<p>I titled the post for attention, but I really am a full-time teacher.</p>
<p>17-teen year old ethnically Indian male [No mention of ethnicity in app except for my name]
no US PR or citizenship
citizen/PR of Republic Trinidad and Tobago</p>
<p>Pool: [All RA]
MIT
Caltech
Harvard
Princeton - Applied Dec 15
Stanford
Yale
UChicago
Cornell
Colgate</p>
<ul>
<li>Have not really started (!!!)
Macalester [Why? I don’t know. I might not go even if only they accept me.]
Harvey Mudd</li>
</ul>
<p>No, I’m no idiot.
I am secure in England if I get rejected everywhere.</p>
<p>I want to add more US schools, but I’ll need a school with a January 6 deadline or later. Please Help. Preferably no ‘lower’ than Colgate.</p>
<p>SAT Scores:
SAT 1: 690 CR, 790 M, 800 W
SAT 2: 740 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 800 Physics</p>
<p>MINOR EXAMS
GCSE
Spanish-A
English Language-A
Additional Mathematics-A*
Economics-B
CSEC [like GCSE or subject tests; I=A, II=B etc.]
‘English A’ - I
Math- I*
Spanish -II
Technical Drawing -II
Bio-I
Phys-I*
Chem-II
Geo-II
Information Technology-I*</p>
<p>SCHOOL-LEAVING EXAMS
Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations [Like GCE or AP]
Math 1 - I*
Math 2 - I*
Phys 1 - I*
Phys 2 - I*
Communications Studies - I
Caribbean Studies - I
Applied Mathematics - I*
GCE
Further Mathematics-A</p>
<p>High School:
Nationally rated as one of the top 10.
GPA Senior Unweighted: 4/4
GPA Altogether Unweighted: 3.8/4
Class Rank: Top 5 of 150 [Recipient of 1st place prize, but counselor was unsure of a technicality and instead wrote top 5. Actually, school does NOT endorse the providing of ‘ranks’ or GPAs in general. Prize is listed on Common App.]</p>
<p>School Type: Religious, Government Assisted</p>
<p>Academic Accolades:
1: Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 2007: Bronze Medal
2: National Awards: [Extremely competitive] National scholarship
3: Ministry of Education, National Poetry Competition: First Place Overall + Special Prize for Original style [Nested Haiku/Sextet Hybrid]
4: National MO: 2nd place 2007 [Ouch…]
5: National MO: 1st place 2005
6: Canadian Open Challenge 2007: Near Perfect Score [I don’t have the number yet] - Invited to Canadian Math Olympiad based on result.
7: 1st place in class, 2002-2007.
8: A bunch of high distinctions, prizes etc on Canadian and Australian Math competitions. I did not list them out on the App, mentioning only two.
9: Caribbean Youth Science 2006 forum debator.
10: Two-time IMO participant.</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
1: Choral Singing and Performing arts: Performed in Musical at international festival, also at charities and concerts. Hundreds of hours spent from 2005 to 2007. Victory in several national competitions and thousands of (TT) dollars raised per event.
2: Reading widely on Sundays and working on sometimes graduate-level mathematics. It probably doesn’t count, but I wrote a short essay on why I was inspired to spend so much time dedicating myself to it. [2004-2007]
3: Tutoring pro bono for A-levels and O-levels. Special education volunteer for special education clinic [2006]</p>
<p>Jobs:</p>
<p>1)Tutoring pro bono as above
2)Full- time teacher since graduation [they were short-staffed and I offered to work for next to nothing.]</p>
<p>Recommendations:</p>
<p>*T1 [Teacher III]
Speechlessly Superb. Details events and impressions. Names alumni of MIT, Caltech, Cambridge etc with whom I compare favourably. Two pages long + all the forms.
*T2 [Teacher V, Dean]
Very good. Details specific events and lasting impressions.
*Counsellor [Teacher V, VP]
Only one paragraph long, but sticky sweet if not explicitly detailed.
*HOD [PhD]
Mentions my work, my discussions, and professional ethic. No comparisons though.
*EC [PhD, University Lecturer]
Brief but specific. Very good by normal standards.
*Principal
Deliberately toned down, but clearly lauding.</p>
<p>Main Essay:
“Very original,” as said by a Teacher IV of English. About a tragicomedy I experienced and a spontaneously effected but highly premeditated plan of action. Closes with resolution demonstrated elsewhere in application.
However, I rushed the App and put 3 typos in the essay sent to HPY. One of them is am omission of the word “I.”</p>
<p>FinAid: Asked for from MHPY but no-where else.</p>
<p>NB: A teacher n is a qualified ministry-approved teacher with more than 5n years of experience but less than 5n+5.</p>