Hey everybody, I’m currently a Sophomore (I know, early, but I really want to have time to improve my app) and am pretty nervous about gaining acceptance to upper tier schools like NU, Cornell, Brown (aren’t we all), and was just hoping you guys would look over my [short] resume and comment on ways to improve.
High School Type: Public (Magnet STEM program every other day)
Location: Virginia
Race/Gender: Indian Male
Prospective Major: BME
*I know this section doesn’t mean much because of the small sample size, but I’m going to post anyway)
UW GPA: 3.98/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.29 [+0.3 for A+, +0.5 for honors, +1 for AP]
Class Rank: Top 5% (approximation, maybe top 1-2%).
SAT: N/A (doing practice books, aiming for ~1510 but we’ll see - planning for this summer [2018])
ACT: N/A
Courses: APs as possible
[Fr]:
Alg/II Trig, Bio, Physics, Pre - AP CS, English 9 Honors, Pre - AP World History, PE/Health, Spanish 3
[So]:
Math Analysis, Chem Honors, AP World History, AP Comp Sci, AP Stats, English 10 Honors, Pe/Health/Drivers Ed, Econ & Marketing, Spanish 4 Honors
PROJECTED
[Jr]:
Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Physics, Dual Enrollment US History, CS Research Elective, AP Lang, Band, May add some kind of Intro to BME CC class
[Sr]:
Multi or Diff Eq, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov, CS Research Elective, Band, AP Econ [Macro + Micro]
Extra Curriculars:
Debate - Captain: Policy
Marching Band
Mu Alpha Theta - Math Honor Society (early morning math help)
Science Olympiad - Anatomy & Physio
Hoping to qualify for ISEF this year - currently working on a healthcare/engineering related project for those in underdeveloped countries
Medical Club - Blood Drive Volunteer
Science National Honor Society
Planning to join NHS next year
Experience:
Worked at doctors office in summer for [only] ~20 hours scribing; hope to get more
Starting as an EMT January 2018 [When I turn 16]
Starting as Hospital volunteer January 2018
Habitat for Humanity volunteer
Awards: (Not many)
State Qualifier for Debate, 5th Place overall; Should be able to qualify for nationals this year
Honor Band - Superior Rating at State Assessments
… I need more
Summer Programs:
U Mich Electrify - Nanofabrication (got me interested in engineering).
Any critiques/suggestions/words of advice are welcomed, I know I’m 15, please don’t harp on that in comments/keep it relevant. I would really appreciate ANYthing
Thanks for your time!
