<p>Soooo here goes…</p>
<p>BASIC INFO:</p>
<p>Nationality: Mauritian (does anybody even know where Mauritius is?)</p>
<p>Mauritius: A small, multi-cultural and multi racial, tropical island in the midst of the indian ocean
Mark Twain, the famous American author, wrote in 1897:
“You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first,
and then Heaven,
And that Heaven was copied after Mauritius.”</p>
<p>Female-Asian origin although Mauritius counts as part of Africa!</p>
<p>ACADEMICS:</p>
<p>-Sat 1: CR 560 (i know!) , M 690, W 610 (CR+M=1250 TOTAL=1860)
-Sat 2: Score report still to come but expecting more than 700 in math1 and math2 and 750 in french
-O level results: 6 distinctions (economics, accounting, mathematics, computer science, english, french) + 2 near distinctions (additional mathematics and english literature)
-A level results: to come out in February (expecting at least 3 As)
-Rank: Top 10% of high school class</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
-7 years of volleyball (Team captain for 3 years)
Won many regional championships, team ranked 2nd nationally at high school level
Assisted in training younger team members
+gr8 rec from coach and thinking of sending video clips of a recent match (would that really help?</p>
<p>-Class Sports captain for 5 years</p>
<p>-3 years of Athletics</p>
<p>-3 years as a Red cross member:
Passed two stages in first aid (Basic and Intermediate) and Ranked 3rd in exams taken on a national basis.
Gained lot of experience from all first aid posts</p>
<p>-3 years of Guitar:
Certificate (Level 3) expected in March from the Royal School of Music</p>
<p>-Amnesty Secretary at school:
Organised many sensitization activites under the context of the different causes supported by Amnesty International</p>
<p>-Certificate in Marine Navigation Course</p>
<p>-2 years of kathak dance</p>
<p>-National Youth Achievement Award (Duke of Edinburg Award) participant
–> Gold level
(Program of activities requiring participation in Community Service, a sporting activity and development of a skill…the gold level is the hardest and longest, ie 18 months…and it also involves personality development programs such as 4 day treks / residential camps, courses from the national fire brigade…etc)</p>
<p>ESSAY:</p>
<p>—> I was thinking of talking of Mauritius as a multi-faceted country and how it has influenced me + my experience as captain of the volleyball team of LCQB (my beloved secondary (high) school). (would that make me standout? :S or do i need something that weighs more?)</p>
<p>Applying for FA!</p>