<p>Help a Black engineer find a fit !</p>
<p>Oh hey, sorry for the title, just trying to get some views. So I am not really looking for a chance, one would be great, but I am trying more to find input to where I would fit best. Any help appreciated.</p>
<p>Academic-
UW GPA = 3.92 / W GPA = 4.36/ Top 10
SAT = 2010 (660cr, 700math, 650wr) / SAT II = Math2(730)
HS is Gold Medal On US News, 2 Junior year APs, 4 AP classes Senior year
Major: Biomedical/Chemical Engineering or Human Bio, but with interests also in classics and anthro, maybe premed</p>
<p>Unique Traits-
URM- Black/Latvian
Low-income
First Generation to go to College
Red-Green Colorblind
Minority interested in S.T.E.M.</p>
<p>School Activities/Sports-
Varsity Track & Field(Captain),Varsity XC(captain),JV Basketball(captain), Varsity Swimming(lol so few urm's on the team)
Minority/World Culture Club
National Honor Society/Mu Alpha Theta/ Science Honor Society lol
Student Athletic Trainer/Hospital Volunteer</p>
<p>Award/Scholarships/Special Programs-
Questbridge Finalist
Nordstrom Scholarship Finalist
Stanford Phoenix Scholar Mentorship
Venture Scholar
Student Athlete Award</p>
<p>High Achieving//Elite College Visit Programs/Winky faces in admissions-
MIT Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering
Cornell Fall Diversity Visit
Dartmouth Bound
Explore Bowdoin
Pomona College</p>
<p>Personality/Interests-
EXTROVERT, love chatting with random people, want a social environment
Social Scene- ME ENCANTA PARTYING, not really into hard drugs tho
People- they dont all have to be social climbers, but a little less awkward then MIT ya know
Academic Environment- Rigorous, but not sleep depriving, good balance, dont want a very stressed student body, research opportunities
I love S.T.E.M. but I also want a liberal arts education as well, not really feeling the tech schools
Accepting/NON-Pretentious student body, I know that its not your fault polo and Abercrombie have a store at your house, but I dont want it shoved in my face, ya know
Sport friendly- I am not expecting SEC style fans, I dont want to go back to the south, but I would like to have a couple peers cheering with me in the stands and to play club sports with
EAST COAST, Ive lived in SoCal for 12 years and the Dirty south for 6, I want a change</p>
<p>So I know that was A LOT, and I know I cant have it all, but could you look at the list tell me the dos and dont, any opinion wanted !</p>
<p>Colleges-
Yale
Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell Conditional Acceptance
Penn
Brown
Dartmouth Conditional Acceptance
MIT winky face ;)
Ive already applied to the UCs, matches and safeties, so none of those plz</p>