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rk1000
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:09:17 +0000

Hi I am a 15 year old Indian male applying to Phillips Exeter Academy for the 2013-2014 school year as an 11th grader. I will be applying for financial aid. I currently study at the International School Bangalore in India however I am a US Citizen–> (Is this a hook or not?)

ACADEMICS

My school follows the CIE IGCSE (9th and 10th) curriculum.
My grades are as follows: (A* = A+)
-Additional Math - A* (hardest math course offered basically algeb. II + pre calc + calc AB)
-Biology - A*
-Physics - A*
-English Literature - A*
-Economics - A*
-Mandarin Chinese - A* (I have been learning for 5 years)
-Drama - A
-Chemistry - A
-English Language - A

-6 A*'s and 3 A’s (GPA = 4.0 uw)

-I am currently ranked among the top 5 in my class.

-APs: Psychology - 5 (self-studied)

-SAT in 7th grade –> 1870
-SSAT in 8th grade –> 97th percentile (2250)
-PSAT –> Will be taking in 2 months.

EXTRACURRICULARS

-Boy scout for 5 years and I am an Eagle Scout.

-Won the Presidential Gold Award for community service.

-Won 2nd in USA in Science Olympiad in Dynamic Planet held in Augusta, GA.

-I am part of my school newspaper’s staff as a writer.

-I have many hours of community service for organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Agasthya Foundation. In Agasthya, I went to a rural village in India by myself for about a week and taught health and hygiene to impoverished children).

-About 300 hours community service

-I am a member of my school’s Model United Nations team

-I am a member of my school basketball team (no JV/Varsity in my school).

OTHER

-I gained admission into the Davidson THINK Institute but because of financial reasons, could not go. (They take only 60 students)

-I interned in a hosipital in Delhi in the neurosurgery wing and I have a letter of recomendation from the head of neurosurgery.

-My principal gives out Principal’s Commendations for excellence. I have never missed any for academics and currently have 12 PCs after just one year in the school.

-I know my teachers quite well as well as my guidance counselor and I am sure my reccomendations will be good. (One question–I have last year’s reccomendations (same teachers). Can I send them?)

Could you please tell me what my chances of admission into PEA are?

Thank you so much for your help.