Chance fgli black female with low test scores for ivies

Major: Neuroscience

Intended career: Neurosurgeon

GPA: 3.9UW

Standardized Testing: 1340 SAT, 28 ACT, submitted both(school average is 1200)

Rank: No rank

(school is #3 in the state, #48 in the nation)

Full IB course load

Demographics:

- Black female from mid-sized city in Michigan

- Charter school, economically disadvantaged district and very racially diverse

- HOOK: FGLI black female in STEM

- Questbridge Finalist, did not match

- Gates Finalist

EC’s:

-I am part of the Plant Powered Youth Steering Committee, a group of youth who advocate for more plant-based meals in our schools' food systems.

-Founder of Youth Melodies for Medicine

- As an Ombuds Ambassador, I help raise awareness of this program in our schools and manage conflicts and issues among students and staff.

-Youth Leaders against violence member

- SALT board member (activism group)

- youth board member of Beyond the City, I have aided in taking and planning trips for Black and Brown underserved youth

- Local symphony mosaic scholars

- I work with a group of highschooler to combat social issues in the community using collaborative design at local arts school.

- International Youth Neuroscience

Association Student

Applying to : Yale (got interview if that means anything), Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, WashU, UMich(in state), Princeton, Brown, Emory, Northwestern, UPenn, Barnard, JHU, Rice, UChicago

I haven’t gotten in anywhere except Michigan State