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Old 05-09-2008, 04:09 PM   #1
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Chances Please

Hey guys, I am currently a junior in high school so I don't have senior year stats, AP results from the tests I'm taking right now, and some other things. I should be able to update it later. Thanks for any response or advice anyone can give.

Location: Louiville, Kentucky
Ethnicity: Indian male
Grade: 11
Age: 17
Class Size: About 80 students (competitive)
Major: Most likely Pre-Medicine
Weighted GPA: 4.21
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
PSAT: 213
SAT: Awaiting scores
ACT: 34
SAT II (awaiting scores):
Biology
Chemistry
-Planning to take Physics, Math I/II, and maybe English Lit.
School: Private College Prep School
Ranking: Top 10th (no ranking system)
Courseload: Most Rigorous (Harder than any of my peers)

AP's:
Sophomore:
AP Government&Politics (4)

Junior year (awaiting scores):
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Calculus AP
AP Latin IV

Projected Senior Year:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP European History
AP English Literature
AP English Language

EC's:
Baseball: 2 years (Vars.)
Soccer: 1 year (JV)
Tennis: 4 years (Club)
Voice:
-Baritone in High School Select Chorale
-Voice lessons for over 8 years
-Church Choir
Beta Club: 1 year
Desi Student Alliance (DSA): 1 year (Helped start and help lead)
-Club that promotes awareness of India and helps spread diversity through the school community
On Board of Directors (trustee) for the Artemis Fund:
-A school trust fund set up by our vice-principal that is essentially a philanthropic council t hat helps raise money for local non-profit groups in Louisville that aid in helping the youth of the city.
Lead singer/Rythm guitarist of rock band: 3 years
Piano: 3 years
Guitar: 2 years
Actor:
-Several school plays/musicals including
Oklahoma and A Christmas Story
Community Service: 150+ hours working in Louisville hospital
Research (2 years in summer): 400+ hours working in cancer research at University of Louisville
Quick Recall Team (5 years, 2 in Middle School):
-9th: JV starter
-10th: JV Captain/Vars. alternate
-11th: Vars. starter
-Compete in a league of independent schools
Math Team (3 years):
-2 people from each grade are selected
-Participate in 4 tests through the year and get rankings compared to other regional schools
Governor's Cup (3 years):
-Select group of students selected to compete in Quick Recall and/or Written Assessments from the district to the state level
-Competed in Quick Recall and Science/Social Studies Written Assessment

Honors, Awards, and Recognition:
Programs:
-Duke TIP: 2004-08 (since 7th grade)
-James Graham Brown Cancer Center High School Summer Internship Program: summer 2006, 2007
-Western Kentucky University Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY) camp: summer 2005, 2006
-Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program: summer 2008
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine: summer 2007
-Honors Program in high school:
-Select group of students that take extra courses on humanities and social sciences over 2 years and detail an individual research project and 20 page research paper that is set for completion at the end of senior year (with a presentation)
Singing:
-ACDA National Honors Choir 2004, 2006
-KMEA All-State Choir 2008
-KYACDA All-State Choir 2005, 2006
-ACDA Southern Divisional Choir 2008

Governor's Cup:
Written Assessment (Individual) and Quick Recall (Team):
Sophomore year (2006-07):
-District: 4th (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-Region: 5th (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-State: 20th (Science), 24th (Quick Recall)
Junior Year (2007-08):
-5th in District (Science), 5th in District (Social Studies), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-2nd in Region (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-11th in State (Science), 20th (Quick Recall)
School:
-Biology Book Award: 2007
-High Honor Roll (3 years): 2005-08
-Haven't had class day for our school yet so I don't know about any junior awards I may have won. I'll update later.

Miscellaneous:
-Biology Olympiad Semi-finalist: 2008
National Latin Exam:
-8th (Latin I): Magna Cum Laude (High Honor)
-9th (Latin II): Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honor)
-10th (Latin III): Cum Laude (Honor)
-11th (Latin IV AP): Cum Laude (Honor)
-Inducted into International Thespian Society: 2008

Schools I'm looking at:
Princeton
UPenn
Duke
Indiana
WashU
Vanderbilt
Harvard (maybe)
Yale (also maybe)
others to follow...
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Old 05-10-2008, 03:17 PM   #2
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Anyone? Any help would be appreciated!
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Old 05-10-2008, 04:07 PM   #3
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For schools that your looking at you are not gaurenteed a spot, however I think that you have a very good shot at these schools, provided that your SAT's are decent.
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:12 PM   #4
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I think easily in at Indiana and Vanderbilt. Decent shot at Duke, maybe 50%?
WashU...I say 50%ish? 30% at UPenn.

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, all are crap shoots. Maybe 5% at each?
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Old Yesterday, 03:13 PM   #5
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I'd say more than a 5% chance for HYP... your stats are good and your ECs and awards are impressive. In at IU, no question, and a real possibility at the rest.
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Old Yesterday, 08:00 PM   #6
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Thanks guys for your advice and suggestions! If anyone else has any other advice or suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Also if anyone sees anything that might be lacking in this list as in EC's or anything academic-wise, please let me know. I appreciate anything that anyone has to offer. Also, I didn't add this before, but if anyone knows some good accelerated med programs, BA/MD programs, or guaranteed med programs in the eastern part of the U.S., please let me know because I have a medical problem that makes it so I can't go much farther than that. I think I'm looking at Northwestern's HPME Program also if anyone could give me chances on that that would be great. Also, I forgot to add that I'm looking in-state at University of Lousiville's Guaranteed Entrance to Med School (G.E.M.S.) Program, but as I'm not sure if many people have heard of it, I neglected to add it to my original post. If anyone does know anything of that program's acceptance rates and what their looking for, please let me know. I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for any advice.
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