snowy435

School type: public
location:Maryland
race/gender: Indian, female.
prospective major: neuroscience and philosophy
current unweighted gpa: 4.0
class rank: 1/430

SAT- total:2270 breakdown: math: 740 CR- 730 writing: 800
SAT II's took bio-700 ush 760. math ii 690( i know, bad)

Courses
9th grade
Gt English
Gt math
AP biology- 5
Gt American gov
french III
orchestra

10th grade:
Gt English
AP chemistry- 4
Ap statistic's 4
GT precalc
french IV
Gt world history

11th grade
AP english 4
Ap macro 5
AP micro 5
AP french
AP U.S 5
AP Calc a/b 5


12th grade

AP calc b/c
Ap Lit
Ap Psych
AP human geography
Gt Biotechnology
AP euro
gym

MAJOR Ec's:

---Summer internship at NIH in the lab of cardiovascular science for two summers. summer of 2008/2009. will get a good supp rec from my mentor. will also be part of a published research paper.

--- varsity tennis in high school.( 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) multiple awards

----key club( 9-12) volunteering. Am a board member

----Sequel Literary Magazine. I'm on art staff, help put the magazine together ( 10-12)

----South Asian Society- Co-founder/president (11-12) basically we watch asian movies. play asian games, asian cuisine.it's really ethnic but anyone can join and feel comfortable

----It's academic ( 11-12) captain

----Bharatnatyman- ethnic Indian dance( 6th-12th) will get a degree at the end of senior year.

MINOR:
- black belt in taekwando
french club(9-12)
nhs(9-12)
math Nhs( 11-12)
french nhs(9-12)
peer tutoring (9-12)



Awards-
Tennis:
9th grade. 1st place county and regional tournament
10th grade. 2nd place in county and regional tournament
11th grade: 1st place in county and regional tournament, 4th place at states
- awards for maintaining a 4.0 gpa during varsity sports seasons/ earned varsity letter every year

Science:
-discovery channel young scientist semifinalist 2006- for excellent communication skills
medicine.
2009 Baltimore science fair- award from u.s corps for excellence
2008- NIH poster day/ science fair- 1st place.
- will be published in a research paper in the future from summer work


writing
published in the anthology "Maryland voices"
1st place young authors contest in region/state

Random:
future business leaders of America- 1st place at school and regionals, 2nd at states- topic was introduction to business communications(10th grade)
- 11th place in state for french national exam
- 1st place in high school poetry competition Baltimore county
-National ap scholar/ap scholar with distinction
-Maryland distinguished scholar semifinalist


will have strong rec's and a good supplemental rec from my nih mentor
also have strong essays most probably

anderson2526

obviously you're getting in...

snowy435

any other opinions? and I know this might be annoying because it might seem like i'm doing this just to like show off or something..but sigh, i just did early stanford and now i feel miserable cause im probably not going to get in, so now im wondering if i'll get into duke.

MiRAGEx21

this is for Duke regular, right?

snowy435

yeah. it's for regular

jamescchen

What are your other schools? Any Ivies? You would look strong for Columbia and perhaps Dartmouth. For HYP, as an Indian, you have to defy gravity.

snowy435

hm. my other schools are maryland,jhu, washu, upenn, harvard, yale....and really? i thought columbia and dartmouth would be hard for me? and frankly i think i may not get into duke.

snowy435

do you think i might get into duke?

bluedog

You are certainly a competitive applicant for Duke, but, yes, you're right, these schools are ridiculously competitive. Duke rejected 58% of valedictorians and 43% of 1550+ SAT (Math + Verbal) students in 2006. This year, it's going to be even higher. All of the Ivies are in similar boats.

If Duke wanted virtually all 1500+ M+V SAT students who graduated top 10 in their class, they easily could, but they look at other factors as well. This isn't to say that those aren't important, as they certainly are, but just because you have a good GPA and SAT score doesn't mean you're guaranteed admission. Now, for your personally, your ECs are solid so I certainly think you have a very very good chance, but we all have to realize admissions to the top colleges in the US is somewhat of a crapshoot and it's impossible to predict really. But good luck! You'll certainly get in somewhere amazing.

snowy435

thanks bluedog! that was helpful! I'll try to keep my hopes up but i'm definitely not looking forward to december when my stanford decision comes out >.<

also, will submitting an arts supplement for bharatanatym help me...I don't preform and am not recognized but have been learning for a very long time and am a decent dancer...submitting one can't hurt right, it can only help?

bluewind

From bluedog's statistics, just note that 42% of valedictorians ARE accepted into Duke. You seem to be a strong applicant anyway, so you will have a decent chance at Duke and any other college you apply to. Good luck!

snowy435

thanks. any other opinions? also, will an interview help me? I pretty good at them; im not one of those shy people.