Chance me pls at UCLA, Columbia, UCSD, UCB, UPenn
Asian American, South California Resident, kind of well off family, father an engineer,
Possible Major: Human Biology or Biochem (emphasis in Biology) (Premed)
Class Valedictorian, (Class of 800ish)
Weighted GPA: 4.61, Unweighted GPA: 3.92 (took pretty much hardest work load at my school possible)
SAT: 2220 (M: 750, CR: 740, WR: 730), Superscore (for ivies): 2270 (WR: 780 on a previous test)
SAT II: Bio: 800, Chem : 770, Math II: 770
APs: Bio 5, Chem 5, Calc AP & BC 5 on both, Physics 4, AP English 4, French AP: 4
(Also took AP Euro, US, classes but no AP exam)
Senior Year: Calc 3, Econ, AP English, Physics 2E, Stats AP, Psychology (getting all As so far)
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Volunteer Hours: 200 (most spent in the hospital OR shadowing surgeons and anesthesiologists, or helping kids with cancer; all hospital/medical related)
President of Young Leaders in Healthcare for 2 years, Vice Pres for 1,
Varsity Speech and Debate Four Years: (Honestly not very good at it, so not really an app booster) (400 NFL points)
Varsity Swim for 4 years, (attended CIF (county championships) all four years) (Had to quit club freshman year, but had fastest time in San Diego for 11-12 age group for 50 free and club (NCA) record for 50 free) multiple 20+ county championships finals, 2 first places, 1 third)
Piano for 13 years (finished Certificate of Merit Program all 10 levels) , violin for 4 (school orchestra)
USABO (Biology olympiad) semi-finalist
Decently strong essays, medical related
Note: Not the strongest SAT, but I’m hoping GPA/ Valedictorian will help
ED at Columbia: because it is a humanities school, applying as biology will be a bit easier(??)
Thanks guys