Hi,
I’m an asian female in NJ, going to be a senior, and interested in a science major, possibly biochemistry or neuroscience. I’m trying to get a better understanding of what my safeties, match, and reach schools are. I probably will rule out a few schools. What are my chances at the schools on my list? Thank you in advance for any advice or criticism (ex things to leave out, things to add) you can give me!
Schools:
Columbia
Princeton
Brown
U Chicago
Barnard
Colgate
Wellesley
Case Western
WashU St. Louis
Tufts
Johns Hopkins
Williams
Boston College
Amherst College
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
TCNJ
Rutgers (Pharm, Regular)
GPA
Weighted: 4.34
unweighted GPA: 3.9
SAT I
2290
Math: 740, Reading: 760, Writing: 790 (Essay 10)
SAT II
Math Level 2 (750), Chemistry (800), Biology E (720), US History (660) (I don’t know whether I should send the bio and us history if I don’t have to?)
APs:
World History (4), APUSH (4), AP Chem (4), AP Lang (5), will be taking AP Lit, AB Calc, and AP Bio senior year
Honors/Awards
(lacking here)
National Merit Commended
National Spanish Exam (Gold)
School Highest Honors (GPA wise) 9, 10, 11, 12
photography chosen to be displayed at local art exhibition?
Extracurriculars
In & out of School:
Habitat for Humanity (Founder and President 10, 11, 12), Anime Manga Club (9, 10 treasurer, 11 secretary, 12 president), Debate Team (JV 9 (debater), 10 (judge) Varsity 11 (judge), 12 Chief Justice), Chemistry Olympics team (11, 12 secretary), Winter and spring track and field (10, 11, 12?), Marching band (Colorguard 11, 12), we don’t have any honors society things in our school :? [don’t know if activities you don’t do anymore count] Key Club (9, 10)
Shadowed doctors at local hospital to watch surgeries etc., costume designing, will be attending a Samsung mobile app academy in august
Jobs/ etc.
paid tutoring elementary and middle school kids
Interned at a small company in the marketing department, simply because I have some random interest in business
Volunteerwork
-150+ hours at local hospital since sophomore year summer and school years
-at a home for adults with developmental disabilities since sophomore year, most Saturdays
-teacher’s assistant at Korean church daycare on Sundays since sophomore year
Household income
~$50,000 (applying for FA)
Languages
Korean, English, some Spanish
High school type
General Public School
High school difficulty
Known as a tough school in my district
High school rank
around 300 students in my class, in top 10% definitely
Recommendations
Good, great relationship with all three teachers (counselor, AP Lang, AP Chem)
Application essay quality
I started working on this with an advisor, I think it’s not that bad
Thank you! Any information would be appreciated!