Where can I get in??

rk1000
Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:48:52 +0000

Hi, I’m an Indian male (US Citizen) studying at an IB school in Bangalore, India. I am a rising senior. I will be applying for financial aid.

I speak English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Chinese.

Academics

IGCSE Grades: 9 A's - 4.0 GPA (A = A+)
Bio - A*
Additional Math -A*
English Lit - A*
English Lang - A*
Chem - A*
Economics - A*
Chinese - A*
Drama - A*
Physics - A*

Grades: IB Points = 44/45
GPA unweighted = 4.0

4 HL Courses and 2 SL courses
(HL = Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics) (SL = English, Chinese)

-Ranked #1 in my class–> Head Boy of my school

-APs: Psychology - 5 (self-studied)
Statistics - 5 (Self-studied)

-SAT IIs: Bio M - 800
Math II - 800

-SAT: 2370

-PSAT: 240; National Merit Scholar Semi-finalist

EXTRACURRICULARS

-Boy scout for 5 years and I am an Eagle Scout.

-Won the Presidential Gold Award for community service.

-Congressional Gold Medal for community service

-Won 2nd in USA in Science Olympiad in Dynamic Planet held in Augusta, GA.

-Editor of my school newspaper

-I have many hours of community service for organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Agasthya Foundation. In Agasthya, I went to a rural village in India by myself for about a week and taught health and hygiene to impoverished children). About 900 hurs

-President of Model United Nations team

-Captain of my school basketball team

-Certified EMT


Did research at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and published a paper


OTHER

-I gained admission into the Davidson THINK Institute but because of financial reasons, could not go. (They take only 60 students)

-I interned in a hosipital in Delhi in the neurosurgery wing and I have a letter of recomendation from the head of neurosurgery.

-My principal gives out Principal’s Commendations for excellence. I have never missed any for academics and currently have 12 PCs after just one year in the school.

-I know my teachers quite well as well as my guidance counselor and I am sure my reccomendations will be good. (One question–I have last year’s reccomendations (same teachers). Can I send them?)

I will be applying to the folowing schools:

UPenn - (Early Decision) -> Dream School
JHU
Stanford
Duke
Wash. U
UCB
UCLA

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