Motivation!!! DREAM STATS!

madogmgd · June 19, 2011, 11:42am

DREAM STATS

URM: AFRICAN REFUGEE

That’s all I need. Here I come HARVARD

SquealOfaRaven · June 21, 2011, 10:33pm

Class of 2014!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (I satisfice, rather than maximize. There are more important things to spend time on)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIC/790 Chemistry/800 World History/800 Physics/800 US History/900 GRE Physics/900 GRE Biology (yes, those are doable in high school)/900 GRE Psychology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 5’s, 4 4’s, all through self-study
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): skip
[] Senior Year Course Load: graduate level courses in astrophysics, atmospheric sciences, neurobiology, and applied math
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 6 on AIME, USAChO semifinalist, USABO semifinalist, National AP Scholar, publication in Astrophysical Journal, won the Revolutionary Cocarde achievement on Napoleon Total War by “Starting any campaign, battle or historical battle”[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): research, lab rat for ADD meds, wasting time on stupid online websites, leveling up my runescape character to level 49, Starcraft II Diamond League, K/D ratio of 3 to 1 in TF2 and MW2
[] Job/Work Experience: nil
[] Volunteer/Community service: nil unless you count Quora
[] Summer Activities: HSHSP, then SSP.
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Other:[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: homeschooled
[] Ethnicity: hyacinth macaw
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: top
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Aspie completely obsessed with science, phenomenal LORs, loads of graduate level courses, recommendations from famous professors in the planetary sciences, macaw, daughter of parents who were forcibly taken from the amazon rainforest through smugglers[/li][/ul]

General Comments:

DreamChaser2013 · June 23, 2011, 10:09pm

Class of 2013!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400- 800 Math 800 CR 800 Writing
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Math 1: 800
Math 2: 800
Chemistry: 800
Physics: 800
Biology E: 800
Biology M: 800
English Lit: 800
Latin: 800
Spanish with Listening: 800
Spanish: 800
US History: 800
World History: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 plus
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten students plus
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Art History
Biology 5
Calculus AB 5
Calculus BC 5
Chemistry 5
Comparative Government & Politics 5
Computer Science 5
English Language & Composition 5
English Literature & Composition 5
Environmental Science 5
European History 5
Human Geography 5
Latin: Vergil 5
Macroeconomics 5
Microeconomics 5
Music Theory 5
Physics B 5
Physics C: Mechanics 5
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism 5
Psychology 5
Spanish Language 5
Spanish Literature 5
Statistics 5
U.S. History 5
U.S. Government & Politics 5
World History 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not applicable
Senior Year Course Load: AP english lit, internship, competition class, AP Physics AP Calc BC etc etc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO, USAMO, Best attorney, academic decathalon first place region in all ten events National Merit top award, AP Scholar Top for Georgia,

Subjective:[list]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council-officer for three years
Class group-President sophomore year but sadly there’s no chance i’d get elected next year or the year after.
Key Club- 4 years member
NHS- junior and senior year member
camp for those same poor kids during summer
im in the law strand at my school i’ve been an officer there all three years so far and expect to be officer as a senior too.
[] Job/Work Experience: work for parents plus real job
[li] Volunteer/Community service: key club[/li]camp for poor 4 years
church group
stu co
class group

[li] Summer Activities:[/li]camp for poor 8 weeks 5 days a week 5 hours a day
work weekends and nights
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Other:[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[] Country (if international applicant
[] School Type: Public moderately competitive. send a lot of kids to second tier schools like WUTSL Rice but rarely to HYPMS
[] Ethnicity: Asian–IndoPak
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: under 60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college[/li][/ul]

General Comments: EXCEPTED TO HARVARD YALE STANFORD PRINCETON COLUMBIA DARTMOUTH CORNELL UCLA WUTSL RICE DUKE but mostly HARVARDDDDDDDDD!

HarryJones · June 23, 2011, 10:14pm

I take acception to this comment.

Quacoh · June 23, 2011, 10:25pm

Now that was inditeful.

pineappl3 · June 23, 2011, 10:37pm

My Actual Stats:

Accepted Harvard 2016!!!

* I wish I had a shot at H. One can hope though haha *

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 math, 800 writing, 740 critical reading)
[] SAT II: 720 (Chemistry), 800 (Math IIc)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Enviro, AP Lit, Honors Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): May have cured cancer.
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Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Will add later
[] Volunteer/Community service: Several hundred hours at a hospital
[li] Summer Activities: Internships, summer courses, etc.[/li][/ul]

Other:[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
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General Comments:

DreamChaser2013 · June 23, 2011, 11:12pm

ouch. that hurt.
but I promise I’m not as stupid as what I wrote on my post made me sound. thanks for catching it haha!

DreamChaser2013 · June 28, 2011, 6:00pm

Btw pineaple3 it seems to me that you most definetly have a chance (:

Sent from my iPod touch using CC

seancarpenter · June 28, 2011, 8:20pm

Wesley108=ZombieDante

flower161 · June 29, 2011, 1:04am

Pick one:

Class of 2013!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800 CR 800 Writing 800 Math)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Biology E 800 Math Level I 800 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Bio (5)
APUSH (5)
AP Psych (5)
AP Calc BC (5)
AP Stat (5)
AP Lang (5)
AP Physics B (5)
AP HUG (5)
AP French (5)
AP Lit (5)
AP American Politics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s except gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Winner, Intel Winner, Google Science Fair Winner, National Merit and National Achievement Finalist, National Scholar Award, Presidential Scholar, Part of the winning team of the local TV game show The Challenge, National Society of High School Scholars, National Honor Society, National French Honor Society[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Academic Team (President)
African American Student Organization (President)
Model United Nations (President)
Science Explorers (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Owner of the successful baking company Makin and Bakin
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Over 100+ hours at local hospital
Volunteer at various school functions
Started annual school fundraiser for Pencils of Promise
[] Summer Activities: Summer research, Traveled to several countries and
did volunteer work in Africa
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Other:[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: > 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): science nerd[/li][/ul]

General Comments: Follow your heart (corny but 100% true)

Leftyy · June 30, 2011, 2:35am

If all goes according to plan, some of this could end up being part of my real stats. :)

Class of 2013!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 800M, 800W
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 in whichever ones I take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus (5), Bio (5), Chem (5), Physics (5), English (5), French (5), self study ones that school doesn’t offer (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus @ university, AP Bio 12, AP Chem 12, AP Physics 12, AP English 12, AP French 12, Computer Science, Data & Stats 12 OR some other course
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO/USACO stuff? & also writing awards[/li][/ul]

(I went to a really abysmal school last year in grade 9, but then I switched to another one & I’m so much happier with the opportunities I have here. My old school didn’t have even a single club & they didn’t like the idea of me starting one.)

Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Club (10, 11, 12), 1st place at province-wide events; World Issues Club (member - 10, officer - 11, 12), organizing several fundraisers & awareness events within school; Band (9-12), self-taught pianist, trumpet & tenor sax player; Students for Change (11, 12 - founder); Amnesty International Club (in lieu of Students for Change? 11, 12 - founder); Medical Interest Group (11, 12 - founder), involved with local medical students in a mentoring program; Canadian Cancer Society Student Ambassador (fundraising & awareness leadership); DECA, MUN & Debate misc. stuff; School Board’s Student Rep & Rep on Student Council/city’s youth committee (12); Cricket/Badminton/Tennis school teams (11, 12); South Asian Student Association/Bhangra Team (11, 12 - founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Student Tutor, founder of a tutoring business for high school/elementary students, work with local philanthropist business (hard to explain, but very cool)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours @ hospital, Cancer Society stuff, teaching Punjabi (reading & writing for younger kids) @ place of worship, misc. stuff @ place of worship, 50+ hours @ library (organizing children’s events, art shows, etc.), misc. stuff for school, leader for school events (diversity night, 12-hour dance, winter fest, etc.), organizing book/food/clothing drives, teach kids how to read through library program
[] Summer Activities: Research in university lab, volunteering/job shadowing @ neurosurgery hospital, NGO/independent organization work, Shad Valley/RSI/something cool like that, volunteering @ Mother Teresa’s ashram in India
[/ul]

Other:

Founder of an organization that raises money/advocates for female empowerment & education in 3rd world countries (supported by Zonta & local philanthropy thing ^)
Raised money for Reach Lesotho AIDS project through Students for Change (supported by SRI)
Raising awareness/funds through Virsa Foundation (done by founding a youth organization that spreads across several areas, harnesses support from religious leaders, etc.)
Founder of some sort of larger-scale NGO (hopefully)
Founder of group that helps students to really make an impact using their own ideas rather than following someone else’s (probably will be done after I prove myself, near the end of HS
Sikh Youth Symposium awards

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[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Competitive public, sends at least 1 person to a top US school each year
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: > 120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant, 1st gen. Canadian citizen? Would that count? [/li][/ul]

General Comments: I’ve already done some of this stuff & I have a feeling that I can do most of it (except for the ridiculous SAT/AP stuff, lol). This is basically a plan that I have to follow now, because it truly shows the impact I want to make while I’m in high school. I just want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE. That’s the biggest thing for me, I don’t really care as much about the rest.

upinflight · June 30, 2011, 7:57pm

Class of 2014!

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (at least)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800’s on all
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/756
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, Spanish, English, Government and whatever else I can
[] Magnet Diploma
[] Senior Year Course Load: tba
[li] Major Awards: USAMO/USABO/USACO, Intel, Siemens (semi finalist/finalist for at least one? i dream, i dream…)[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars: Debate (Captain), Tennis (captain? ha.), 13+ years of piano & 1st place in state & regional competitions, Robotics?, Cross Country?, Fine Arts Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Something in a hospital…
[] Volunteer/Community service: first aiming 260+ hrs, next step would be 500
[] Summer Activities: Self Studying for APs, SAT prep, practicing piano like my life depends on it, volunteering, some internships…
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Other:[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Magnet Program in Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: > $100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): National-level pianist?
[/ul]

General Comments: Yep, all my goals and aspirations. Really stretching everything here, and riding on the hope that I’ll be more motivated/persistent with practicing piano this year especially, since it’s probably the only thing that could differentiate me from the rest of the crowd, considering it will be really difficult to rank 1 in my class.

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