Chancing me boosts your karma..

TheHumanTripod
Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:19:09 +0000

SAT: 2290; 800M, 720CR, 770W (superscored but all of the above uni’s superscore)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
GPA/Rank: School does not calculate or send
APs: School follows British system (thus, not offered)
Transcript:
Freshman (IGCSE current): 1A+, 2As, 4Bs, 3Cs, 1D
Sophomore (IGCSE final): 5A+, 5A, 1B (the only school that converts changes Bs to As but for the worst case scenario, think of the grades the way they are please)
Junior (IB current): three 7’s, two 6’s and one 5; 38/42
Senior (IB predicted): three 7’s, three 6’s, full bonus points; 42/45
Mid-year report: five 7’s, one 6, full bonus points; 44/45
Major awards: Few international (but not major) math awards, a national business award (top 5) and department awards for best performance in the subject during a particular grade

ECs: President/Co-founder of two clubs (2 years); Eco-friendly business co-founder (2 years); Organizer of two science projects (1 year); Organizer of huge school event; Varsity golf (2 years); Elected student council and School committee representative (4 years); Group leader of trip to rural Malaysia to teach English; Member of a hip-hop crew
Work experience: English teacher at prestigious internship/program during summer; 7 weeks; 500 hours
Community service: Total hours add up to ~1500 hours (not mentioned on application) but hopefully evident
Recommendations: Great

International applicant: Hong Kong
Financial aid: No
School type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150K

Schools (a chance out of 10 or a percentage would be great):
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Cornell
NYU Stern

For Princeton and Stanford, please ignore atrocious freshman year grades because they don’t look at them.

Most of my community service hours came from tutoring and helping out students in one way or another (tutoring subjects, guitar, English (summer job as well as abroad), science projects (I gave leadership roles to different students and helped teach them how to do it well)). I also pursued a business (my career choice), which was in line with my community service (eco-friendly; only one in the city). I hope I made that clear to adcoms.

Also, should I send them a follow up letter stating the number of community service hours just so they know, in case they only give a cursory look to the number of hours and number of weeks on the application? Would it also reiterate my interest in the schools?

Thank you very much! I will chance back.