<p>Hey there, bet your sick of all these threads. Oh well, I'm only human. Here goes:</p>
<p>I'm applying for political science </p>
<p>Demographics:
Indian, No legacy, brother at Duke (mech. and plays tennis on their team), Two parents from MIT (Talk about pressure)
FIRST BATCH OF MY SCHOOL (It's new), EVER. Can you say presssureeee. Lot's riding on me since the rest of my class isn't really competitive. </p>
<p>Academics:
SAT 1: 1460
SAT 2: 1550ish, just gave them</p>
<p>GPA, unweighted 4.0 I believe (not too sure)</p>
<p>Current Subjects Predicted, IB Diploma:
Math HL - 6
English HL - 7
Physics HL - 7
Chemistry HL - 7
Spanish AB - 7
Econ SL - 7</p>
<p>IGCSE's:</p>
<p>7 A*s, 1 B in Hindi. School only offered 8 subjects as maximum</p>
<p>Class Valedictorian - 3 years In a row
General Proficiency - 4 years in a row
Topper in majority of my subjects</p>
<p>Extended Essay in Politics</p>
<p>Leadership:
School Head Boy - elected 3 years in a row
Chair of the security council - School MUN
Cricket and Tennis team captain
Yellow House captain '09</p>
<p>Community Service:
In addition to 50 hours compulsory, did a service project at a school. Made a library from scratch. Collected funds, bought two shelves, convinced a company to give 4 free bean bags, collected 800 books, hand covered 150 hard cover books with plastic, sorted them based on category, put them into shelves, got carpets and pillows, decorated the room. Individual project over the course of three months</p>
<p>Sports:
School Tennis and Cric captains
Center strike for school football team
30+ Athletics awards (intraschool) over 3 years
Former national level tennis player
PADI AOW Scuba Diver (Love it, it's a passion really)
Former south zone fighting champion Karate - 3 years in a row</p>
<p>Co-circulars
Model United Nations, awards at school and international level
Jazz Drums, playing for my tenth year now, play for school band
School debate team</p>
<p>Enjoy reading foreign affairs, time and wired. Fairly certain my Essay will be good</p>
<p>That's it really, tell me if I forgot anything</p>