<p>Basics:
State: MI
Application: EA
Major: Biochemistry
Academics:
Schedule pattern (fresh to senior year): ESL and regulars-->Half honors and half regulars---> Half AP's and half honors---> All AP's
ACT: 30 (Probably 31 next time)
GPA UW: 4.000
GPA W: 4.167 by end of junior year and 4.375 (hopefully) by end of senior year
Honors classes (not weighted) 5
AP's : 9 by end of high school (all A's so far)
EC's + Awards:
Apple Award for leadership (freshman year)
KLAA Chemistry Lab First Place (regional + junior year)
NHS member junior and senior years
Tutor (school and out-of-school)
Teacher helper (grading)
Student teacher my sophomore year (help ESL kids since I speak two other languages)
Misc:
Permanent resident of the U.S. from Iraq, also a refugee (fled the country with family after receiving threats from Islamist extremists)
Ethnicity: Chaldean (Assyrian or Iraqi native, minority)
Languages: Arabic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, and English (obviously)
Recs: Great (counselor said she couldn't wait to write my letter) and AP chemistry teacher (got A+) and ESL teacher (whom I helped sophomore year and with grading)
Essay: I can write about my background (I have only been here since freshman year) and how I overcame the challenges I faced and still face (low-income) + I'm good at writing (or so my essay grades imply)
School: Public and ranked top 4-5%.
Thank you all so very much!</p>
<p>You have very good stats, and like i said to someone before you, you should be looking at some schools like UC Berkeley, John Hopkins, University of Michigan, which are all good in biochem. If you are ambitious and wanna give it a shot, apply to a few Ivy’s!!! Also check out Scripps Research Institute, in CA. Everything also depends on how far you’re willing to travel. Can you chance me back pls?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1495218-chance-me-nyu-u-illinois-umich-etc-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1495218-chance-me-nyu-u-illinois-umich-etc-will-chance-back.html</a></p>
<p>Thank you. I did chance back. Any other opinions please?</p>
<p>Wow, you have great stats! you should look at schools like ucla, ucb, stanford</p>
<p>It seems you’ve posted multiple threads in this forum and I have already responded to another one. Or it is someone else with a very similar profile. Your GPA is good and your ACT score is decent but not very strong. UMich should be a match and you should definitely apply to it. You may look for some schools at the same level as or slightly lower than UMich (e.g. UIUC). It would not hurt to add a couple dream schools to the list, but the other responders are plain too optimistic. Make sure you include at least a couple safety school like MSU. Did you take any subject test? You should take Math2 and Chemistry (or Biology) if you want to major in biochemistry. It seems you are going to retake ACT. If you really want to apply to those top tier schools suggested by others above, shoot for 33+. Otherwise, the chances will be very low.</p>