▲ 5 r/chanceme
chance me at HPYSM + other T20s
sooo probably will get doxxed but i dont care
context: fgli, 98% poc school, majority fgli school, avg sat ~950, no APs freshman year and 1 allowed sophomore year
race/ethnicity: black (daughter of immigrants)
income bracket: low-income
stats
4.25 uw
4.6 w
max rigor, all A+
rank 1/~150
sat: 1480, super 1490
interested in neuroscience + gov't
6 aps thus far, 12 aps by graduation
4 ap world
expected ap scores: 4 ap bio, 4 or 5 apush, 4 or 5 lang, 3 ap spanish, 3 ap calc ab (may not take the exam idk yet)
ecs:
- student government / student council (class president 2yrs; major role in school leadership and initiatives)
- FIRST Robotics (team captain 3yrs; long-term involvement; focused on leadership, mentorship, and team systems rather than competition awards)
- independent neuroscience/health disparities research (science fair + research involvement; includes epilepsy/neurodevelopmental focus)
- speech & debate (varsity events including interpretation and debate formats)
- math honors society tutor (peer tutoring in algebra 2 / precalc; academic support and mentoring)
- poetry club (leadership (secretary + performance + anthology contribution + school literary engagement)
- youth health / advisory-type involvement (public health / student voice input on youth health issues)
- medical internship/volunteering at local hospital (clinical exposure across specialties; patient interaction + hospital systems understanding)
- sunday school teacher (long-term teaching role; multilingual instruction, leadership of large youth group)
- community cultural volunteering (event support and service work)
- family home-care support initiative (translation + logistics for neurodevelopmental disability care system in family context)
- paleontology / teen science internship (state-selected fossil research + museum work + data cataloging)
awards:
- QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
- HSF Young Leaders Summit Scholar
- National Merit Commended Scholar (Expected, 214 index)
- 1st Place Regional Science Fair in Category
- First to qualify State SEF from school (Got honorable mention in category + special award)
- CHSAA State Semifinalist (Speech/Debate 3A)
- Black Student Excellence Award (Senator recognition)
- Matriculate
- National Recognition College Board - First gen and School recognition(expected)
- AP scholar with distinction (expected)
u/Icy-Firefighter-4144 — 7 days ago