<p>Helloooooo! Schools Im applying to:</p>
<p>Emory ED:
Tulane EA:
Northeastern EA:
University of Miami EA:
Boston University RD:
NYU RD:
Syracuse RD:
University of Connecticut RD:</p>
<p>Background info: MUST READ:
[ul]
[li] I am currently in contact with the Track coach at Emory and we speak back and forth a lot. Im not officially being recruited, but he wants me. Not sure how much pull D3 coaches have.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] I got surgery on my back on August 9th. I had a herniated disc the ENTIRE year, and it drastically affected my life, from depression, to insomnia, to 20 full school days missed from not being able to walk or sit at times. (20 school days is an entire month missed
to put it in perspective). </p>[/li]
<p>[li] While my grades did improve after my sophomore year, they didn't improve as much as I wanted them to because of my time constraints, obviously. I didn't get my operation done in the school year so I could still compete in the spring, so most of my time was centered around just being able to sleep and walk without a considerable amount of pain. If I didn't compete this spring I wouldn't be able to compete in college, so I kind of had to sacrifice a lot of my life just for that. So, I will have a bunch more time to focus on my grades as opposed to the last year.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Academic:
Intended Major: Premed/Bio
[ul]
[<em>]Weighted GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Bio SAT II: 720 (Freshman year)
[li] ACT: 32 (32 english/ 29 math/ 32 reading/ 33 science) 10 on essay</p>[/li]
<p>All honors classes through high school except math (but I was still one year ahead) and no english honors Junior year. Basically had straight B+s. Im steadily progressing with my grades and they are demonstrably improving from last year as I recover from my surgery. Currently 15 weeks out and just stopped physical therapy 5x a week.</p>
<p>[li] Senior Schedule + grades:[/li]Humanities: A
AP Studio Art: A-
AP Biology: B+
AP Statistics: B
Calculus: B
(Second Semester: Personal financial literacy)</p>
<p>Weighted/Unweighted GPA first quarter: 4.05/3.40
[/ul]</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
[ul]
[<em>] Awarded 2nd Place at the NJIT Dean's Design Competition in 2012.
[</em>] Full Scholarship to NJITs Summer Architecture Program 2012
[<em>] National Honor Society
[</em>] National Merit Scholarship Commendation (PSAT 207)
[li] Honor Roll 9, 10, 11, 12[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Languages Spoken:
[ul]
[<em>] Speak, read, and write English fluently.
[</em>] Speak, read, and write Russian fluently (first language).
[li] Speak, read, and write Japanese proficiently.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
(CA= On common app)
Sports:
[ul]
[<em>] CA: Track and Field (Varsity 2 years): 9,11,12
[</em>] Winter Track: 9
[<em>] Cross country: 10
[</em>] Wrestling: 10
[/ul]</p>
<p>In School Activities:
Leadership Roles:
[ul]
[li] CA: Future Doctors of America (Co-Founder/Co-President): 12 </p>[/li]
<p>We help students learn more about the medical field, gather volunteer/internship opportunities, work together with the school's red cross club for fundraisers and the 5k, and bring in guest speakers to help educate everyone about the lifestyle of being a doctor)
-Helped organize our schools first and second 5k. Raised $8,000 total towards the red cross.
[<em>] CA: Mobile Apps Development: 10, 11, 12 (President 11 and 12): Gathers communities centered around application design and game design, also makes our school more tech friendly in classrooms
[</em>] CA: All School Musical: 10, 11, 12 (House manger this year. Helped organize/manage school show )
[/ul]</p>
<p>-Non leadership
[ul]
[<em>] Science League Competitor(Biology 1/Physics 1/Biology 2): 9, 11, 12
[</em>] GSA: 9,10,11,12
[<em>] TSA (Technology Student Association): 10,11
[</em>] Red Cross Club: 12
[<em>] Japan Club: 9,10
[</em>] Art Club/Portfolio Club: 9,10
[/ul]</p>
<p>Out of school activities:
[ul]
[<em>] CA: Spend 10-14 hours a week during the school year watching over my younger brother (8 years old), Dad is away on business most of the time (this is first on my common app, its a huge time commitment)
[</em>] CA: Recreational artist/photographer/musician/architect, heres my portfolio (some guitar playing is my most recently uploaded vid):
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3AYsnM37qI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUuBxtwmlAh9cDB6809%5B/url%5D">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3AYsnM37qI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUuBxtwmlAh9cDB6809</a></p>
<p>[<em>] CA: Shadowed a surgeon at Westchester Plastic Surgery. 640 hours, 160 hours each summer.
[</em>] CA: Created/own/run a fitness forum with 150 members/4000+ total posts (and growing! @ Fitlit.boards.net). I took an initiative after a forum I was a member on was forced to shut down, so I formed my own community so people can still be able to get feedback about their decisions, training, etc.
[<em>] CA: Run a youtube channel with videos of my training and advice for other people going through with a similar injury. (youtube.com/thebigtortuga).
[</em>] CA: Japanese student exchange program member 2012. Taught English to Japanese Students.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Letters of recommendation:
Pretty good/awesome.
[ul]
[li] Guidance counselors
not sure
apparently its really good according to her, but she was out on maternity leave. However, she was my spanish teacher in middle school and has known me for 6-7+ years.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] My English teacher taught me both freshman and junior year and has seen me grow. My Chem teacher and Bio teacher (10th and 9th grades respectively) wrote their recs together to make sure they complimented each other. Despite being early-year teachers, I always visited them after school and spoke with them. These will be AWESOME (I think).</p>[/li]
<p>[li] My architecture teacher has seen me grow a lot and also saw me win my 2nd prize thing. She knows me extraordinarily well and we are very close
I think this will be great too.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Lastly, and I think this will be the best one, is my letter from the surgeon I shadowed. He told me that he would mention both my surgery/recovery, and also how I visited on my crutches and spent time with a small boy was recovering from reconstructive facial surgery after being bitten by a dog. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Essays:
I think theyre pretty good. </p>
<p>Common app essay is a funny story about how I decorated my high school courtyard with some friends because I got really bummed out after seeing the movie Avatar, and wanted people to appreciate our community in the same way I was astounded by the landscapes in Avatar. (side note: a part of this essay describes how right after I saw the movie, my immediate resort was listening to the soundtrack of Avatar in the shower the lights turned off lol :)) </p>
<p>For Emory: My teach a class supplement is awesome. My extracurricular supplement is pretty good I think. Every essay I wrote was a narrative and they all display my creative abilities. </p>
<p>For Tulane: My Why Tulane is amazing.</p>
<p>Miami: I have a cousin who went there lol. No supplement.</p>
<p>Northeastern: I got an application waiver in the mail and applied for free. Does this count? There's no supplement either.</p>
<p>THANK YOOOOUUUUU!!!! Its just a waiting game from now on.</p>