<p>Senior, South Asian Male at a pretty competitive school in TX (was ranked in top 300 of Newsweek Magazine; Top 20 of TX..Most kids can get intoTop Private Schools but most students choose to go to state schools or schools out-of-state probably due to cost reasons; Top students go to Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Columbia College, Tulane, Cornell,etc)</p>
<p>Proposed Major:
-Pre-Med/ BioEngineering (Biomedical)</p>
<p>GPA:
-UW GPA: 3.85/4
-W GPA: 5.0119/6 (Val has a 5.33)</p>
<p>Rank:
- Top 3.87% of my class.(17 out of 402)
-Honors/Pre-AP classes every year
-ACT w/ Writing: Composite= 32 (10 on the Essay)</p>
<p>Community service: over 400+ hours in hospital, nursing homes, charity banquet, nursing facility, Red Cross, doctors offices, etc.</p>
<p>During the summer:
-Working a office assisting job at a physician recruiting center
-Volunteered at a hospital
-Had a job as a C.N.A. Trainee (worked with the hospice patients; did pretty much every dirty job possible)
-Intership at 2 doctors offices (one ENT; one Family medicine)
-Ran a business that built and sold custom computers on auctioning and classifield sites; Also provided virus removal and hardware installation.</p>
<p>Senior year:
-5 AP classes (Gov, Eco, English Lit, Bio, Psych, Calc BC)</p>
<p>Junior AP classes:
-English Language=4, AP US History=4, AP Comp. Sci AB=4</p>
<p>Total AP Classes: 9</p>
<p>EC'S
- Youth Group (9,10,11,12)
- HOSA (Officer) (10,11,12)
- School districts Tech committee ( i was my school's representative and leader; lead the change for innovative use of technology in the classrooms to help students gain knowledge) (11,12)
- Youth Leadership Group (10)
- NHS (11,12)
- NTH (11,12)
- Spanish Club (11)
- Reading Rocks Program (promoted literacy to senior citizens and children) (team leader) (9,10)
- Hospital Volunteer Group (Officer) (9,10,11)
- C.N.A. Certified & CPR Certified (11)
- National Technical Honor Society (11,12)
- Senior Clinical Mentor for Clinical Program (10,11,12)
- Building/selling/repairing custom computers (9,10,11,12)
As seen from my EC's i have an interest in technology and medicine.
All of this at the top of my head.</p>
<p>have had an interview (made sure my interviewer was aware that rice was my number #1 choice and the only reason i didn't apply ED was because at the moment my parents dont have $$$ so i didnt want to be disloyal and remove my app), campus visit, info session, and talked to a Rice student , etc.
essay = common app will kick butt, rice supplement will be above average hopefully, why rice will kick butt</p>