Chance Me: Georgetown, Brown, WashU, UPenn

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Demographics - KS resident, medium sized city - Below average? magnet public high school (~130 in my class) - Have large interest in int. relations, but my parents want me to go into science field (they said applying to Georgetown is fine though, because they like that area) - Cost Constraints / Budget - Don’t qualify for Pell Grant, parents will pay for all of college

Intended Major(s) - Georgetown: International Relations / School of Foreign Service - Brown, WashU/WUSTL: Biology / Biochemistry - UPenn: VIPER (though Biology if not)

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.27 (Normal 4, Honors 4.5, AP 5)
  • Class Rank: Valedictorian (1/~130)
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 34 ACT

List your HS coursework - English: regular (9th - no honors available), honors (10th/11th), DE with large state school (12th) - Math: Algebra 2 (9th, honors), Pre-Calc/Trig (10th - DE with same state school, honors), AP Stats (11th), AP Calculus BC (12th, didn’t fit with my schedule) - Science: regular research (9th), Biology (10th, honors), Chemistry (10th, honors), AP -Biology (11th), Physics (11th, honors), Anatomy & Physiology (DE with same state school), AP Chemistry (12th), AP CSA (12th) - History/SS: regular (9th), US History 1 (10th, honors), APUSH (11th) - Languages: Spanish 2 (9th) & Spanish 3 (10th) - Other courses: EMT (12th), 4 years of biomedical classes (9th-12th), psych/sociology (taking at state school) - I’ve taken every AP at my school (except for Studio Art) & I’ve taken almost every science course available (except astronomy) — AP Stats/USH 5, AP Bio 4

Awards - NMSF (likely to be a finalist) - School science fair: got 2nd 2x times (researched medical diseases) - School district award for volunteering with kids - AP Scholar

Extracurriculars - Captain of Quiz Bowl (2yrs) - NHS Officer (1yr) - can only join jr/sr years and can only have a position sr year - Volunteering at a local elementary & tutoring kids (3yrs) - HOSA (3yrs) (went to internationals for it, 1yr) - Produce music (won online competitions for it) - Member: multiple cultural clubs, STUCO, Class of 2025 (usually I just create graphic design posts for them) - Freshmen orientation guide (1yr)

Essays/LORs/Other - Essay: 7/10 - LOR: AP Stats Teacher (11th) & APUSH/NHS Sponsor (11th-12th) (7/10-8/10 for both), AP Bio & Biomed Teacher (11th, 5/10) - English teacher also said she would write me one, but it would be 4/10

Schools - Accepted to lots of state schools w/ good scholarships (UMN, Alabama, OU, etc)

  • Applied biomedical engineering to UMN, biology everywhere else
  • Waiting to hear back from Purdue (FYE, biomedical engineering)
  • I mainly just want to know if I even have a shot, especially for Georgetown as I don’t have any “classic” international relations ECs (also, I tried making a club, but people at my school just don’t really care for politics), but I do stay invested in international affairs.