<p>International Student from India.
Need financial aid.</p>
<p>Sat 1 - giving this Oct. Take my score as 2250 minimum though I'll aim for 2350 at least.</p>
<p>Sat 2 - Maths1 last year (730). This year - Maths2 (800) and Physics (770). </p>
<p>Teacher Recs - one from computer science teacher, one from English teacher (really good 1 page rec). Guidance counselor rec is just ok-ok - small and curt since it's a large school and she doesn't know everyone personally.</p>
<p>School academics -
top 5-10% because School doesn't rank and no GPA.</p>
<p>About ME :</p>
<p>Junior Science Talent Exam - state finalist top 40
National Science Talent Exam - national finalist top 750
National Cyber Olympiad - National Merit top 2100
National Society of High School Scholars
Distinction in level 1 & 2 Theory of Music Exam - Trinity College, London
Junior and Senior Diploma in theory and practical for Tabla (Indian percussion instrument)
School Academic Merit Awardee</p>
<p>Play the Tabla (performed at various auditoriums in my city in classical music fests; will be sending in music supplement).
Also play mouth organ, congo, harmonium, dholak and synthesizer, started playing the guitar 2 years ago.
Fuent in English (of course), Hindi, Punjabi (verbal), Bengali (verbal) (not written 'cos scripts are hard to learn) and French (5 years).
Have worked with Logo, Fox Pro, Basic, SQL, HTML and C++ . Learning Visual Basic now (starting with Java soon).
'Top Contributor' Yahoo Answers - Physics, Answer frequently on PhysicsForums, Top Rated answerer on GoIIT[dot]com ( am a moderator there too) - it's the most popular e-forum in india regarding engg. and research sci/tech.
Won 3rd prize in national slogan writing competition about oil, petroleum and gas conservation ... it was held by PCRA (a national organization in this field).
Member of Teenage Reading Club at British Council and acted in few plays at the theater (Shakespeare's plays' excerpts, plus a few original modern ones).
Poems on peace published in an anthology brought out by Seagull Foundation for the Arts, India.
Help kids in the neighborhood with Maths and Science.
Taught domestic helper's kids to read and write basic Hindi.</p>
<p>Student council Class Representative (grade 12)
School Math olympiad team, Chess team.
Member of pi club (maths), expressions (English), Astronomy club honorary member, computer science club.</p>
<p>Chorus singer with the Little Singers of Delhi (Delhi Music Theatre) through auditions and sung at Christmas concerts and competitions etc. for 3 years.</p>
<p>Participated in National Mathematics Olympiads 2004, 2005, 2006.</p>
<p>Participated in Columban Open Quiz 2004 and 2005. (It's a quiz on all topics in general)</p>
<p>Play in local soccer and chess tournaments (nothing big, but I play well soI might go for team tryouts if I get in, no direct recruitment)</p>
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<p>How's it? :-|</p>