Hi! I’m a junior who’s really nervous about where I should apply next year. I’ve been looking for matches and safeties to apply to, since Rutgers (my state university) is relatively highly ranked, and I don’t want to apply much lower rankings-wise than Rutgers.
SAT: 1540 (750 writing, 790 math), 19 composite essay score
ACT: 36 (36 writing, 36 math, 35 reading, 36 science), 11 composite essay score
SAT II: Biology M (800), Chemistry (790), Math II (800)
Weighted GPA: 4.66
Unweighted GPA: 3.99
AP Tests: Bio (5), Chem (4), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), Psychology (5)
AP tests that I’m taking this year or next year:
Physics C: Mechanics
Calc AB
English Lang & Comp
English Lit & Comp
APUSH
EC:
Research last summer on GFP, this summer I’ll be researching fungal drug resistance, but no papers yet
200 hours volunteering total
MUN, Secretary General
Bollywood dance for the past 5 years (Co-President of volunteer teen committee, raising over $6,000 for educating poor children and women in India)
Running a bimonthly trivia night for adults and teens at my local library
Honors/Awards:
National AP Scholar
National Merit Semifinalist
Two-time USABO top 50 semi-finalist
3rd place, Rutgers Oncology Olympiad (state level competition)
3rd place, New Jersey Science League for chemistry (state level competition)
3 gavels at Princeton Model UN Conference, lesser awards at other conferences
Recommendations:
8/10 chemistry/physics teacher; she loves me and she let me read what she wrote for research programs, but I haven’t seen other people’s recs so I won’t be able to judge
8/10 Algebra 2/Statistics teacher; she loves me and she said she wrote me really good recs about my personal growth in her class for programs, but again, no standard of comparison
Demographics:
School: Public magnet
State: NJ
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Income: I’m not getting much financial aid
Thanks for the help!
