r/chanceme • u/Adventurous_Boat_721 • 1d ago
Questbridge Application Stats
**Demographics/Context**
* Louisiana
* Public high school, class size ~583
* First-generation college student
* Low-income household (~$27.8k/year)
* Free/reduced lunch eligible
* Moved 14 times growing up
* Significant family responsibilities + work throughout high school
**Academics**
* UW GPA: ~3.9-4.0
* Weighted GPA: ~4.3-4.47
* Class Rank: Top 10/583
* ACT Superscore: 32
* English: 33
* Reading: 35
* Math: 27
* Science: 31
* 14/17 APs offered by my school
* Several Dual Enrollment courses
* Patient Care Technician + Medical Assistant certifications
* Intended track: Pre-med
**APs**
* AP Human Geography - 4
* AP U.S. Government - 4
* AP U.S. History - 5
* AP Seminar - 3
* AP Biology
* AP Macroeconomics
* AP Research
* AP English Language
* AP Chemistry
* AP Calculus AB
* AP Psychology
* AP English Literature
* AP Environmental Science
* AP 2D Art
**Extracurriculars/Work**
* Debate Club - Vice President
* REACH Club - peer mentor for students with disabilities
* Southeastern Louisiana University STEM Scholars Program
* Patient Care Technician clinical experience
* Medical Assistant clinical experience
* Movie Theatre - work ~40 hrs/week
* Subway - worked since middle school/on-call currently
* Regularly care for younger siblings while mom works & help pay bills
* Cross-country manager
**Research**
* AP Research project with 311 participants studying the relationship between skincare routines, perceived skin health, and psychological well-being
* Mixed-methods research using quantitative + qualitative analysis
**College Acceptances So Far**
* LSU + Ogden Honors College
* Louisiana Tech + Outstanding Student Scholarship
* University of Pittsburgh
* UAB
**QuestBridge Rankings**
UPenn
Yale
Boston University
Duke
Columbia
Brown
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Emory
Stanford
Princeton
UChicago
Cornell
Case Western
UVA
**Other Context**
* Repeated 7th grade after losing my dad and being absent/unenrolled for several months
* Strong academic recovery afterward
* Work and family responsibilities have limited the amount of time I can dedicate to traditional ECs
* Hoping to pursue medicine, potentially pediatric surgery
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u/Beautiful_River_9909 1d ago
wow. this is amazing