<p>Hi, everyone. I am a rising Junior at an average-competitive (very competitive between top ranking students) school who wants to go into Pre-med. I couldn't help but panic when looking at some other fantastic resumes on College Confidential and decided to post. I feel like I have a big hole in my resume due to a lack of awards. If you could suggest competitions for me (preferably STEM, but will gladly accept any suggestions), I would be very grateful. :-j </p>
<p>Summer before Freshman Year-
Biology
Health
(took these classes to advance)</p>
<p>Freshman Year-
Honors Alg II
Adv English (no Honors offered, highest level at my school)
Chemistry
Spanish I
String Orchestra
AJROTC (and another class highly recommended for AJROTC)</p>
<p>Summer-
Biotechnology I (class offered at my school)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year-
AP Euro
AP Chem
Pre-Calc Honors
Honors English
Spanish II
AJROTC</p>
<p>Classes I will be taking Junior Year-
AP English
AP Biology
AP Calc AB
APUSH
AP Stats
AJROTC</p>
<p>Senior year, I will be taking 6~7 AP's</p>
<p>UW GPA- 4.0 (received A's in all courses)
W GPA- 4.32</p>
<p>AP Human Geo (self study)-4
AP Chemistry- 5
AP Euro- 4
SAT2 Chemistry- 780 (may retake..?)
SAT 2 Math level 2- 800</p>
<p>Ethnicity- Asian American
Income- 30,000~40,000 (on the lower side compared to many other Asians I know, but my parents and I hope colleges will understand as I may mention our economic issues in my essays)
Currently holding a Green Card. I'm an immigrant.</p>
<p>Class rank is not updated but I think I will be around the top 2% in a class of 700 people due to the number of extra courses I have taken.</p>
<p>I know I have great chances in receiving straight A's again as a Junior, so I am not worried about my grades, but my ECs
are what worry me the most.</p>
<p>So far I have done...</p>
<p>School EC's / Awards and Honors
Society of Future Doctors (9,10,11)- Publicist (10), Secretary (11)
Academy of STEM (10,11)- Fundraising Officer (11)
Participated in AMC 10- placed 4th by 2 points-_- This year I'm going to study and will hopefully place into top 3.
received Most Outstanding Violin Player (9)- unfortunately couldn't continue orchestra due to financial and conflicts with schedule
Will probably receive National Merit if I keep studying consistently (SAT practice scores have been around 2100-2250)
(hoping to receive an award from AJROTC this year)</p>
<p>Outside of school EC
A community service ensemble that plays in convalescent homes for the disabled, elderly and homeless
Marathon Youth Team- VP (going to run a marathon this fall; very excited!)
Internships at City of Hope and another well-known research lab (currently doing right now)
A lot of church service events (will not specify)
Around 300~400 hours
And just putting it out, but I tutored in Chemistry and Math the past year for money.</p>
<p>As you can see, my list of awards and honors are not very long and impressive like some awesome students on College Confidential. I hope to make it much more fabulous by next summer with all of your help!
I have consistently heard that most college admissions officers can see through the made-up images of most Asian-American students who have been pushed by their mothers to take SAT prep classes, participate in many EC's they don't feel passionate about, etc. In that sense, I think my greatest strengths are my passion for my EC's and my ability to succeed academically without prep classes and tutors. Do you guys think this will increase my chances for schools?</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on how I can improve my resume, what I can do this year as a Junior to make myself a worthy candidate for top tier schools and my standing as a candidate as of now. Thanks to all the lovely people who read my LONG post! :x </p>