ED2 chance me please!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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UW GPA- 3.6
W GPA- 4.374
Without freshman year-
UW-3.71
W-4.52
ACT- 31 composite and 12/12 on the writing

School-
High School that is very competitive in IL class of 1000. ranked top 15 in nation. and no rank given

Activities:
Band-2 years
Orchestra- 4 years
Model United Nations- 2 years and president
Boys and Girls service club
Various intermural sports throughout the years

Extras:
Done something academic with all of my summers throughout high school
-took chemistry over the summer before 10th grade
-took shakespeare studies at the University of Oxford in England the summer before 11th grade
-Lifeguard summer going into 11th and 12th grades
-Intern at a University Diabetes Research Lab summer going into 12th grade. this lead to a publication so I am published and also I got a college rec from a world renown surgeon

-Taken the most rigorous courses after freshman year including 6 sciences (Physics Chem Bio AP Chem AP Bio and AP Physics C) normally a student takes four, very rarely a student takes five and I am the only kid in my class of 1000 taking 6.
-Also aside from those AP sciences I will or have taken- AP Psych and AP Calc AB as well as 5 years of language.
-I have also each year taken a class before school to fit more majors than normal into my schedule.

-Recomendations- One is absolutely amazing and the surgeon as a supplemental rec which is great

Leadership
-Phyllis Leadership program- program that aims to connect kids from the affulent north shore with kids from the south and west sides of chicago.
-SILC- Student Instruction Leadership Core- basically a TA, for biology
-Senior Helper- Senior that advise freshman through their trannsition and year through high school. I am practically their homeroom teacher.

Biggest pro:
Done something academic every summer (summer school, shakespeare @ Oxford, and the internship)
and also have taken a class before school each year!

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What is your rank? I think you will get accepted! We have really similar stats and I am also applying to Emory ED 2 for CS.

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Falls into “standard pre-med”(with a little umph!) category upon first look but certainly has a solid shot I guess. Having a rec. letter and pub from a world renowned surgeon maybe should be played down if only because it can perhaps suggest your aflfuence more so than anything else (adcoms may be impressed but easily recognize that not just any ambitious person could pick up that oppurtunity). I would definitely highlight the fascination with and ongoing efforts with academics and maybe tell about what you learned (and how it developed your thinking and appreciation for whatever) and did during research. Do not overhighlight who the surgeon or PI was as much.