Major: Biomedical Engineering
GPA UW: 3.92
GPA W: 4.55
SAT: 2160 (Math: 670, Reading: 800)
ACT: Will take in October
AP’s: Spanish (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), English III (5), Calc BC (4), Biology (5) , Econ (this year), Gov (this year), Chem (this year)
Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society Secretary
Small Group Leader (5th and 6th graders)
Paid Internship for 8 weeks in a Cancer Research Lab at Loma Linda University
Other:
I have a letter of rec from the professor I worked with at Loma Linda who is the head of the Genetics department.
Johns Hopkins is flying me out to the HOME program next week.
I was a regional winner with a partner for Exploravision by Toshiba.
AP Scholar with Distinction
Perfect Score on the AP Spanish Test
Schools:
UT Austin
U of M Twin Cities
Rice
Johns Hopkins
Georgia Tech
Texas A&M
A&M: I would say it is a low match. If you can get a $1,000 scholarship, they will give you in state tuition.
Georgia Tech: This school superscores. If you have another math score to combine with your 800 reading, you could have a much better SAT. Georgia tech is in the top 5 best engineering schools in the country. You are a match for them.
UT Austin: I am very familiar with this school and we’ll be competing to get in:P It is harder to get in because only 10% of students can be both international or OOS. This lowers the already hard 27% acceptance rate into the engineering school. I would say this is a high match.
Rice: A reach.
Johns Hopkins: Reach
Twin Cities: Match
I think you lack extracurriculars which could help a lot at schools like Rice and Johns Hopkins making them even harder to get into because the look more holistically than other schools.
Thank you so much Good luck with UT! All the best! 