Chance a canadian interested in biotech/big pharma

Chance Me RD for HYPSM, JHU, Cornell, and Vanderbilt full-ride (Cornelius vanderbilt scholar)

Demographics: decent public school, male, middle-class (will need financial aid), canadian

Intended Major: biomedical enginnering/neuroscience/pharmtech

SAT: 1570 (790 Math, 780 RW)

Gpa: 97.5/100, I think that's a 4.0 on the 4.0 scale?, no weighted GPA since school didn't offer any APs, no class rank

Extracurricular activities: research Internship and shadowed doctors at hospital during summer

Have been doing independent research related to neuroscience since gr 9, have not worked with mentor, but have gotten multiple awards at national level science fair

Job at municipal government 2.5 years

Volunteered at seniors home for 3 years

Exec for multiple school clubs (all stem related)

Volunteered for international neuroscience nonprofit

Briefly worked at pharmacy

Awards (very vague because I dont wanna get doxxed):

Several national/international awards related to research/bio

Distinction for all cemc contests since gr 9

Essay: wrote about getting humbled at my first science fair in gr 3 and how slowly I lost my passion for science and took up other hobbies like chess, photography, skateboarding, etc. I then talk about how even though I tried a lot of things, I never really found my passion/was good at any of those things until I took up baking, lost my sense of smell, and was inspired to do a research project on that. Then I talk about how after that science fair, I regained my passion for science. Throughout my essay, I use the growth of a borax crystal as a metaphor for my growth.

LORs

Lowk wasn't considering u.s. schools until this year, so I didn't really lock in on building personal relationships with my teachers and im worried that might reflect in my lors

Overall, teacher lors will probably be around 7.5/10 since teachers generally like me and I do well in classes, but none of them know me super well

Supervisor for research internship 8/10 I didn't really have the opportunity to work with her that much but she seemed satisfied with the work I did

Supervisor at work 8/10 we've known each other for a pretty long time, but not sure if she really has any experience with writing LORs for unis

Counselor LOR 7.5/10 talked to then a couple times about unis, but they have 400 other students and dont me super well on a personal level. I'm hoping that my school ecs, grades, and awards will speak for themselves