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<p>From Bangalore, India.</p>
<p>Sat 1 : 2290 (800 CR, 750 M , 740 W)
Sat 2: 800 in math 2 and chemistry, 760 in physics
Toefl IBT: 114/120
in my class : top 10 , they don’t give ranks, but its just a good approximation
10th Board exams, which are quite a big deal aroud here - 93% </p>
<li>i also got through the national Talent Search exam (ntse)the most prestigious scholarship in the country, got 16th rank in the state!</li>
<li>Then, the university of New South Wales conducted an exam. I got first rank internationally and the gold medal.</li>
<li>I got accepted for the A*star singapore scholarship
In the national cyber oylmpiad, i got rank 3 in the state</li>
<li>participated in the state and zonal software development competition</li>
<li>Also received rank 2 in the school in the assessment through grades 8, 9 and 10.</li>
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<p>ECs : </p>
<li>Bharatnatyam, which is like a superdifficult classical dance. trained for 6 years
Did an arangetram which is like an hour and a half long solo performance and over 500 people were watching
Plus, i performed on national television once and did many shows in the city and in school.
Also done salsa and jive</li>
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<p>i sent an arts supplement with a video of my arangetram and another dance i did in my school silver jubilee finale! I was dressed as a guy… so it depicted contrasting styles very well i’d say… and i put in my dance resume and recommendation letter from my dance teacher.</p>
<p>I’ve done like 5-7 shows around the city in the past 6 years i think…</p>
<li>Theatre. In my school i’ve been in the school theatre group since 8th grade</li>
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<p>and we’ve won these 2 fests, the biggest ones in the city consistenly every year. 8thh, 10th, 11th and 12th. and in the 12th grade i was female lead, i wrote the script and co-directed the play… so that’s quite a big deal</p>
<li><p>literary… Editor of School magazine one year, won like 10-11 competitions in inter-school fests like Dumb Charades, Creative Writing and what’s the good word stuff… </p></li>
<li><p>Sports</p></li>
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<p>In the inter-house basketball team for 2 years and we came first once and third once
in the inter-house throwball team for 3 years, came third twice.
Came third in inter-house relay
Came third in 600m run/sprint whatever its called.</p>
<p>Also do fashion design, won first place in a fashion designing competition in a national fest</p>
<p>and some personality stuff …</p>
<p>Leadership: </p>
<p>President of Literary Association
President of Earth Science association
Captain of the Throwball team <of my="" house="" …="" the="" harry="" potter="" system="" works="" here="" too,="" one="" of="" throwbacks="" colonization=""></of></p>
<p>Community Service</p>
<p>Did a play with slum childrem and made pens, shirts etc and sold them as a fund raiser</p>
<p>Work Ex</p>
<p>Worked in an online tutoring company teaching a girl in the UK for a month.</p>
<p>Also, my essays are quite good cuz i write particularly well. Wrote about my arangetram and what the experience was like. I think it was good. One of my seniors said its one of the best he’s read so far so taht’s gotta mean something</p>
<p>Plus, our school is one of the top5 in the country. National Public School.</p>
<p>my teacher recommendations were awesome, its evident that they really like me etc </p>
<p>I applied to Harvard, Yale, princeton, Upenn, Dartmouth and Stanford (SCEA got deferred)</p>
<p>So that’s the status. Also i did NOT apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>please tell me if i stand a decent shot at anyhting! </p>
<p>Thank ye.</p>
i’m not going abroad unless its to a good school etc. thus. though now i wish i’d applied to chicago and columbia… anyway… chances anybody?!!</p>