Give me some hope

uneverknow
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:29:03 +0000

Yes, a rather pathetic title. But either way, I know I’ve posted my stats elsewhere, but I wanted a Stanford applicants’ perception. Thanks guys!

Personal:-
Male, US Citizen (living abroad in south asia)

Academics:-
SAT- CR 680, M 740, WR 730 (2150)
SAT II- math 2c 670, lit. 610, phy 690 (dunno what happened =S)
GCE O Levels- 8A’s and 1 B
GCE AS Levels- 3A’s and 1 B
GCE A Level predicts- 5 A’s
School transcript a little weird, but our school has a bad grading policy that we’re trying to change

Academic honors won-

1. the national award for academic excellence in GCE O’Levels

2. my school’s outstanding achievement award all throughout high school

3. Higherst scorer from my class at one particular subject in junior year.

4. Class Valedictorian

5. Senior year prefect

EC’s:-

1. Debate:-
-Member of the National Team for the World Schools Debating Championships (debating World Cup, if you will) 2008 and 2009
-Highest ranked debater in the country
-National inter-school/inter-university champion.

Founder, President and coach of my school’s debate club

2) Personal Research:-

Conducted a personal research about one aspect of society in the third world (the title’s too much of a giveaway)

Published it in a local journal.

had to research a lot, working at several different organizations (including one Nobel Prize winning institution), and had to travel a lot to villages and remote suburbs.

3) journalism:-

columnist for a national weekly (where I published my research)

4) Soccer:-

Played on the school’s soccer team, and represented school at the national level.

Work:-

Web developer for a US based company

Teacher Recs:- one awesome, didn’t see the other one.
Essays:-
-intellectual vitality essay about intrinsic human characters that do not always manifest (using my observations of the general elections in this country as the core of the essay)
-roommate essay about how I take loooong showers, only because it helps me think.
-Why stanford was pretty strong.

Thanks again guys! =D