Am I On the Right Path?

2Cool4U
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:38:38 +0000

Hey Guys!

My top college choices are harvard (my dream!), princeton, stanford, cloumbia, upenn, uchicago, umich…i doubt ill get into any of them though… SIGH but a man can dream! Anywys, I would love to hear some of your advice with my stats and what colleges u think might be the best choice for me.

Im going to be a senior next fall and here are some of my stats, so far:

SAT I: 2290 (710 CR 780 M 800 W); retaking in fall
SATII: 800 Chemistry (taking US History, Bio, and Math II in June)
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted
Major Awards/ Recognition: Principal’s Academic Scholar Award, 1st FBLA Regionals, Most Altruistic FBLA Club in North Central Region (certificate), NSHSS Ambassador- certificate (2 years), Altruistic Club Achievement from my Local Town- certificate, Key Club Early Bird Award, Key Club- Big 10 Award, Most Altruistic New Jersey Club- Key Club (certificate), NM Commended (218/240), and I’m competing in Siemens and Intel in fall

Extracurriculars:


Inspire to Act- Founder; 3 years; a Learning Unlimited club; works with Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Yale, MIT to sponsor the ESP Splash program at high schools
Key Club- 4 years; Ambassador; Treasurer; biggest club in school; most altruistic club
FBLA- 4 years; Ambassador; Chairperson
SGO- 4 years; Executive Board- 3 years
Varsity Tennis- 4 years; Play in Red Division Athletics- highest in NJ
Academic/ Quiz Bowl Team- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years
Science League- 3 years; Co-Captain- 2 years
National Honor Society- 2 years
Spanish Honor Society- 2 years


Summer Activities:


9th Grade- took Honors Chemistry at local community college (A+); took Algebra II course at local community college (A+)
10th Grade- Attended NYLF/MED for 2 weeks; took SAT classes; college visits; worked in father’s cardboard warehouse- minimum wage
11th Grade- Summer Internship in Microbiology at UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ); Summer Internship at MORGAN STANLEY bank in NYC; college visits


Extra Info: I live in NJ;
my income bracket is <50,000;
im the first generation in my family to attend college in America;
and im Asian (Indian) Male