u/No_Cod7607

I have a STEM leadership opportunity where we've raised thousands of dollars and helped hundreds of people. We're expanding internationally, and have been featured in the news multiple times. We're offering a special founding chapter award (international-level!), with limited spots available. We have other awards and can even offer a personalized letter of recommendation to our most dedicated chapters. Comment if interested!

This is a great opportunity to develop leadership skills, earn certified volunteer hours, and make a meaningful community impact with an international level organization.

I’ve been asking others about my application, and I’m realizing it all seems pretty generic (nonprofit founder, internships, etc)

The one unique thing I have is a YouTube channel where I make funny songs, but I think it’s a bit immature and people have advised me not to put it on my application

I think my nonprofit is pretty unique, especially since I’ve been doing it since elementary school, but when I say that I’m afraid college AOs won’t believe me

I’m thinking I can show my passion through impact, but idek anymore. I’m just second guessing everything and am afraid my entire application will be thrown away by an AO who thinks I’m a stereotypical Asian kid

Demographics: Asian female, Texas, competitive public
Intended Major(s): Neuroscience
SAT: haven't taken (practice tests ~1300)
PSAT 10: 1400 (no studying, need to improve)
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/5.6, not in top 10% (not grade inflation, js competitive school)
Coursework: AP Physics 1 (5), APHG (5), AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP World, AP Stats, AP CSA, AP Precalc
Will take 16-18 APs total, prolly more AP tests
Awards: FBLA State 6th place, Speech and Service award, Life Scout, USABO top 30%, Barbara James Gold award (i suck at tests guys)
Extracurriculars: 
Nonprofit founder (since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)
Environmental conservation

Impacted 600+ kids and raised $1000

50k total social media views

Tryna expand internationally and start chapters @ schools

STEM Ambassador paid internship (since 9th grade, 4 hrs/week)
Taught 200+ kids STEM skills, like Python and C++

May turn into a job :D

Research internship (summer 10th grade, 50 hrs/week)
doing hands-on EEG analysis @ R1 uni (not very prestigious tho)

May use for science fair if results are good enough

NSCLC research (10th grade school year, 2 hrs/week)
Executed university level meta-analysis under mentor

Will present at international undergrad conferences

May get published in journal

Case Study (prolly an award)
Working with doctor I shadowed for like 100 hrs

Doing case report on patient with undercovered disease

Not related to neuroscience

Research w/ hospitalist
virtual research w/ hospitalist

creating a tool to help doctors diagnose patients faster

Neuroscience Club VP (member since 9th grade, 2 hrs/week)
Designed regular club meeting advertisements, leading to a 400% increase in membership

30 members

Future president

MUN Pres (member since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)
doubled club membership to 60+ members

Doubled online social media following, increasing reach and club membership

Also member of All-American MUN

Healthcare committee (since 9th grade, 1 hr/week)
lead of committee w/ nonprofit I've contributed 200+ hrs to

scheduled biweekly events, helping 200+ members

FTC captain (FLL since 4th grade, FTC since 9th grade, 5 hrs/week)
Organized international robotics workshops with 100+ registrants from 4 continents

Expanded online reach to 1,000 followers and 50,000 interactions

BRI internship (9th grade fall, 6 hrs/week)
Learned data analysis skills with tools such as R

Worked in a cohort, developed collaborative skills

This year I'm also doing CCIR
Essays: I kinda need my ECs and awards to carry cause I suck at writing essays (rejected from all summer programs)
Schools: Brown ED, Rice, Northwestern, UT Austin, any good premed schools tbh

Demographics: Asian female, Texas, competitive public
Intended Major(s): Neuroscience
SAT: haven't taken (practice tests ~1300)
PSAT 10: 1400 (no studying, need to improve)
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/5.6, not in top 10% (not grade inflation, js competitive school)
Coursework: AP Physics 1 (5), APHG (5), AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP World, AP Stats, AP CSA, AP Precalc
Will take 16-18 APs total, prolly more AP tests
Awards: FBLA State 6th place, Speech and Service award, Life Scout, USABO top 30%, Barbara James Gold award (i suck at tests guys)
Extracurriculars: 
Nonprofit founder (since 2nd grade, 3 hrs/week)
Environmental conservation

Impacted 600+ kids and raised $1000

50k total social media views

Tryna expand internationally and start chapters @ schools

STEM Ambassador paid internship (since 9th grade, 4 hrs/week)
Taught 200+ kids STEM skills, like Python and C++

May turn into a job :D

Research internship (summer 10th grade, 50 hrs/week)
doing hands-on EEG analysis @ R1 uni (not very prestigious tho)

May use for science fair if results are good enough

NSCLC research (10th grade school year, 2 hrs/week)
Executed university level meta-analysis under mentor

Will present at international undergrad conferences

May get published in journal

Case Study (prolly an award)
Working with doctor I shadowed for like 100 hrs

Doing case report on patient with undercovered disease

Not related to neuroscience

Research w/ hospitalist
virtual research w/ hospitalist

creating a tool to help doctors diagnose patients faster

Neuroscience Club VP (member since 9th grade, 2 hrs/week)
Designed regular club meeting advertisements, leading to a 400% increase in membership

30 members

Future president

MUN Pres (member since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)
doubled club membership to 60+ members

Doubled online social media following, increasing reach and club membership

Also member of All-American MUN

Healthcare committee (since 9th grade, 1 hr/week)
lead of committee w/ nonprofit I've contributed 200+ hrs to

scheduled biweekly events, helping 200+ members

FTC captain (FLL since 4th grade, FTC since 9th grade, 5 hrs/week)
Organized international robotics workshops with 100+ registrants from 4 continents

Expanded online reach to 1,000 followers and 50,000 interactions

BRI internship (9th grade fall, 6 hrs/week)
Learned data analysis skills with tools such as R

Worked in a cohort, developed collaborative skills

This year I'm also doing CCIR
Essays: I kinda need my ECs and awards to carry cause I suck at writing essays (rejected from all summer programs)
Schools: Brown ED, Rice, Northwestern, UT Austin, any good premed schools tbh

Demographics: Asian female, Texas, competitive public
Intended Major(s): Neuroscience
SAT: haven't taken (practice tests ~1300)
PSAT 10: 1400 (no studying, need to improve)
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/5.6, not in top 10% (not grade inflation, js competitive school)
Coursework: AP Physics 1 (5), APHG (5), AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP World, AP Stats, AP CSA, AP Precalc
Will take 16-18 APs total, prolly more AP tests
Awards: FBLA State 6th place, Speech and Service award, Life Scout, USABO top 30%, Barbara James Gold award (i suck at tests guys)
Extracurriculars: 
Nonprofit founder (since 2nd grade, 3 hrs/week)
Environmental conservation

Impacted 600+ kids and raised $1000

50k total social media views

Tryna expand internationally and start chapters @ schools

STEM Ambassador paid internship (since 9th grade, 4 hrs/week)
Taught 200+ kids STEM skills, like Python and C++

May turn into a job :D

Research internship (summer 10th grade, 50 hrs/week)
doing hands-on EEG analysis @ R1 uni (not very prestigious tho)

May use for science fair if results are good enough

NSCLC research (10th grade school year, 2 hrs/week)
Executed university level meta-analysis under mentor

Will present at international undergrad conferences

May get published in journal

Case Study (prolly an award)
Working with doctor I shadowed for like 100 hrs

Doing case report on patient with undercovered disease

Not related to neuroscience

Research w/ hospitalist
virtual research w/ hospitalist

creating a tool to help doctors diagnose patients faster

Neuroscience Club VP (member since 9th grade, 2 hrs/week)
Designed regular club meeting advertisements, leading to a 400% increase in membership

30 members

Future president

MUN Pres (member since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)
doubled club membership to 60+ members

Doubled online social media following, increasing reach and club membership

Also member of All-American MUN

Healthcare committee (since 9th grade, 1 hr/week)
lead of committee w/ nonprofit I've contributed 200+ hrs to

scheduled biweekly events, helping 200+ members

FTC captain (FLL since 4th grade, FTC since 9th grade, 5 hrs/week)
Organized international robotics workshops with 100+ registrants from 4 continents

Expanded online reach to 1,000 followers and 50,000 interactions

BRI internship (9th grade fall, 6 hrs/week)
Learned data analysis skills with tools such as R

Worked in a cohort, developed collaborative skills

This year I'm also doing CCIR
Essays: I kinda need my ECs and awards to carry cause I suck at writing essays (rejected from all summer programs)

Schools: Brown ED, Rice, Northwestern, UT Austin, any good premed schools tbh

Harvard has reported that they will not be considering grades as an important factor in a student’s application.

“We just don’t believe that grades tell the whole story about an applicant!” says Alan Garber (current Harvard president). “Some high schoolers are just not great at taking tests, and grades only represent how well a student performs inside the classroom, not externally.”

A current Harvard student, R. Astley, reports:
“I completely understand this decision.
You see, grades and test scores aren’t the most important part of a student’s application. They’re too objective, and don’t tell us what a student is like on the inside.
I hope that going forward, Harvard admissions officers will place more value on important things, such as family members that we have firsthand experience with, and donors, which show that applicants have good moral character.”

Other Ivy League schools have reported considering this policy, calling it the “future of college admissions.”

This is basically a copy paste of the chance me text

Rising jr btw

**Demographics:** Asian female, Texas, competitive public

**Intended Major(s):** Neuroscience

**SAT:** haven't taken (practice tests \~1300)

**PSAT 10:** 1400 (no studying, need to improve)

**UW/W GPA and Rank:** 4.0/5.6, not in top 10% (not grade inflation, js competitive school)

**Coursework:** AP Physics 1 (5), APHG (5), AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP World, AP Stats, AP CSA, AP Precalc

Will take 16-18 APs total, prolly more AP tests

**Awards:** FBLA State 6th place, Speech and Service award, Life Scout, USABO top 30%, Barbara James Gold award (i suck at tests guys)

**Extracurriculars:** 

Nonprofit founder (since middle school, 3 hrs/week)

* Environmental conservation
* Impacted 600+ kids and raised $1000
* 50k total social media views
* Tryna expand internationally and start chapters @ schools (dm if you wanna help or give advice :D)

STEM Ambassador paid internship (since 9th grade, 4 hrs/week)

* Taught 200+ kids STEM skills, like Python and C++
* May turn into a job :D

Research internship (summer 10th grade, 50 hrs/week)

* doing hands-on EEG analysis @ R1 uni (not very prestigious tho)
* May use for science fair if results are good enough

NSCLC research (10th grade school year, 2 hrs/week)

* Executed university level meta-analysis under mentor
* Will present at international undergrad conferences
* May get published in journal

Case Study (prolly an award)

* Working with doctor I shadowed for like 100 hrs
* Doing case report on patient with undercovered disease
* Not related to neuroscience

Research w/ hospitalist

* virtual research w/ hospitalist
* creating a tool to help doctors diagnose patients faster

Neuroscience Club VP (member since 9th grade, 2 hrs/week)

* Designed regular club meeting advertisements, leading to a 400% increase in membership
* 30 members
* Future president

MUN Pres (member since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)

* doubled club membership to 60+ members
* Doubled online social media following, increasing reach and club membership
* Also member of All-American MUN

Healthcare committee (since 9th grade, 1 hr/week)

* lead of committee w/ nonprofit I've contributed 200+ hrs to
* scheduled biweekly events, helping 200+ members

FTC captain (FLL since 4th grade, FTC since 9th grade, 5 hrs/week)

* Organized international robotics workshops with 100+ registrants from 4 continents
* Expanded online reach to 1,000 followers and 50,000 interactions

BRI internship (9th grade fall, 6 hrs/week)

* Learned data analysis skills with tools such as R
* Worked in a cohort, developed collaborative skills

This year I'm also doing CCIR

**Essays:** I kinda need my ECs and awards to carry cause I suck at writing essays (rejected from all summer programs)

**Schools:** Brown ED, UT Austin, any T20 good for premed

Demographics: Asian female, Texas, competitive public

Intended Major(s): Neuroscience

SAT: haven't taken (practice tests ~1300)

PSAT 10: 1400 (no studying, need to improve)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/5.6, not in top 10% (not grade inflation, js competitive school)

Coursework: AP Physics 1 (5), APHG (5), AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP World, AP Stats, AP CSA, AP Precalc

Will take 16-18 APs total, prolly more AP tests

Awards: FBLA State 6th place, Speech and Service award, Life Scout, USABO top 30%, Barbara James Gold award (i suck at tests guys)

Extracurriculars: 

Nonprofit founder (since 2nd grade, 3 hrs/week)

• Environmental conservation
• Impacted 600+ kids and raised $1000
• 50k total social media views
• Tryna expand internationally and start chapters @ schools

STEM Ambassador paid internship (since 9th grade, 4 hrs/week)

• Taught 200+ kids STEM skills, like Python and C++
• May turn into a job :D

Research internship (summer 10th grade, 50 hrs/week)

• doing hands-on EEG analysis @ R1 uni (not very prestigious tho)
• May use for science fair if results are good enough

NSCLC research (10th grade school year, 2 hrs/week)

• Executed university level meta-analysis under mentor
• Will present at international undergrad conferences
• May get published in journal

Case Study (prolly an award)

• Working with doctor I shadowed for like 100 hrs
• Doing case report on patient with undercovered disease
• Not related to neuroscience

Research w/ hospitalist

• virtual research w/ hospitalist
• creating a tool to help doctors diagnose patients faster

Neuroscience Club VP (member since 9th grade, 2 hrs/week)

• Designed regular club meeting advertisements, leading to a 400% increase in membership
• 30 members
• Future president

MUN Pres (member since 9th grade, 3 hrs/week)

• doubled club membership to 60+ members
• Doubled online social media following, increasing reach and club membership
• Also member of All-American MUN

Healthcare committee (since 9th grade, 1 hr/week)

• lead of committee w/ nonprofit I've contributed 200+ hrs to
• scheduled biweekly events, helping 200+ members

FTC captain (FLL since 4th grade, FTC since 9th grade, 5 hrs/week)

• Organized international robotics workshops with 100+ registrants from 4 continents
• Expanded online reach to 1,000 followers and 50,000 interactions

BRI internship (9th grade fall, 6 hrs/week)

• Learned data analysis skills with tools such as R
• Worked in a cohort, developed collaborative skills

This year I'm also doing CCIR

Essays: I kinda need my ECs and awards to carry cause I suck at writing essays (rejected from all summer programs)

Schools: Brown ED, UT Austin

What about case studies? And should I include a slot for it in my ECs too? Thanks!

I’ve been doing neuroscience research for the past year but have seen high schoolers do these computational projects where they take a random molecule and do smth? Idk how these work tbh. If anyone has done a project like this how did you go about it? I don’t have any research mentors or anything like that: I’m going into this completely blind.

Also sorry if I sound stupid

bro I’ve done a bunch of independent research that I presented at conferences but no awards (rising jr btw)

i kinda suck at writing essays but it’s not like I’m writing a bomb threat

idk what I’m supposed to do… i applied to like 20 wet lab positions and got rejected from every single one

but im getting consistent acceptances for virtual positions (except for sri but we don’t talk abt that)

sos

hi I absolutely suck at awards: I’m great at community service and volunteering and anything hour based but I’m kinda stupid (I didn’t qualify for DECA state when 50% of my school did 🥀)

the best award I have is being in the top 10 for FBLA state. I’ve also won many MUN conferences, but those aren’t national level. I failed to qualify for HOSA, DECA, ISEF, etc. are there any pre-med awards or olympiads I can study for over the summer?

for some context I’m a rising jr and have taken AP bio, AP stats, ap precalc, etc. I think I have pretty good ECs (nonprofit founder, research presented at conferences). rn I’m rly lacking awards and internships.

any help is greatly appreciated 🙏

also if any of yall could give me advice on my profile lmk

I know that yall are gonna flame me for having high standards but the average score for my school in AP Spanish is like a 4.97 or smth ridiculous. I’m worried if I get a 4 it will be seen as below average bc I’m aiming for T20s. and most of my classmates aren’t native speakers: they’re js smart. SOS

AHHH ITS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS

If anyone has done this AP and has sucked at Spanish pls lmk. I‘m okay at writing but kinda suck at the MCQ ~60-70% (but like 90% with Princeton review but that isn’t rly accurate). I have variability in the speaking portion bc I only know how to talk abt some topics and suck at cultural comparison. ANYTHING (practice tests, resources, study guides, vocabulary sheets) would be greatly appreciated 🙏

if anyone has done it before pls lmk

unfortunately I didn’t get into many summer programs so are there any good STEM/medicine related programs in the fall?

are there any in person options or mostly virtual?

tysm :D