M
Molina
How I Got Into Columbia, UPenn, Cornell + more! · My Stats, Extracurriculars & Advice
- Major
- Biology (applied as)
Accepted 11
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Columbia -
Penn -
Cornell -
Johns Hopkins -
Duke -
Northwestern -
Georgetown -
UC Berkeley -
UCLA -
Wellesley -
NYU
Stats
- GPA
- 3.94 UW (competitive boarding school)
- SAT · ACT
- ACT 35; SAT II Math2 800, Chem 800, Lit 750, Bio-M 740
- AP courses
- many AP-equivalent courses
Awards 6
- Hudson Scholar (top science students; research scholarship)
- Scholastic Art & Writing — national silver medal, regional gold key
- Visual Art Department Faculty Award
- AP Scholar with Honor
- National Merit Commended
- McClellan Society (400+ community service hours)
Quest log 9
- President, Women in Leadership Club & Art Club
- Research intern, Rutgers RWJ Medical School / Cancer Institute of NJ (prostate cancer)
- Executive editor, literary magazine 'The Lit'
- Graphics editor, political magazine 'The First Amendment'
- Varsity squash (JV then varsity)
- Jazz band & orchestra (clarinet); rock band (drums)
- Photographer, school newspaper & yearbook
- Studio art — exhibitions & competitions
- Summer camp counselor teaching drums (free)
Note
Korean-American; top boarding school; later Harvard for master's