Currently a junior…and regretting not prepping for these programs as a freshman (this is what i get for being a late bloomer -.-)
GPA (uw): 3.6
SAT (CR+Math): 1370; SAT (CR+Math+Writing): 2040 --> Plan on taking ACT this June…hopefully will have a better score
AP: taking 5 courses as of now…ap exam scores tbd in may >.<
ECs (School/academic):
~Active member at ACS chapter in school
~Link Crew
~Medical Explorers at local hospital
~Shadowed doctors at a rural hospital in India
~President and Founder of Green Club at school
~Science National Honors Society member
~Volunteer at ACS Discovery Shop --> thrift shops that raise money for cancer research
Other ECs:
~Nationally ranked #169 in table tennis of all girls age 18 and under that play (yes…alot of ppl play table tennis)
~Coach at table tennis club --> getting level 1 coaching certification this June
~South Indian Classical Singing (learning for 7 years as of this year)
–got selected to perform in Chicago
~Violin (for fun)
–have performed at nursing homes in junior high
Sophomore Summer: Volunteered in India while prepping for SATs…yikes
Junior Summer: Accepted to intern at a biomedical devices company…given opportunity to conduct research at the company’s lab under the guidance of the principal scientist at the company
I don’t know if this will matter but here is an excuse for my low uw gpa…i attended an extremely competitive public high school in the bay area my freshman and sophomore year with a student body that was 85% asian. most students got good grades by either sharing test papers/answers etc. amongst themselves (i was a loner…all the popular kids did this) as well as going to tutoring centers (our neighborhood is surrounded by them) that have past tests from most of the teachers (my parents never sent me to tutoring even tho i used to whine to them…they wanted me to be independent). on the other hand, there were a lot of pure genius kids so yea…a pretty demoralizing experience overall. oh ya…an i think this is common in a lot of public schools in america but literally none of the teachers taught and honors courses were worse than non-honors courses. basically, the teacher would say, “you guys are honors students so you should be able to do everything on your own,” and then just give us a bunch of easy worksheets and time-crunching tests with extremely hard free response questions (stem classes were the hardest at that school).my parents decided to move me to a private school (which i am so thankful they did) and so i was able to bring my gpa up by A LOT.
So yea…i realize regardless of which high school i attended, the grades i got in my freshman and sophomore year will follow me around. do you guys think i might still have a chance at some bs/md or bs/do programs? and if so, which ones? (i just don’t want to waste application fee money on schools i have no shot at getting into)
Thanks in advance!
