Shimra Khan

High School: Albert G. Lane Tech College Prep, Chicago, IL
Intended College: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Intended Major: Chemistry
Facts:

• First-generation college student
• Straight A’s across all four years; heavy AP course load junior and senior year (AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP
• Spanish, AP Art History, AP 2-D Art & Design, AP US Government)
• Founded and serves as President of Teens4Change
• Varsity Debater; has used the platform to address misconceptions about her identity as a Muslim woman
• Conducted Alzheimer’s disease research through the Pioneer Research Institute
• Volunteers with Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America and UChicago Comer Children’s Hospital
• Member of Muslim Student Association and Spanish Honor Society
• 37 volunteer hours on record
• Her personal essay centers on her role as a cultural and logistical bridge for her mother, a Pakistani immigrant; themes of resilience, caregiving, and intergenerational dynamics
• Freshman year was complicated by her sister’s kidney transplant
  Both recommenders independently flag optimism and empathy as defining traits