cornelius vanderbilt scholarship

MysticLion2013
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:46:32 +0000

So, I am a senior this year at a large public school with a good local reputation. In freshman year, I went to a public school, and took all honors classes and even two math classes simultaneously (Geometry and Algebra II) and I got literally all A’s one semester, and all B’s and and C!!! the next semester. The “C” was in a computer class in which I forgot to turn in my assignments on the day they were due and the teacher failed me for the quarter. In sophmore year, I switched to a private school, and got 10 A’s (counting both A’s and A-'s) and 2 B+'s. The B+'s were in math and science. The thing is in this private school, the actual percentage grades are shown. In junior year, I did kind of poorly in the semester, in that I got B+'s in chemistry, physics, English, and Spanish. However, next semester, I shaped up and got all A’s, with 93+% grades in all my classes (2 AP’s, the rest all honors classes). I transferred to a public school so that I could get senior status this year. Now, in Senior year I have finished my first semester, again with straight A’s, all above 98%+. I am in 7 AP classes this year. Let me quickly go through my other stuff:

GPA: 3.5 (9th Grade), 3.87 un-weighted, 4.1 weighted (9th-12th grade) (Top 10% of Graduating Class)

SAT: 2390 (790 CR), SAT Math II: 800, SAT Chemistry: 800, SAT US History: 750

AP Exam Scores (all 5’s): AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP US History, AP World History, AP English Language, AP Computer Science A

In the following AP Classes in 12th Grade: AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Biology, AP US Government, AP Comparative Politics, AP Psychology, and AP Macroeconomics

EC’s: Math Club (9, 12) President (12), Chem Club (12) - President and Founder, Vice President of Young Democrats (10-12), Mathcounts Coach (12), Speech and Debate Team (10-12), Mock Trial Lawyer (11), Sports-Varsity Cross Country (12), Instrument-Played the Piano (9, 11-12), Volunteered for 200 hours in my sophmore and junior summers at the science center and at hospitals, and I did unofficial research with a local chemistry professor my senior year and I wrote a paper under him, National Honor Society (10, 11, 12), and Mu Alpha Theta (10, 11, 12), Student Newspaper (11, 12) (Editor in 12th Grade)

Major Awards/Positions: State Runner-Up For Speech and Debate (10), Piano Gold Star (9, 11), 2nd Place Lawyer in Mock Trial District (11), USA Chemistry Olympiad Top 50 in the Nation (High Honors), State Math Competition Winner (12) (placed high in 9-11), National Merit Commended Scholar, National AP Scholar, Researched in a Summer Program at Boston University in chemistry, Intel STS Semi-Finalist in Chemistry

Volunteering/Employment: I did 40 hours as a volunteer at a local science center in 10th grade. I did 100 hours in Pakistan (where both my parents are from) building schools and giving food to homeless people in 11th grade summer. I started up a Mathcounts club at a local middle school and coached it in 12th grade. I worked at a movie theater every day after school my senior year.

Reccomendations: I got very good reccomendations from my AP English Literature teacher, my AP Biology teacher, a chemistry professor, and my college counselor. They said I was a creative, intelligent, and mature student who set an example for students in their class. I was one of their best students they have had.

Income Bracket/Parent Education: My dad is a medical doctor, and my mom has a master’s degree in entemology but does not work. My family generates an income of about 180K/year, and I have two younger brothers.

Essays: I wrote an essay about the importance of family, which I learned from my parent’s sacrifice of living two hours apart so I could go to an excellent private school. I wrote another one about being a Pakistani Muslim Democrat in America, and how I learned to accept my heritage and my responsibility as an American citizen.

First and foremost, should I get into Vanderbilt without too much trouble. If I can, what are my chances of being a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar?