Honors Pre-Calc - B
AP Spanish 4 - B
Honors English 11 - B</p>

<p>Senior year:
Honors Forensics
AP Calc
AP English 12
AP Psychology</p>

<p>Total: 14 honors classes, 5 AP, 1 average</p>

<p>SAT I Composite: 2300 (highest single sitting - 2260)
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 750</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Bio (M): 750
SAT II Math IIC: 720 << should I retake?</p>

<p>AP tests -
Expecting a 3 or 4 on Spanish and a 4 or 5 on Bio.
Next year, taking Calc and Psych.</p>

<p>EC's:
-Tutoring for middle schools, my high school, and Kumon (200+ hours)
-Volunteer at soup kitchen (80+ hours)
-Piano for 13 years (5+ hours a week)
-Summer internship at army research lab, published an abstract in a journal (300+ hours)
-Started a nonprofit organization where we make and sell paintings for charities, or to buy food/medical supplies for third-world countries
-Created a for-profit web design business, designed and coded website layouts/templates
-Annually participate in piano guild, Federation of Music Clubs, ABRSM Theory Test
- Regularly participate in photography club, badminton club, Key Club
- Took International Biology Olympiad</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (4 years)
Cum Laude
National Merit Commended Scholar
National Federation of Music Clubs Gold Cup
Maybe AP Scholar by next year</p>

<p>Will my GPA destroy my chances? Second opinions would be great. Thanks!</p>

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<p>In. RPI is a safety school.</p>

<p>You qualified for the IBO? What medal did you get? You would be competitive for schools like MIT and Caltech.</p>

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<p>Do you know if psychology will count as a social study course? RPI, like most other schools, expects 3+ years of social studies / history on your transcript, which I hope you’re not skipping out on!</p>

<p>See the requirements here: [Freshman</a> Requirements :: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.rpi.edu/undergraduate/admission/freshman/requirements.html]Freshman”>High School Preparation | Admissions)</p>

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<p>Cortana431: That’s the thing, I didn’t qualify, I just took the test. But my teacher said we should list it on our resume anyway but…I think its misleading. I’m gonna take that off.</p>

<p>Cesium55: I took my junior year of history online, so it will be on my transcript, but doesn’t factor into my gpa. Do they accept online courses?</p>