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Colleges & Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>Hey, this is Jason</p>

<p>Senior at Northern Cal Public High School (Good scores, not great)
Weighted GPA- 4.43
UC GPA- 4.34
UW- 3.95
ACT- 31, but my best scores are:
Math- 35
Science- 35
Reading- 33
English- 28
which makes a 33 composite (1460 equivalent)
Hopefully, I can get my good scores together on the upcoming ACT test
Sat II:
750 math II
730 bio M
680 Writing 2</p>

<p>Honors: every year social studies and english, Chemistry
APs: US History, Calc AB, Calc BC, Biology, Government, Psychology
Sciences- Biology, Chem H, AP Bio, Physiology, Physics, Independent Research</p>

<p>ECs: Tennis Tennis Tennis
I play 10 hours a week</p>

<h1>1 on varsity last two years (MVP)</h1>

<p>Won 3rd singles in Ebal (East Bay Regionals)
Taught tennis junior year
String rackets since freshmen year (2 hours a week)
Wash tennis courts in summer (12 hours a week)
Taught free tennis lessons (total 48 hours)
Captain of Ball Boy Squad since freshmen year (train for Seibel Open, which is a big pro event in San Jose Arena- pressure pressure pressure)
Biology Department Tutor-Junior/senior
Judged city science fair for elementary-high school along with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists
Junior Class Senator</p>

<p>Recs: Awesome (one is from my biology teacher who I have had for 4 classes in high school and was my science teacher in elementary school)</p>

<p>Extra rec: Grandpa excellent (chair of anesthesiology at UW in Seattle)</p>

<p>Essays: 1) Surfing</p>

<p>2) Mom with carotid dissection (brain received only 1/2 amount of blood) How I had to take care of her for a year in freshmen year. It was likely she would never recover and would be subject to more strokes. After the experience, I wanted to become a doctor. My grandpa proudly taught me about medicine. He was main editor of the anesthesia text book for college. Great grandpa was director of anesthesiology department at UCSF and became dean of UCSF med school</p>

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<p>By the way, I totally forgot to add my research...I work 2-3 hours a day on my anesthetic research project. I'm testing the effects of mepivacaine, lidocaine, and bupivacaine (all local) in various concentrations ranging from .025 to .5 on dH5alpha bacteria that I transformed with plasmids containing resistance to kanamycin and ampicillin. It is my major focus on my short answer. I work with biologists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. I'm actually getting an internship this summer with a biotech company, but I didn't put that down in my app.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance keep up the good work</p>

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<p>thanks...any more....</p>

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<p>Not a chance. Sorry to break it to ya, but you're just not up to snuff....</p>

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<p>.</p>

<p>...just kidding, of course :) Good luck to ya!</p>