<p>indian guy from small but rigorous school in md
visited brown–met formally with neuroprofessors there about reserach opporunites–loved the school btw.
please give honest opinions for the plme.</p>
<p>Cum GPA
UW 3.83 W 4.14
SAT: 2340
sat 2’s: in november- bio and math 2</p>
<p>Senior Courseload
AP Euro
Ap Calc
Ap Physics
Ap Chem
Western Philosophy
Film and Literature
Integrative Humanities (h)
Anatomy and Physiology</p>
<p>Athletics
- Freshman Year: JV Soccer (Captain), JV Basketball
- JV Soccer MVP
- Howard County High School Basketball Summer AAU League
Glenelg Country School Basketball Camp Counselor
-paid job as a summer basketball camp counselor for middle school girls and boys</p>
<ul>
<li>Sophomore Year: Varsity Soccer, JV Basketball (Captain)</li>
<li>Junior Year: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball
Barrie School Fall Tournament MVP</li>
</ul>
<p>Teams/Clubs
- Science Olympiad Team: School Founder and Captain
-Led team to 3rd place in VA/MD Competition
-Led team to 1st place in MD Competition - School Student Council
- It’s Academic Team: School Founder and Captain
-Led team to 2nd place in Baltimore Channel 13 WJZ Channel Its Academic Competition - Current Events (Debate) Club: President and Founder
- Brain Bee Club: Founder and Captain</p>
<p>Neuroscience Research/ Hospital Volunteer Experience
-Behavioral and Molecular Neuro-research at NIDA Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview (March 2008-present)
-primary focus on cocaine craving sensitization and environmental stimuli working with a special prodrug Daun02 to lesion the small number of sensitized neurons
<strong>co-author in paper being reviewed before finally published into Nature Neuroscience magazine</strong>
-attended brain and cognitive conferences at Johns Hopkins and NIH in Bethesda
-Silent Board Member on the “Howard Country Board on Drug and Alcohol Abuse” (January- March 2008) </p>
<ul>
<li>Perrypoint VA Hospital Volunteer (7th grade-present) </li>
<li>Marina Del Rey Hospital, CA Summer Student Volunteer (Sophomore Year)</li>
<li>Washington D.C. VA Hospital Cardiac Surgery Dept. Summer Student Volunteer (Junior Year)
-organized, categorized, and analyzed patient diagnoses, scans, and charts
-secretary of Cardiac Officeanswered phone calls, organized and confirmed surgery dates
-helped distinguish abnormal heart rhythms in Cardiothoracic Clinic
-assisted prepping patients and scrubbed in for open heart surgeries
-attended cardiac and pulmonary conferences discussing abnormal cases</li>
</ul>
<p>Punjabi Bhangra (Traditional Indian Dance) (8 years old- present)
GNFA Varsity Bhangra team (Co-captain)
-dance at my Guruwara (Sikh temple) with team informally every Sunday during school year and intense 2-3 hr sessions everyday during summer
-team won 3rd place in East Coast NY 2006 competition
-team won 1st place in Mid-Atlantic 2007 High Point Competition
I was asked to perform with the George Washington University Bhangra Team this summer
Bhangra Community Service
-Coach and Choreographer of 4th and 5th grade Bhangra team at Local Guruwara (religious temple)
-The G Experience": Creating a Bridge between Two Global Communities: Founder 2007-2008 Community Action Project
-worked with George Washington’s “Bhangra Blowout Block Party” and High School’s “Junior Bhangra Competition” to raise over $1200 to rebuild an impoverished school “Dadu Majra Government School” in Chandigarh, India
-created a pen-pal program between 5th graders in “Dadu Majra” and Lower School by working with “One Laptop Per Child” organization, sending cheap, durable laptops to the impoverished Indian school</p>
<p>Community Service: Guiding the Young
- “The G Experience”: Founder of a high school tutoring program directed towards helping Lower School children with educational needs (Sophomore Year-present)
- Cedar Lane Fair 2006
-participated in fair created to help mentally disabled elementary children become socially comfortable with the community through interactive games and activities
-World Cultures Global Diversity Project at Worthington Elementary School 2006-2007
-helped elementary children be exposed to the cultural diversity of each country
Leadership U Howard County Class of 2007
-selected for a very competitive leadership program for high schoolers (30 selected from all Howard County)
-devised a world cultures project “Project X-treme Love” designed to raise awareness of global diversity and racism to the younger elementary school generation
-created a mini-fair in 3 schools and one local library with 4 stations on diversity and global racism</p>
<p>**In collaboration with the science department and the Science Olympiad team, I am currently organizing and planning for the next spring/summer the biggest GCS Science Camp in school history, with around 60-70 middle-schoolers. All proceeds and tuitions will go to the Dadu Majra School in India</p>
<p>Other Community Service
- Habitat for Humanity: helped rebuild a flooded home in North Carolina after Hurricane Katrina (Freshman Year)
- Christmas in April: helped rebuild a poor home in Columbia, MD (Freshman Year)
- Devoted 600+ volunteer hours to the VA Hospital in Perrypoint</p>
<p>Awards:
- Glenelg Country School Headmaster’s 4 year Scholarship 2005-2009
- Community Service Award for 100+ Hours: (Freshman Year, Sophomore Year)
- Community Enrichment Award: (Freshman Year, Sophomore Year)
- MD Brain Bee Competition: Top 5 finalist
-was interviewed by Channel 13 WJZ Morning News - County Brain Bee Competition: Top 3 finalist
- MD/VA Science Olympiad: “Five Star Science”- 1st place
“Write It Do It”- 2nd place - MD Science Olympiad at Johns Hopkins University: “Ecology”- 2nd place</p>
<p>-National Honors Society
-National Merit Competition Qualifier (decisions pending until September)
-VA Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award (Junior Year)
-Maryland Distinguished Scholar</p>