<p>Hello to all... I am going into my senior year and I plan to go into some area of science. My stats are listed as below...
GPA: UW 3.73 (the highest GPA you can get at my school is a 3.88) On a 4.0 scale my GPA would be a 3.84.
ACT: 28 composite
Reading: 29
English:29
English/Writing:31
Math:25
Science:30
Essay - perfect
As far as high school rigor goes:
3 IB classes (8th grade year)
All honors classes freshmen year (I used to go to school in Tennessee, but then moved to Philadelphia sophomore year). At my current school only the science classes are considered honors, and no APs are offered.
ECs:
(Co-Founder of the Science Club)
Engineering Club for 3 years
Chess Club for 3 years
Varsity Soccer for 3 years
Wing Chun Kung-Fu for 2 years.
Played Club indoor soccer for YSC sports in Philadelphia.
1st Place Winner in Earth/Space Science in the city wide "George C. Washington Philadelphia Science Fair" sophomore year. I did a project on Terraforming Mars.
Honorable mention in Earth/Space Science for the Delaware Valley Tri-State Science Fair.
Honorable Mention in the city wide "George C. Washington Philadelphia Science Fair" junior year for the category of Physics. I did a project on the Manipulation of Electrons in CRT televisions. (mentored by Stephon Alexander of Haverford University).
Distinguished young scientist of the city of Philadelphia 2010-2011.
Volunteer @ MANNA food packaging service (once a week)
Volunteer @ The Franklin Institute (Big Science Museum in Philly)
I am a member of a five man research team at the Joel Bloom Observatory where we take composite images of the Sun with astronomer Derrick Pitts.
Member of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society of Philadelphia.
Finalist of the Ableton Live Summer Music Challenge, which was a global contest for producers under the ages of 18. (2010-2011).
URM (African-American male, if that helps at all..)</p>
<p>URM does help, actually. Unless the Supreme Court says it cannot, although I am not sure that applies to Tulane as a private school. Anyway, at this point you seem to have a pretty good chance based on your stats and activities alone, although perhaps it is better to leave out the activities that didn’t really catch your interest (apparently), like indoor soccer for only a year. Nothing wrong with that, but there is a balance between having a reasonable number of activities versus looking like you are all over the map.</p>
<p>Or you might consider having a few main headers, like Sports, Science, and Community Service, then listing the pertinent activities under these. That way it makes it clearer you have 3 main areas where you were very active, and presents the depth of your commitment to these activities more favorably.</p>
<p>Taking all that combined with being an African-American male should give you a very good chance. I assume you have read the other threads regarding what else gets Tulane’s attention.</p>