GPA: unweighted 3.9 out of 4.0
weighted: 6.2 out of 5.0
Class Rank: 5 out of 387 as of junior year
Have taken almost all honors and AP classes:
AP chem, AP Physics, AP English, AP biology, AP physics 2, AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Us History
SATs: superscore: 2120
ACT: combined 30 (am going to take it again in sept)
Sat II: biology (740); math II (660) retaking it; US history (650)
Volunteer/Extra circulars/Awards: (most activities somehow tie into medicine and health since I want to become a cardiac surgeon).
Wellspan Health Volunteer - 200 hours
Research for science projects - 200 hours
Awards for science projects that I won:
Best Senior High Medical Research Project twice in a row - 10 and 11 grade (School fair)
Yale Science and Engineering Fair Award - 11th grade (national/international)
Society for In Vitro Biology Award - presented by Intel international science and engineering fair - 10th grade (national/international)
Best chemistry project presented by the American Chemical Society - 11th grade (state/regional)
*also won the AP chemistry Student of the year award - selected from a pool of about 50 people (school award)
Tutoring subjects like biology, chemistry, geometry, algebra, Precalculus, and physics. - 200 hours.
Editor/graphic designer job for a “quit smoking” campaign (job) -50 hours
Lead Intern in a local hospital in India (Summer) - 40 hours
Internship with AP Chemistry teacher (school year) - 25 hours
Co founder of biology club
Team leader of project Streamways - collect water from local streams and perform pH, nitrates, phosphates, conductivity, total dissolved solids, and dissolved oxygen tests. Send the info to the local municipality.
Shadowing and simulation lab - observed cardiac surgeon perform 8 different procedures and performed surgical activites in the simulation center (Summer)
Member of National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.
Is all this good enough? What’s really worrying me are my low SAT and ACT scores. Also, do I have to send in my AP Scores? Will it hurt my chances if I don’t?