Please Chance Me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, this is my first post, but let's do it! </p>

<p>Competitive public school in Virginia with a program called the Center for Math, Science, and Technology, which gives extra electives in the math/science field, and harder courses for the core science and math classes.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 4.94 weighted
Class Rank: 3 out of around 450</p>

<p>SAT: 2150/2400; 1480/1600 (I will take it for the third time in the fall)
780 Math
700 Critical Reading
670 Writing</p>

<p>Subject Test:
760 Biology
760 Math I
Don't have scores yet for Chemistry and Math II, but probably high 700s for Chem and 800 on Math II</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (Will also take this again in the fall)
35 Math
33 Reading
33 English (Grammar one)
32 Science</p>

<p>AP
Sophomore Year: Biology, 5; Statistics, 5;
Junior Year: US History, English Lang, Chemistry, TBA; </p>

<p>Senior Schedule (May chance with conflicts)
AP English Lit
AP Physics (not sure about B or C)
AP Calculus BC
AP Spanish 5
Biomedical Engineering (Center elective)
Math Modeling with Discrete Topics (Center elective- participate in HIMCM Competition)
Honors Government</p>

<p>EC's
Will be Captain of Debate Team
Previously won 1st place in speaking at UVa Tournament, and 3rd place Public Forum</p>

<p>Cross Country Team during sophomore year
Volunteered at Hospital ~200 hours
Tutoring elementary/middle school kids in math and Spanish ~100 hours
Researched with Professors at local university and studied about C. elegans for a summer
Shadowed surgeries (cranial vault remodeling) and clinical- pediatric neurology and cardiology</p>

<p>Science Fair:
1st place (Freshman Year) Botany- experimented with stopping algae growth using barley straw
1st place (Junior Year) Zoology- knocking down a gene using RNA Interference in C. elegans</p>

<p>Member of National Honors Society, Beta Club, Math Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Black Belt in Taekwondo- 6 years</p>

<p>Phew. I am an Indian male, since I'm pretty sure that matters. I am either going down the pre-med track or a accel. program</p>

<p>So what are my chances for (in no particular order):
Harvard
University of Virginia
VCU GMED program
UPenn
Johns Hopkins
Penn State BS MD Program
Georgetown
Stanford</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Bump. Bump.</p>

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<p>Pretty much what you’d see from 90% of applicants at Stanford/Harvard. Nothing sets you apart but you’re a competitive candidate from an objective stance (scores/GPA/class rigor). I don’t see anything that screams Harvard-bound but that means nothing. Work hard on the essays and try setting some time aside to make a difference this summer that could be potentially rewarding/tied in with your CC passion/benefit others.</p>