<p>My dream college is Rice University. I'm a junior, and lately, the immense flurry of posts about college and the fact that I'm going to experience the exact same thing next year makes me wonder... do I even stand a chance? It would be awesome if you could give your input on how I could become a stronger candidate for the beautiful university. Thank you!</p>
<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Location: California
School: Large (4,000 students), really competitive, and public
Rank: Unfortunately, our school does not rank. (but I'm at least within the top 8%)
Hook: first generation</p>
<p>Freshman year (unweighted GPA): 4.0
Sophomore year (unweighted): 4.0, weighted is 4.2
AP biology: 5
(I am planning to take around 7/8 AP's during my high school career.)
Junior/Senior year: n/a</p>
<p>SAT's: ~2200
SAT II Bio: 740</p>
<p>EC's:
I have about 300+ volunteer hours.
Founder/President of a school chartered club (2 years)
Member of Basketball team (1 year)
Science Olympiad (historian too) (1st year)
Officer of Model UN (2 years)
Pianist for 10 years
Speech and Debate (a few awards here) (2 years)
Member of FBLA (2 years)
Treasurer of a non-profit organization (1 year)</p>
<p>Awards:
National Honors Society
CSF
Principal's Award
a $2000 scholarship for scientific research</p>
<p>Hobbies? Photography, art.
Passions? Science, English, history.</p>
<p>I want to major in business in college.</p>