u/marchenband

incoming premed freshman. ill be taking chem 0330 which ive heard is pretty difficult so please let me know how my schedule looks and if it is manageable or not. please let me know if its too much or too little.

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Demographics

• Gender: male
• Race/Ethnicity: asian/chinese
• Residence: mid/non competitive state
• Income Bracket: $300-500k (doctor)
• Type of School: somewhat rigorous public school, somewhat competitive
• Hooks: NA

Intended Major(s): Biology

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.89/4.62
• Rank (or percentile): Top 10 (specific ranks were not specific at our school aside from t10 and val/sal)
• AP Courses Completed: AP US History (5), AP Precalculus (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP European History (5), AP Human Geography (5), AP Biology (5), AP Language and Composition (5), AP World History (4), AP Environmental Science (4), 
• AP Courses In Progress(SENIOR YEAR): AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP African American Studies, AP Statistics, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Computer Science Principles

Standardized Testing

• ACT: 35 (35 math, 36 reading, 35 science, 36 english)

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. frog research (9th-12th); was able to publish into a journal
2. solo research on salamanders(10th-12th): single author, also published into journal
3. Part of band that went around our county and city and played piano for local schools and churches
4. Piano for 10 years
5. Boy Scouts Eagle Scout
6. SciOly
7. too lazy to list the rest nothing important honestly

Awards/Honors

1. presented poster and research at local university
2. International music competition winner (piano)
3. Another piano competition, allowed me to play at Carnegie Hall
4. State Title Tennis Singles and Doubles
5. Published paper in journal

Recs

1. Lang Teacher (8/10?): lowk was a nepo with this one as she liked my older sister more than I did but I knew her more through doing Boy Scouts than in class.
2. Stats + Calc teacher (8.5/10): was decently active in his class but mainly knew me as he coached our tennis team for 2 years. wouldnt say i was one of his top 1 favorite but def was in good standings with him.
3. Research mentor A (9/10): worked with her since freshman year, is one of the more chill and have fun mindset. liked her a lot.

Interviews

• Had none for any of the schools i applied to lmao

Essays

mid - somewhat decent is what I would say. Wasn't extremely happy with all of them. was more just like eh it should be good enough (it def wasnt).

Decisions

Acceptances:

• Washu (WL - Accepted)
• UNC
• UCLA
• UCI
• UCSD
• Rice
• Case Western (EA)
• Brown (WL - Accepted) Committed

Waitlists:

• Emory
• UMich
• Cornell
• NYU
• UVA(EA defer to WL)

Rejections:

• UPenn (ED)
• JHU
• Duke
• Yale
• Stanford
• Harvard
• Berkley
• Columbia
• USC
• Northwestern

just want to first say that i am already very grateful to have to be in this type of dilemna. However, which is better for premed, rice or brown. I am aware of the grade inflation at brown, but the tmc near rice also sounds very nice for research.

additionally, how are the campuses compared to brown and rice, as well as the dorm and dining situation?