Hey, all. Thanks for reading. Here's some background: I'm a white male from Kansas in a medium income bracket looking to major in Biological sciences or Astrophysics. Haven't decided which is better yet, but one of the two. Maybe doubling.
UW/W GPA: 3.8, 4.3, strong upward trend (Started with a 3.4 Freshman year)
ACT: 33 (36 E, 30 M, 33 R, 34 S, 33 W), taken twice, thinking about taking once more
Awards: National Merit Commended, the highest awards for classwork from my nationally-ranked high school, AP Scholar with honors, various decorations for Orchestra at the state level
4 AP Exams under my belt: 5 on Lang, 5 on Euro, 4 on APUSH and 4 on Physics 1
ECs: I'll start small and work big: I play intramural tennis for my school, mostly for fun. I also write novels in my free time and have won NaNoWriMo four times. I used to be in Boy Scouts and am an Eagle Scout, my project involved constructing signs around a local park. I am a Varsity member of my school's Scholar's Bowl. I am involved in four NHS organizations as a member and one- History- as President. I am First Viola on my school's orchestra and I also tutor violin for a living; I am also a member of my district's invitation-only Honor orchestra and will be playing keynote to my city's symphony in a month's time. I am currently involved in my district's iGEM project investigating the applications of CRISPR gene editing on antibacterial resistance; and I am the founder and president of my school's BioClub and our own, independent iGEM team, currently brainstorming for project ideas.
Senior Course Load: AP: Lit, Phys2, Calc AB, Gov, Bio; Honors Engineering; Honors Orchestra; and Gifted.
Extra, potentially relevant information: I travel a lot, and have been to 32 states and 9 countries in the last year; I was raised by my single mom; I'm told my essays are the most powerful part of my application; and I am a self-published author.
So, yeah. That's what's up. Think it's enough? I have no idea what to expect.
Thanks for the input!
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