What Colleges could I get into? Please any tips or help or comments
Academic Stats
- GPA: 3.89 UW / ~4.5 W (College: 4.0)
- Degree: Tracked for dual Associate Degrees (Computer Science & Liberal Arts) by high school graduation
- Standardized Testing: 1440 SAT (790 Math, 650 EBRW) (Working on it!)
- Coursework Rigor: 14 Dual Enrollment, 11 APs, 13 Honors
- AP Scores: 4s on APUSH, AP Lang, AP Precalc
- School Info: About 40% low-income, from suburbs of MA
- Relevant Coursework
- Math & CS: AP Calculus AB, AP CSA, AP Precalc, AP CSP, AP Stats, DE Intro to CS, DE Intro to Data Science, DE Data Science Programming, DE Intro to Java, DE Advanced Java, DE Computer Architecture, DE Discrete Math, DE Calc II.
- Other Advanced Coursework: AP Physics 2, AP Micro/Macro, AP Lang, AP Lit, APUSH, DE General Biology, DE Human Genetics, DE Health Sciences, DE Medical Terminology.
Intended Major Focus: Data Science + Public Health / Health Economics / Quantitative Social Science
College List:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth (ED), Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago (EA), UVA(EA), Wake Forest, NYU, Georgetown (EA), Tufts, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill (EA), Colgate, UIUC(EA), Boston University, Northeastern University(EA), UMass Amherst(EA), Stony Brook University(EA)
Extracurriculars
- Top Tier National Cancer Institute — Health Economics Research Intern: Gathered international cost data for a leukemia cost-effectiveness study to support sensitivity analyses on relapse prevention.
- National Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative — Founder & Director: Authored open-access curriculum for youth/young adults; distribute resource kits monthly to 300+ student leaders across 35+ states and internationally.
- Health Tech Company — ML & Economics Research Intern: Modeled hospital wait times vs. patient severity in Python; developed predictive triage models and co-authored a lab paper.
- Harvard MEDscience & MEDscienceTECH — Student Intern: Built a tumor-detection AI model and voice-controlled surgical robot prototype; fine-tuned an LLM and participated in high-fidelity clinical simulations.
- International Youth Advocacy Group — Legislative Advocate & Developer: Lobbied federal representatives on AI/deepfake safety legislation; built a free web platform connecting users to emergency support resources.
- Town Youth & Community Mentorship — Co-Founder / Lead Designer: Co-designed interactive life-skills curricula for 300+ elementary students; expanded programming to local senior centers and community events.
- AI Media Literacy Platform — Lead Developer: Built an AI-driven news platform that cross-references 6–10 sources per story to mitigate bias and generate automated factual summaries.
- Data Science Club — Founder & President: Established a school club hosting monthly data challenges; authored a finance/data curriculum proposal reaching 100+ students annually.
- EdTech Startup — Strategy & Research Intern: Conducted user research and feature brainstorming for a student portfolio platform; delivered final strategy presentation to leadership.
- Neuroscience & Youth Psychology Org — Research Intern: Researched ties between adolescent addiction, social media usage patterns, and computational methods in drug discovery; presented independent findings.
Honors & Awards
- National: United Nations Association Community Service Award
- International: Harvard Medical School Pitch Competition Winner
- National: College Board National Recognition Award
- Regional: Bentley University - Pitch Competition Winner
- National: Research Intern of the Year Award
Additional Context
- College Credits: Will complete 44 college credits across local community colleges and online programs by graduation.
- GPA / Grading Policy: High school does not weight Dual Enrollment courses on the internal GPA scale (unlike APs), which slightly suppressed total weighted GPA despite maximum course rigor.
- School Baseline: Average SAT at high school is ~1120.
- Scheduling: Doubled up on math courses sophomore/junior years to accelerate into advanced calculus/CS tracks, causing scheduling overlaps with electives/foreign language.