Major: Cell/molecular biology, or just biology, though I’m not sure whether I would go into medical or not in the future.
Demographic: Asian, female, 80k household, New York in suburban Long Island. Noncustodial mom has a monstrous income so she’s footing half of tuition, I have a budget of around 60k per year. Legacy at cornell
School: Public. My school isn’t great compared to others in the region, pretty certain I have the highest SAT score in my grade by 50 points and we get about one ivy / ivy-esque acceptance per year. Does that factor into admissions at all?
Rank: Top 3% out of ~250
SAT: 1580!! Bio 780, chem 750, will take math 2
GPA: around 96% UW (like a 3.8?), 105% W
AP: Human geo, world history, seminar, chemistry, apush, environmental science - 4. Biology, language, research - 5
Next year self studying Psych, but otherwise taking Lit, Physics C, Calc BC, Gov, Econ. Taking most challenging courses in my school and doubled honors + AP science
Extracurriculars:
- Science Olympiad - 13 regional medals, team captain with major participation. My team qualified for states for the first time my district has in a decade if that makes any difference
- USABO semifinalist - 9th and 11th
- Science bowl nationals - 11th
- Quiz bowl, some regional awards
- Principal chair violinist, played as level 5 NYSSMA soloist, qualified for LISFA, in chamber orchestra and Tri-M honor society, also in a quartet
- Worked at a medical clinic over 4 years, ~100 hours
7 Research this summer with an individual professor, will have to wait to see how it turns out. Seems like it will be a project about artemisinin and alzheimers - Small stuff like robotics one year in 9th, honor roll, ap national scholar / ap capstone diploma, weekly program at stony brook
- Also planning on submitting to 3 somewhat obscure art contests over the summer