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<p>…possibly “chance” me? Only if you’re not still scrambling to finish your apps in (like I was a few minutes ago). </p>

<p>Private School
Intended Major: English w/ pre-med track
Ethnicity: Indian
GPA: 4.0
Top 3%
SATs: 2270 (M-670, CR-800, W-800)
SATIIs-M2-720, Lit-780 </p>

<p>AP’s thus far: Spanish Lang, Calc AB, English Lang, US History, Biology (all the AP’s offered at my school) Also planning to take Government AP test.
I’m in the local UT’s junior scholars program and am taking 2 classes there per semester. I’ve also taken 5 community college courses in the past two years. </p>

<p>Honors: AcaDec Team Gold Medal in SQ(competing in medium school division)
AcaDec Silver Lit Medal, Bronze Science Medal, Captain of AcaDec team, National Merit, HOBY Ambassador, 1st Place in Short Story Contest…etc. </p>

<p>ECs: Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder of Newspaper.
Student Body President. School Parliamentarian. City Youth Council member, Youth in Government (sat in for City Council member) HOBY Alumni Member lots of hours there as well as facilitator over the summer (70 hr)<br>
Piano. Grade 12…played for 10 yr or so<br>
Volunteer Work at Library and Math Tutoring-Adding up to app. 300 hr
Varsity Letter in Volleyball </p>

<p>Also speak Spanish fluently (living in border town) and my parents’ native Bengali. So…yeah. Not the best resume, but I’ve tried to make the best of the resources available (and sometimes push my school for more).</p>

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<p>What grades did you get on your college coursework? If you’re failing those classes, it’s negative.</p>

<p>How interested in NU are you? </p>

<p>You look pretty strong. How big is your class size? How are your recommendations?</p>

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<p>Oh, I got A’s in both classes. And one of the classes was a Chem Honors class which is pretty important.</p>

<p>I can’t believe I forgot to mention class size. It’s laughable, but there are oh…25 people. Which would actually make me top 4% I guess. Recommendations are great. My math teacher has known me since middle school and my English teacher and I get along stupendously. Sometimes I think she likes me better than her son…which is bad, but hey, works for me.</p>

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<p>Oh, and NU is my number 2 school. Thank you for the comment, btw. :-)</p>

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<p>Your SAT’s are good… And if your recs are appealing, then its all in the essay! :slight_smile: Which place are you from?</p>

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<p>I was iffy about my essay. I liked my personal statement but I think my “Why NU?” paper might have been…generic. Nothing left to do but wait now. </p>

<p>Well, my family is originally from the Kolkata area. We live on the border between the U.S. and Mexico though.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a great shot.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>you’ve got a good chance. why is NU your second choice school?</p>