| ERrr njc is like near the bot? should be from vjc
tuna retake your SATs, most ppl in my school apply with at least a 2200+, if you can hit 2300 and have good essays, most schools apart from CHYPSM are set
as for ECs, leave out all those NASA settlement, business contest, performance fluff....concentrate on your maths olympiad, cricket, dance and CIP, its much better to state a few solid commitments rather than giving a laundry list and risk having all of them brushed aside by the adcoms
as for the essays, the crux lies in differentiating yourself from the masses ("find" sth special bout yourself to write)....when they read it, if they can see the individual behind it, its done =)
btw do consider Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) and other smaller universities, great education and aid, in addition to good placement at top grad schools |