I miss Snowboarding!! :( Chance me pleeease! :p

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Colorado
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<p>My stats are:
~3.55 College GPA after 3 semesters/42 credits. Had 3.85 before. (Just went down due to a personal reason, my friend died on the 2nd day of finals week... will tell them about it)
Hoping to get it to about 3.7 by transfer time/60 credits.</p>

<p>Major Biology and possibly minoring in Business or double majoring.
Currently at Hawaii Pacific University.</p>

<p>I have an 'A' average High School GPA from Sweden where I am from.</p>

<p>SAT/ACT : Not taken</p>

<p>'Unusual things':
International student, currently going to college in US.
Parents from India, I'm born and raised in Sweden.
Fluent in 3 languages. (Swedish, English and Hindi)
Also speak a bit of norwegian, as well as basic spanish and german.
Traveled a lot, seen every country in Europe and a lot of other countries around the world.</p>

<p>Financial aid NOT needed.</p>

<p>Dean's List every semester at current university.</p>

<p>EC's:
-A little bit of Community Service in US.
-Worked last summer at a home for patients with mental and physical disabilities, taking care of them etc.
-Soccer for 15 years in which I've had a lot of success.
-Tennis for about 12 years. A lot of tournaments, and placed very good/won several.
-Will work as a volunteer at a prestigious hospital(not that it matters i guess) this semester.</p>

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<li>May mention working at soccer camps and soccer tournaments.</li>
<li><p>Done a bit of modeling but had to turn down contracts one time due to moving and one time because I was not allowed to work off campus, may or may not mention that, if I do it will be in the 'Resume' optional section.
-Other sports like surfing, snowboarding, golfing.. Will not be mentioned much.</p></li>
<li><p>Been a volunteer Soccer coach for children in underprivileged neighborhoods in Sweden, 4h/week during all of 12th grade.</p></li>
<li><p>Been a volunteer tutor/teacher in underprivileged neighborhoods in Sweden in 11th grade.</p></li>
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<p>Big things: (in my opinion)
- Started a clothes drive in Sweden for poor families in India, collected several hundred pieces of clothing.</p>

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<li><p>Started a fundraiser in Sweden to help pay for medicine and medical supplies for poor families in India. Collected over $10 000! </p></li>
<li><p>May be trying to raise money for a project where a person I know is collecting money to help deal with his expensive Diabetes. </p></li>
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<p>Recomendations:
2 that are good.
One talks about me as a nice person and being persistent and motivated.</p>

<p>One is from my CHEM teacher, he says im a great student, top 2-3% of his students ever and getting one of the highest grades on the American Chemical Society standardized tests, in the history of the school (60/70, where 50 counts as 100%).</p>

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<li>At least one more that I havent seen and will not see either. Probably will be good and pretty personal, teacher and I are really good friends.</li>
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<p>From what I've seen on rankings and stuff, I feel like I shouldnt really have a problem, but I dont really know to be honest..</p>

<p>ALSO, does anyone know how good CU boulder is for Pre-med and research?? Thanks! :)
I really miss snowboarding so much I cried earlier today when I saw a snowboarding video :P Seriously, would love to go there!</p>

<p>Please chance me!</p>

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<p>come on! bumpy bump! its my birthday :smiley: haha chance me! :stuck_out_tongue:
oh and anyone know if boulder has a good(if any) neuroscience program ? :)</p>

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<p>With a good GPA, strong recs, and interesting background, I’d agree you have a good shot at admission. I assume SAT/ACT would be required, no?</p>

<p>CU has strong biological sciences (especially biochem/biophysics/molecular biology), and would be a good place to prepare for med school. They have a well-organized pre-med advising office. They do not have a specific neuroscience dept but they do have a program (i.e., a consortium of investigators with neuroscience interests) and you can get a “certificate”:
[Undergraduate</a> Certificate](<a href=“http://www.colorado.edu/neuroscienceprogram/ugcert/index.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.colorado.edu/neuroscienceprogram/ugcert/index.html)</p>

<p>Happy Birthday.</p>

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<p>ok! great post :slight_smile: thanks a lot !:slight_smile: no, i dont need sat/act because I’ve been in college for over 30 credits(or 24, something like that)<br>
ok, ill definitely look into that neuroscience certificate! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>thanks! :D</p>

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<p>hehe actually, i just checked the website, and for me to be ‘competitive’ i need a gpa of 2.5 … :stuck_out_tongue: so shouldnt be a problem hopefully, spec considering i will have good recs, and i have good EC’s, + im a pretty decent writer :slight_smile: </p>

<p>oh and btw, i didnt make this thread to stroke my ego or anything, i was just unsure, since i guess its like a state school… well hopefully it wont be a problem, cant know, but i dont think itll be a problem :)</p>

<p>if you have any info or opinions other than this, i would love to hear since i dont want to be surprised :P</p>