<p>I am currently a junior in high school (public) and I need to start looking at colleges. Because I am seriously interested in pursuing biomedical engineering, the following schools have stood out to me. I would like to know my chances at getting accepted into them. I am well aware of the fact that the application process is usually a toss up, but please just give me your best estimate. To even consider attending any of the following schools that are $35k+ a year, i will need some hefty scholarships, even though my family does not qualify for financial aid. If you could give me an idea of how well I would qualify for merit based scholarships to the schools as well I would appreciate it. </p>
<p>-Georgia Tech (I live in CT, would need almost full ride to convince my parents to go so far from home)
-Lehigh
-Cornell
-University of Pennsylvania
-Carnegie Mellon
-Northeastern </p>
<p>-current weighted GPA: 101.96 (don't have 4.0 scale)
-Girls swim team since freshman year, captain next year
-Girls Tennis team since sophomore year (played softball freshman year, didnt like it) good chance of being captain next year
-Member of high school marching band, concert band, jazz band. I play piano, tuba, and flute
-Founding member of high school science club, founded my sophomore year and have been treasurer since. Very successful club. Going on a trip to Costa Rica in April to study biomimicry, entering a bio expo competition afterwards
-Member of Interact Club, became secretary this year
-Member of The Mayor's Committee on Youth, a community service town board for youth. Selective, currently on the executive board.
-Member of the Model UN club in school, attending Yale Model UN in January.
-Taking every AP/honors class when available
-Many different academic awards, currently valedictorian, will graduate at least in top three.
-Volunteer playing piano at a nursing home
-National history day competition state winner and national finalist
-I work two jobs, (3 over the summer) I lifeguard and work as a waitress at a pizza restaurant.
-I have not taken the SATs yet, will probably score between 1800-2200 based off of PSAT and practice test scores
-Planning on job shadowing at the Yale New Haven Hospital or interning at Yale</p>
<p>Side note: I am adopted from South Korea. My family is white, but apparently Asians are discriminated against in the application process?</p>
<p>Please give me your honest opinion and thank you for your time!</p>