A chance for a passionate indian boy?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>-Please read if you can, hopefully my other qualities apart from many other applicants</p>

<p>Personal-
Location: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
High School: Independent/Private-sends many kids to top 20 schools like Emory, Georgetown, WashU, Vandy, etc. a few to Ivies (last year 1 to Columbia and 1 to Yale)
Class Size: 69
Financial Aid: Yes (even though parents’ income >$100,000)</p>

<p>Stats-
SAT: 2110 (730M, 720CR, 660W)-Retaking for NM Finalist
SAT II: Bio-E: 790, Chem: 760, MathII (Nov.): ~750+, Physics (Nov.): ~700+
ACT: 35 (34M, 36R, 35E, 34S, 32/9WR)
GPA: 3.90 UW; ~4.2 W
Rank: No Rank (probably top 10%/5 students)
AP’s (10):
AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP Calculus AB: 4
AP Government/Politics: 4
AP Latin IV Virgil: 2 (medical problems then)
Senior Year: AP Physics C, AP English Lang./Comp., AP English Lit./Comp., AP European History, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
•National Merit Semi-finalist: 2008
•Kentucky Governor’s Scholar: 2008
•Kentucky Commonwealth Ambassador: 2008
•AP Scholar with Honor: 2008
•USABO Semi-finalist: 2008
•ACDA National Honors Choir: 2004, 2006, 2008
•KYACDA All-State Choir: 2004, 2005
•KMEA All-State Choir: 2008
•ACDA Southern Division Choir: 2008
•University of Louisville Book Award: 2008
•Academic Honor Roll: 2005-2008
•Bunch of Academic Team and National Latin Exam Awards
•Hopefully youngARTS finalist (NFAA)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Sports
•Varsity Baseball: 2005, 2009 (couldn’t do during 10th/11th grade because of medical issues)
•Junior Varsity Soccer: 2005
•Tennis: 2006-2008</p>

<p>Music/Arts
•Select Chorale (Honors): 2005, 2007-2009
•Voice Training and Performance: 2003-2009
•Instruments:
Piano: 2004-2008
Guitar: 2005-2008
•Rock Band (performance): 2005-2007
•Acting (lead/ensemble) : 2007-2009
A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma: the Musical, and Beauty and the Beast</p>

<p>Academics
•Math Team: 2005-2009
•Quick Recall: 2005-2009
•Kentucky Governor’s Cup: 2005-2009
Clubs
•National Beta Club: 2007-2009
•DSA: Desi Student Alliance (Indian Awareness): 2007-2009
•Young Democrats: 2006-2009</p>

<p>Leadership:
•1st President of Select Chorale: 2008-2009
•Co-founder and President of DSA: 2007-2009
•Junior Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2006-2007
•Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2008
•Board member of the Artemis Fund: 2007-2009
501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the further advancement and support of the youth of Louisville by through an endowment. Funds are raised and then allocated to various causes through a detailed application process.
Served as a liaison to the Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence Among Adolescents (SPAVA)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Research (Medical):
•Hospital (100+ hrs.): administrative and nursing duties, distribution of medical supplies: 2008
•Cancer Center High School Summer Internships (Research) 400+hrs:
Summer research internship at the University of Louisville’s James Brown Cancer Center-
-Study of microPET scans of rodent hearts and myocardial tracer uptake: 2006-2007
-Study of cancer-producing stem cells in retinoblastoma and the genes implicated in their generation 2007-2008
-Writing thesis for school’s honors program and sending an abstract to colleges</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good/unique- detail my medical problems and how I’ve struggled and overcome them. also how i was selected as one of four people in the world for an FDA approved adult clinical study for a new organ transplant
Counselor Rec: good (he is my english teacher and was JV academic/quick recall team coach)
Recs: Good
1 from my AP Euro teacher who is my baseball coach too
1 from my AP Bio Teacher who said I was the best in his class and is one of my best friends, also my honors mentor and homeroom adviser
1 from my choir teacher who has known me for over 8 years both inside and out of the classroom and has said that I am the best singer she has seen ever at our school (truth)</p>

<p>Important non-academic distinctions (regarding medical problem–hope to be a doctor):
-Published article in National Journal of Nephrology
-Published Article in International Journal of Nephrology
-Gave a presentation on my experiences to a private regenerative medicine company</p>

<p>Thanks guys</p>

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<p>i think you have as good a chance as anyone. (and i mean that as a compliment. :] )</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about your SAT’s, your ACT’s are strong and you show a lot of passion indeed.</p>

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<p>3 sports, drama, choir, 500 + hours of volunteering, all while having/recovering from (I’m assuming) a kidney transplant?</p>

<p>Wow. Best of luck to you! I’m truly impressed.</p>

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<p>Oh boy, another Indian premed.
Other than that you have a lot going for you, I’d say you have as much of a chance as the rest of us.</p>

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<p>Ironmetal - don’t say it like that.</p>

<p>I’m assuming your name is Ashwin?</p>

<p>Your profile is astonishing. Grades/APs/Stan.Tests are all there (They’ll forgive a 2 on an AP if you were recovering from/experiencing problems that led to an organ transplant)
and that you have demonstrated BOTH breadth and depth of commitment (choir/research/volunteering) makes you stand out in your ECs.</p>

<p>I’d say you have as good a shot (if not substantially better) than anyone else.
And if you get into Yale, you’ll have an awesome answer for the “Hello, beta, what standard are you in?” question.</p>

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<p>true that mummy and papa will be very proud. </p>

<p>you def look great all across</p>

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<p>How do you have time to do all that, honestly? Do you sleep?</p>

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<p>Haha yea I do get enough sleep actually. My EC’s are spaced out through my high school years. Just look at the years. A lot of them are present still, but some of them I did Junior and Sophomore year like my research which was doing the summer and my volunteering too. So I’m not like a superhuman or anything :)</p>

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<p>I say the key is picking out what’s most important to you. Colleges generally don’t like to see a laundry-list of EC’s. They only allow for 7 (I actually put only 4 on mine). You have a great chance.</p>