First Generation Low-Income Rising Junior Looking to Improve Application
This is what I have for my application right now, and I was wondering if anyone could give tips on what to improve!
Intended Major:
Most likely business/sales + biology on pre-med track (interested in healthcare management/operations)
Academics
- GPA UW 4 W 4.73
- ACT 35
- APs 9
Course Rigor
- Freshman year: APWH, APHUG, APCSP
- Sophomore year: APPC, APGOV, APSTATS, APSEM, APES, APBIO
- This Summer: 4 DEs
- (Projected) Junior year: 7 APs + 1 DE
- (Projected) Senior year: 5 APs + 4 DEs
DECA
- Chapter President of one of the largest DECA chapters in my state (250–300 members)
- 2x ICDC Qualifier
- Top 5 internationally at ICDC
- Raised ~$20k total for chapter
- Campaign manager for a successful state officer campaign
- Built a DECA social media page with 100k views and 8k reach, where I connected and featured over 20 chapters from my state
- Planning to introduce a community service project (already worked out all the details, and we're projected to create over 1,000 cards for senior citizens and veterans at assisted living facilities through it)
- VP of Competition/President-Elect Sophomore Year
(I plan to continue DECA for the rest of high school. I fell in love with it freshman year, and I feel like I can make a really strong impact on my school and community through it.)
Nonprofit Leadership / Finance
- Accounting & Operations Manager for a nonprofit
- Managed ~$320k revenue across 3 terms
- Built/updated financial tracking systems (Excel overhaul still in use)
- Increased operational efficiency by 50%+
- Managed 1000+ transactions and high-volume financial periods
- Supported organization during peak revenue days exceeding $20k/day
Healthcare Experience
- 200+ hospital volunteer hours assisting with patient vitals, transport, ECGs, orthostatics, and patient care
- 50+ clinical experience hours with hands-on patient interaction, including initial check-up (taking weight, blood pressure, temperature, etc.)
- Clinical experience performing ferritin and urine tests
Leadership & Public Speaking
- Speaker at 10+ events with audiences up to 4,000
- 3 years Student Government
- Anatomy Club Co-Founder
Future Physicians Club
- Founded a Future Physicians club at my school (50+ members)
- Organized training sessions on patient vitals + public health outreach
- Brought in 10+ physicians from 3 different companies to share their experience for students to better explore their medical interests
Research & STEM
- Accepted into a free, month-long, <10% acceptance rate summer CS-based, college-level biology program at T50 university (great way to get your foot into potential research opportunities, I have heard)
- Closing in on a potential medical research opportunity at a local university for next year
Community Impact
- Led a large cultural/community festival where I managed 50+ volunteer and had ~$120k in revenue with ~$20k profit
- Raised $2500+ for a community beautification project and led the construction/landscaping of it with 20+ volunteers
Recommendation Letters
- My DECA advisor, whom I have known since freshman year, wrote a letter for something else, and let me read it after, and it was amazing
- The hospital manager who hired me and was my supervisor (amazing relationship and is a great writer, I've heard)
- PreCalc/Future Calc Teacher (great relationship, knows me well for what I do outside of her class too)
- Operations Internship/Cultural Festival/Non-profit Mentor/Advisor. I've known her since before high school, and she's guided me so well and has also seen me grow throughout the years.
Schools
Reaches:
UPenn, Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Brown, Cornell, Notre Dame, Stanford
Targets:
UMich, UNC, UVA, NYU, Emory, UMiami
Likelies/Safeties:
IU, UGA, Penn State, UPitt
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