Please chance me for my top schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am currently a junior at a private high school, and am looking to ED to Vandy, CMU, or WashU next november. I am in the IB and take HL Chem, HL Bio, and HL Lang and Lit. I have outstanding ECs and a good SAT, with a GPA on the lower end. Chance me:
Grades/Curriculum:
GPA: 3.55/4.00 UW
SAT: 1520
Bilingual IB Diploma: HL Chem, HL Bio, HL Lang and Lit, SL Math, SL French lang and lit, TOK, SL French Geo.
3.8/4.0 for all STEM courses
3.75/4.0 at Cornell Summer undergrad course

  • Can speak chinese, french, english (obviously), farsi (persian).
  • Major: biology
    Hooks: Second generation to attend college, Type 1 diabetic
    idk if those are considered hooks

ECs:
Undergrad Internship working with actual undergrad students at Northwestern University. Only 1-3 High school students get accepted to this program.

  • Work in real labs
  • 50 day lab
  • Publish paper by the end of 50 days.
  • Very prestigious research program

Global Issues Network Conference (GIN Conference) 10, 11

  • Presented to 200 students on Infectious diseases and volunteered for organization of the event.
  • Conducted a Q&A workshop on the presentation along with interactive activities.

Songs for Senegal Fund Raising Event (Sister School in Africa – Senegal) 9, 10, 11

  • Helped raised funds for sister school in Africa - Senegal

Model United Nations (BMUN) Conference - Berkeley 10, 11

  • Participated as a delegate, and was assigned a country to represent during the simulation.
  • Conducted research prior to the event and formulated positions before debating with fellow delegates.
  • Served for Sudan for Legal Rights committee (10th)
  • Served for Bahrain in the Legal Rights committee (11th)
  • Won research award for my country, first time in my high school’s history and in a committee of over 300 students, only 10 were awarded.

Member of Middle eastern club:

  • Raise funds to promote peace and sovereignty in the middle east

One Act Festival, Actor – International High school 10, 11

  • Performed leading and support role in one student-written and produced one-act play:
    The Green Hill, Along for the ride
  • Rehearsed weekly, assist with lighting and technical production, help with promotion

Athletics:

Varsity Tennis, 9, 10, 11

  • Placed 2nd in league and advanced to regionals
  • Recipient of Regional Athletic Director Award of Excellence (9th.)
  • Recipient of Most Improved Player Award (9th.)
    Bay Club, Tennis
  • USTA Junior Tennis Summer League -2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Fresno Team Tennis League Champion winner – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
  • Gar Glenney Cup State Champion winner – 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Featured in Tennis Magazine and local Newspaper- 2012, 2013, 2014
  • USTA Ranked top 270 in Norcal – Boys 16 and under

Community Service and Involvement:

Type One Advocates (TOA) Nov, 2016
www.typeoneadvocates.org

  • Founded Type One Advocates, a non-profit organization (501c), raising awareness for Type One Diabetes in the Bay Area. By working with other non-profit organizations such as JDRF and CarbDM, Type One Advocates is able to educate, create awareness, mentor newly diagnosed children, educate their families, and raise money help build a striving community.
  • Facebook Followers: 2,300
  • Raised $2,000+ for diabetes research.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) 9, 10, 11

  • Youth Advocacy Leader for Children's Congress (JDRF), raised awareness about Type 1 Diabetes, mentoring program volunteer , “One Walk” Team leader and walker, raised over $1,000 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (10th)

Retirement Homes (7, 8, 9,10)

  • Played the Piano for Retirement Homes on Sundays and special occasions

High school Admission Team, Admission Host

  • Serve as a student host for visiting students, give tours of the school for prospective students

Music:

  • National Guild Music Diploma candidate – Expected Graduation Date from Music
    School – June 2017)
  • National Guild Piano Certificate – 2008 through 2016
  • US Open Piano Competition 2nd place winner - 2013

Application Development:

  • Developing an application for Type 1 Diabetes management, blood sugar tracking, insulin dosing, carb counting, foot steps, and other important supplementary features.
  • Very professional UI, very impressive application overall
  • Unmonotized application - doing it for the T1D community, expecting 3,000+ downloads by November (release date Mid July)

Income Bracket: 350k+

In addition, I am a type one diabetic myself and had medical issues my first semester of junior year, resulting in my GPA to drop, but my principal assured me that a professional letter would be written to explain the drop. Besides that, I had a respectable sophomore and freshman year. I will also visit the school this summer will have my interview

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I’d say you have as good a chance as anyone. Very impressive overall, but nothing is certain with highly selective schools. Good luck!

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Your GPA is low for the schools of interest. Your SAT scores are in line. You want peace in the Middle East - not a distinguishing factor. You are advocating for legal equality for a an Islamic kingdom - not logically consistent. Your family’s income is in line for need-aware schools. Not to be negative but you should apply to some match schools.

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Your ECs are very impressive! However, like the WISdad23 said, your GPA is low for the schools you’re applying to. However, if you play your cards right and have solid essays and recs, I think you have a good chance to getting in!

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@PixelTomato Thank you for your insight :slight_smile: By the time I ED, I will probably be near 3.65-7

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bump

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Clearly, everything about your record seems great other than overall GPA and your grades first half of junior year. (Although those hooks you mention are not in fact hooks.) You would seem to at least have a chance at those schools.

What may hurt, though, is that those lower grades are so recent. It would matter a lot less if they were in freshman year, for example.

You mention applying ED. Realistically, it seems likely you would at least be deferred until your ED school saw your first-semester senior grades. Right now, they would only have a semester of recent solid grades to go on.

Yes, the explanation of medical issues will help. But colleges that are competitive as those want to be sure you can definitely continue to perform at a high level even with medical issues and you will need to convince them of that.

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Ditto. These are schools with verv competitive with very low admission rates. ED gives an edge and the gpa is explainable, but you have to demonstrate ability to handle the rigor.