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Applicant profile
- Location : New Jersey
- School type : Public
- Ethnicity : Hispanic
- Gender : Male
Intended major(s)
- Biomedical Engineering/Whiting School
- Chemical Engineering/Whiting School
GPA and test scores
- GPA : Unweighted 3. 89
- SAT score : 1540 (Reading 750 / Math 790)
- ACT score : 36 (Reading 36 / English 35 / Math 35 / Science 36 / Writing 8)
- SAT Subject Test scores : Math II 800 / Chemistry 740
- Class rank : N/A
Other tests (AMC, AP, IB)
- AP scores : Calc BC (5), Calc AB (5), English (5), Chem (4), Physics 1 (4), US History (4), Statistics (4)
- IB scores : N/A
- Senior-year courses : AP Physics C; AP English Lit; AP Bio; AP Economics; AP Computer; AP French
Self-rated essays (out of 10)
- 10/10
Volunteer and community service
- Boy Scouts (Eagle project)
- Summers helping at a nature preserve
Summer activities
- See above
- class at Rutgers
Awards
- National Merit Commended
- National Hispanic Schola
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- Location : New York
- School type : Top 50 private
- Ethnicity : White
- Neuro/bio - Krieger
- GPA : Not disclosed
- SAT score : 1550 (Reading 760 / Math 790 / Essay 21)
- ACT score : N/A
- SAT Subject Test scores : Biology 800
- AP scores : N/A
Self-rated recommendations and interview (out of 10)
- Teacher Rec #1 : biochem teacher 10/10
- Teacher Rec #2 : us history teacher 8/10
- Counselor Rec : 9/10
- Additional Rec : N/A
- Interview : N/A
Extracurricular activities
- LOTS of neurosci research (published author)
- nonprofit director
- model un
- junior academy
- a few more
Work experience
- Paid research
- 3hrs/week tutoring at public library
- RESEARCH
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- Location : California
- Ethnicity : Korean
- Biomolecular Engineering
- GPA : Unweighted 3. 9
- SAT score : N/A
- ACT score : 34
- SAT Subject Test scores : Math II 800, Bio M 800, Chemistry 800, US History 800, World History 800
- AP scores : Bio (5), Chem(5), Calc BC (5), Stat (5), US History (5), Wrld History (5), Lang (5), Psych (5), Spanish Lang (5), Human Geo (5)
- 8/10
- Teacher Rec #1 : 10/10
- Teacher Rec #2 : 10/10
- Counselor Rec : 6/10
- Debate club (VP)
- orchestra (1st chair Clarinet)
- Junior Academy
- etc
- worked on a small paid research position at UChicago
- autism-related program
- tutoring impoverished minority students
- etc.
- Summer University at JHU
- National Merit Semi
- AP Nat scholar
- Junior Academy Challenge winner
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- Location : India
- School type : Private
- Ethnicity : Indian
- Gender : Female
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- GPA : Unweighted 3. 87
- SAT score : 1490 (Reading 710 / Math 780)
- ACT score : 34 (Reading 32 / English 33 / Math 35 / Science 34)
- SAT Subject Test scores : Math 2 790 / Biology M 780 / Chemistry 730
- IB scores : English Lit/Lang SL (6), Math SL (7), French Ab Initio SL (6), Biology HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Psychology HL (6)
- Senior-year courses : English Lit/Lang SL, Math SL, French Ab Initio SL, Biology HL, Chemistry HL, Psychology HL
- Common app : 10/10
- Supplement : 8/10
- Intensive Research (+papers written!)
- Varsity Hockey Team
- Vocal Music (Trinity College Certification)
- Internship in a pharmaceutical company
- Tutoring
- Tutoring and Local Environmental Beautification Project
- RISE Program at Boston University
- Shadowing in a hospital
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- Location : Maryland
- Ethnicity : Puerto Rican/Jewish
- Public Health Studies
- ACT score : 33 (Reading 35 / English 36 / Math 28 / Science 31)
- SAT Subject Test scores : N/A
- AP scores : AP Gov (5), AP Bio (4), AP Lang (5), AP Spanish Lang (5)
- Senior-year courses : AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Spanish Lit, Choir
- Supplement : 9/10
- School's Acapella group (president)
- BBYO (president and other board positions)
- Drama/Theatre at school since freshman year
- National Honor Society
- Thespian Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
- Music Honor society
- Student Intern at FDA
- Cashier/Waitress at local deli
- Camp Counselor at preschool summer camp
- work as a performer at haunted forest during October
- tutor for elementary schools
- BBYO Summer programs
- Interning/Work at above places
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- Location : Hawaii
- Ethnicity : Asian
Admissions hook
- First Generation
- Cognitive Science & Neuroscience
- GPA : Unweighted 4. 0
- SAT score : 1420 (Reading 720 / Math 700)
- ACT score : 33 (Reading 34 / English 36 / Math 27 / Science 34)
- SAT Subject Test scores : Chemistry 620 / Literature 660
- Class rank : 1/479
- AP scores : AP Chemistry (2), AP Language Arts (4), AP Psychology (4), AP Biology (4), AP Literature (4), AP Statistics (4)
- Senior-year courses : AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Statistics, STEM Capstone, Band 4, Japanese 4
- Common app : 9/10
- Supplement : 7/10
- Teacher Rec #1 : 10/10 AP Language Arts teacher who knows me pretty well, 8/10 AP Psychology teacher who knows me decently well but was pressed for time
- Teacher Rec #2 : N/A
- Counselor Rec : 8/10 I know her well since 9th so it would've been a 10/10 except… my school's college career counselor is the only one with access to my app and when my counselor sent her a draft to review, she submitted it and then couldn't un-submit it.
- Additional Rec : 10/10 Doctor from my internship who wrote me a very great letter
- Interview : 8/10, was awfully nervous and sick af but my interviewer was very friendly (and also sick lol) and though I may have rambled more than I should've, I think I showed great enthusiasm about JHU.
- Chess Club (President 12, VP 11, Treasurer 10)
- Japanese Club (Treasurer 12)
- Leo Club
- HOSA
- Varsity Soft Tennis (Captain 12)
- Student government (Charity Drives Chair, Social Chair, Awards Chair)
- Band
- First job cleaning classrooms at 15 y/o (10 hrs/wk)
- currently work at a drugstore/pharmacy as a cross-trained pharmacy technician and front store associate (19 hrs/wk)
- Internship : Neuroscience clinic research intern - published 3 research posters/abstracts with 2 papers in the making, assisted with ~7 clinical trials (i dunno how many tbh) - data entry, reviewing data, shadowing visit sessions, etc.
- Hospital : 4 years working in geriatrics with 500+ hours, Church - 6 years teaching children, probably 1000+ hours (never really kept track), 1 year leadership program - in which students plan and execute a community service project.
- My group's one was on Mental Health awareness, with a focus on different people groups (students, community members, counselors & teachers, etc). I wrote my supplement on this project so it added a little more depth to it
- I kinda just did everything else I do over the summer as well, with a good 35 hrs/wk for work and 30 hrs/wk for my internship
- US Representative for the National High School Festival in Hiroshima, Japan (11)
- HOSA Medical Spelling 2nd place states
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- Location : Tennesee
- Public Health
- GPA : Unweighted 3. 92
- ACT score : 35
- Class rank : 15/500
- AP scores : Human Geo (3), Physics I (3), U. S. Gov (4), Bio (4), Seminar (5), Calc BC (5), Lang (5)
- Senior-year courses : AP Chem, AP Lit, AP French, AP Stat, AP Research, JROTC
- Teacher Rec #1 : 8/10
- Counselor Rec : 10/10
- NHS
- Student Council
- JROTC (team leader)
- Biology Olympiad (VP)
- Biology Research Club (Treasurer)
- Red Cross Club (Founding president)
- Indian Club (VP)
- Youth Symphony (1st chair bass clarinet)
- Model UN
- Science Olympiad
- Tutoring (3 years)
- Red Cross
- Internship at clinic
- Couple of science competitions
- ROTC competitions
- Science olympiad