Chance Me! Prestigious Schools

ikhan4
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:54:16 +0000

Academic Profile:
-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-Weighted GPA: 5.2075
-AP’s: So far, 10. Planning on taking 4/5 more senior year
-ACT: 34/36 Composite
-SAT: 1540/1600
-SAT II: About to take
-Rank: Technically school doesn’t rank, but pretty sure 1/252
-Course Rigor: All honors courses and APs

Extracurricular Activities:
-Student Council, Treasurer
-TEDx Youth, Sponsorship/Budget Coordinator
-Jama’ah Club (Muslim Club), President
-Habitat for Humanity, President
-National English Honor Society, President
-Chicago Public Schools Student Advisory Council, Selected Member
-Interfaith Council, Selected Member
-Peer Mentors
-National Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
-Intern at Alderman’s office
-Lead Fellow for a successful congressional campaign
-Active administrative volunteer at local mosque (5+ years)

Other Notables (College courses you’ve taken, papers published, created own website, TAing a class, ect):
-Bezos Scholars Program (1 in 12 juniors chosen from the nation)
As part of the program, we go to the Aspen Ideas Festival and come back and launch our own community change
project. My aim is to host an event focus on Islamophobia and religious discrimination centered around the verbal arts
so people can use their voices to impact others (e.g. raps, spoken word, discussions, speeches, etc.)
-Taking course at Northwestern University as part of summer program
-Participating in floChicago, a selective leadership program taking place at UChicago
-I’m heavily invested in my father’s accounting business as well. I took the initiative to learn a few important concepts and now single-handedly handle certain aspects of the business, including those clients and their work for him. It began as an effort to just help him out but the investment gave way to genuine interest haha
-I feel my spike comes in the form of my public speaking experiences. I’ve been public speaking since I was three years old and since then have spoken in front of numerous dignitaries (e.g. Senator Dick Durbin and former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn) as well as at numerous cultural events

Honors:
-QuestBridge College Prep Scholars
-QuestBridge New Americans Quest for Excellence Award
-Swarthmore Junior Book Award
-Bezos Scholarship
-AP Scholar with Honor
-National Muslim Spelling Bee Winner 2015-2016
Won 1st place in Illinois
Won 1st place at National tournament
-Selma’s Essay and Speech Competition: Top 50 National Finalist (of approximately 900 entries)
-Toastmaster’s Speech Competition First Place
-“Youth of the Year” Award by Radio Zindagi [Local Pakistani Radio Talk Show]
Encompassing academic success, leadership within and for the Desi community, public speaking accomplishments,
etc.
-“Student of the Year 2016” Award by MEATF (Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force)
MEATF is an organization under Congressman Danny Davis, who I’ve spoken for on multiple occasions
-National Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament
Third Place Knowledge Test, Third Place Math Olympics
-Annual Latin Examinations
Medusa Mythology Exam: Silver Medal (Top Five Scorer in school three years in a row)
National Latin Exam: Silver Medal
National Latin Entomology Exam: Silver Medal
National Latin Vocabulary Exam: Silver Medal
National Roman Civilization Exam: Bronze Medal

Schools I’m looking at:
-Stanford
-Harvard
-Yale
-Princeton
-UChicago
-Northwestern
-Duke
-UPenn
-Brown
-Dartmouth
-UMich
-U of I Urbana-Champaign
-UCLA
-UC Berkeley

Still trying to work on the list haha, but general thoughts? Thank you!