My Chances.....here we go...

darkzeroman
Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:22:40 +0000

alright,
Male - Indian(as in from India)
Rising Senior - IB Diploma.
SATs

as a Junior(Nov):
Math: 710
Verbal: 630
Writing: 470 Essay:6<–pfft, i think i had a grid error.

July
Math: 730
Verbal: 630
Writing: 700 Essay:10


I worked a lot on my writing, but I still did sometihng stupid, I missed 2 Easy(1), so next time I will try much harder on my next one, and of course, my Reading needs improvement, for which I have been doing a lot more practices.


Sat II:
Math:790

I took in May, it was AP week, and I was just wanting a feel for the SAT iis, so I just took 1. Planning on taking, US History, Physics, Chem. in Nov.

APs: taking APs with IB is a bit hard, all of these classes, meaning I’ve not taken any classes for APs(exception of AP World History), but got a book and studied in conjuction with IB classes.
Sophmore: AP World History- 3
Junior:
US History - 4
Spanish - 3
Economics - 5
Physics B - 4

3.84 GPA, Weighted.
I go to a IB Diploma School, so all of my classes have been either Pre-IB or IB. I dont know how to compare, my classes are above honors, I think, but I don’t know how to put it on a scale.

1 C- Math: Pre-Cal, 79.4
I did bad on 2 tests, which pretty much set up my low grade. Next semester when I moved to Calc, I got a 88. (just throwing it out there…)

ECs:

Volunteered with a local doctor who made trips to nursing homes - helped patients, filled out paper work, some basic tests. approx 6 hours

Worked with a group of students(around 7) to raise money for local community radio. - My guess would be around $40,000, exact amount unknown for now.

Governor’s Honor Program - Architecture: 1 of 16, 1 of 2 juniors in a EC program where we spent 6 weeks on a college campus working with an architect.

Robotics Club - 2 years - we won a competition 3rd of 12.

Computer Programming Classes- basically a local college sponsored a 2 year long course where we prepare for AP CS, and I won the final competition.

Also, you know, the clubs, Beta, Model UN, Cultural Club, some more, but I dont know if they are really important.

Notes:


Most of my grades are high Bs, as in the previous semester I had 5 grades between 87-89 out of 8 classes each year.
I was planning on being a Mechanical Engineer practically up until 3 months ago. Now a pre-med seems interesting. This is why I took IB physics, but I will be taking AP Bio next year.


Basically since i will be the first in my family to go to college in the USA, I have no idea about the standards/averages/w.e
Can I get any feedback on WHAT range of schools I should be looking at, I am hoping with more practice I can atleast push my SAT scores past 2150, or 2200, which is my goal. So again, what range of schools should I be looking at for Pre-Med.

Thanks.