About Me

<p>I know you get a lot of these mails so ill make this brief</p>

<p>I am an indian (born in America but parents are from India) who resides in Louisiana and goes to a famous/incredibly hard boarding school named Choate Rosemary Hall (in the same league as Andover and Exeter)…nothing else of worthy note no siblings at anywhere (except BU), no legacies</p>

<p>Academics
SATI: 1410 (740 M, 670 V)
SATII: 730 writing
690 Math 1C
660 Math IIC
650 Chemistry</p>

<p>GPA: Freshman and Sophmore year: 4+ GPA at a local private school here in louisiana (best in the parish) and took pretty hard classes and was top in my class. I took a varied courseload and thus when the classes at the school ran out, i took classes at a local university (University of Louisiana) (Classes were Bio, Calculus 2, College Enlgish 200) and got another slate of 4.0…i was accepted to Choate and entered as a junior…</p>

<pre><code> Junior year (Choate): Junior year i took AP Chem, English 300, AP Statistics, Spanish 200, and American History…the result wasnt what i wanted but i improved steadily each term…i ended up with a 2.81 unweighted GPA and a 3.01 Weighted GPA

   Senior year (Choate): Senior year (currently) i took Honors American Political Institutions (evolves into AP Gov), British Literature, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Spanish 300, AP Macroeconomics (evolves into AP Micro), and a directed study in Dynamic Modeling (math/comp sci course)....this term i earned a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 3.7 weighted GPA.

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<p>EC’s
I wont list all of them just the important ones</p>

<p>-over 600 total hours of volunteer hours at a local hospital, nursing homes, soup kitchens since freshman year
-learned to play 3 instruments myself (violin-4 years, tabla-3 years, trombone- 1yr) played in the band for two years…
-JV basketball (1yr), JV volleyball (1yr), Varsity Tennis (2yr), hopefully Varsity Vollyball this year
-Clubs: Participated in many including cultural and misc. ones but no leadership position besides participating in the Student Class Committee junior year…also was a member of National Honors Society
-Won the State Science fair and state poetry contest (3rd place) and won the state Air Force Award for my science project
-My main EC is probably heavily politically campaigning for candidates such as John Kerry and Bobby Jindal</p>

<p>I am applying ED to PENN and i would like to have your opinions for admission. I am also applying regular to tulane, vanderbilt (both of whom have seemed to take a liking to flooding my email and mail box), georgetown, lehigh, and BU…on a side note i am currently involved in a political project with professors from Tulane, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and Penn…i wonder if that helps any.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading and opinions are welcome</p>

<p>Anyone mind reading this? Bump Bump Bump it up</p>

<p>Upenn - Reach
tulane- match
vanderbilt - match
georgetown - reach
lehigh - match
BU - match
Your GPA will hinder your chances.</p>

<p>I kinda thought the same…how much of a reach for Penn and Georgetown? Penn moreso than Gtown…if you ask me id love to go to either but which one do you think i have a greater chance of getting into…a numerical answer would be lovely</p>

<p>Thanks much</p>

<p>I wouldn’t say that Penn is far out of your reach, but your GPA is what’s gonna kill you. Just get good recs, write a hell of an essay and appying ED should help, especially at Penn; they love the attention.</p>

<p>Everyone seems to think that my GPA is gonna get me and rightfully so…but if i told you that it was at one of the top schools in america (i think its #2 behind only Andover academically-wise) would it help me out…this school knows Penn on a personal level…they have reps comming for years now…does this help me any? do i still have a legit shot?</p>

<p>PS: my essay is fabulous (not to brag) but both Penn essays are my best works so far in life and my recs will be solid and will show maturity and whatnot…</p>

<p>Thanks for the info and keep it comming</p>

<p>BTW…for those people who have applied ED to PENN or know lots about it, how do i stack up against simply those who have posted their stuff on this forum?</p>

<p>Bump for those people (including the one who PM’ed me) who want to take a look and comment on it…please do…i really want some other opinions on my stuff</p>

<p>Thanks so much</p>

<p>Any takers? Please?</p>