I am trying to decide whether or not to go ED for Penn, Columbia, or Brown, but have only visited Columbia. Let me know which you think i would be a better fit for (I will be visiting both others soon).
I plan on double majoring in English and Bio and being pre-med. I am super passionate about writing and being able to combine two distinctly different though processes into one (hence the double major). I am also a white male in western PA and have a single parent, low income.
Test Scores:
-ACT: 34C
-PSAT: 1470, my index was 220, hopefully am NMS semi-finalist
Course Load:
-Freshman Year: Honors Civics, H Algebra 2, H English, H Bio (no AP classes are offered at my school until 11th grade), Spanish 2, H Psychology, H Child Psychology
-Sophomore: H World Cultures, H English, H Precalc, H Chem, H Mythology, Media, Spanish 3, Excel/Computer Science
-Junior: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Language & Comp, H Spanish 4, H American Cultures, H Human Anatomy & Physiology (college level course w/out AP test), plus Online Finance
-Plans for Senior Year: AP Bio, Honors Physics, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Economics
-Class rank: 1 of 205
-GPA 4.5 W, 4.0 UW
Extracurriculars Thus Far:
-Varsity Track (since 7th grade)
-Varsity Cross Country (2 years)
-NHS Treasurer
-Co-founder of Interact Club (district wide volunteer organization) (3 years)
-Chair of Charity Run (2 years)- raised 30,000 last year for the Free Care Fund of Children’s Hospital, I am in charge of social media, contacting sponsors, etc, next year I will be head leader (i have also volunteering for this event since freshman year, became chair junior year)
-UPCI Summer Research Internship (this coming summer)- I will be researching Tumor Immunology and hope to get published/submit to Siemens!
-Science Olympiad & PRSEF Science Fair (since 9th grade)
-Head Barista at local coffee shop (I love this, I can make latte art!)
-Writing: trying to get published, entering a few competitions/submissions soon, but it’s definitely something I am passionate about
-Second Job as a tutor for Chem, Algebra, and Spanish
-Also have raised over 2,000 dollars for a charity event known as Mini-THON (overall, the event has raised over 250,000 dollars in the last three years and I have been a part in the event/setting up/raising money since it began)
-Teen Institute (kind of like mentoring younger kids and helping them through family issues, I love this!)
Of course, I do realize that at this level, admissions are quite unpredictable and cannot truly be determined, but I just wanted to know if it is worth applying or what more you think I could do to set myself apart and/or raise my chances. I plan on writing essays that are more about who I am as a person rather than what I have done for ECs (lmk if you think this is a good idea). Thanks!!
