another chances post!! pls be honest !!

<p>my stats </p>

<p>female
india
class of 2013</p>

<p>1) SAT REASONING TEST
A) CRITICAL READING -680
B) MATHEMATICS - 760
C) WRITING - 760
2) TOEFL IBT - 112
3) SAT SUBJECT TESTS -
LITERATURE - 720
MATHEMATICS LEVEL II - 730
BIOLOGY E - 720</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL GPA: 3.93/4.0 (Unweighted)</p>

<p>HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Scored 1172/1200 (97.7%) in Higher Secondary Course Examination, with centum (200/200) in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, a feat achieved by only 123 students out of more than 2 lakh students (12th standard)
Honour roll in school (12th standard).
Outstanding All-Rounder Award (12th standard)
Recipient of Shymalambal Award for centum in Chemistry (12th standard)
Average GPA - 3.87 / 4.0 (Unweighted) (11th & 12th standard)
School Rank- 2 / 166 (11th & 12th standard)
Scored 94.4% in All India Secondary School Examination (10th standard)
Recipient of Madhana Gopala Dikshidar Award for Topping in Tamil (96%) (10th standard)
Average GPA – 4.0 / 4.0 (Unweighted) (9th & 10th standard)
Scored 97% in National Mathematics Olympiad Contest (10th standard)
Merit Certificate for being among the top 10% scorers in the National Mathematics Talent Competition (10th standard)
Certificate of Merit in Senior Geography Talent Test (9th standard)</p>

<p>CO-CURRICULAR & EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:
School dance team for two years ( 11th & 12th standard)
School dramatics team (9th & 10th standard)
School cultural committee for one year, in charge of Event Management (11th standard)
Tamil elocution team (9th & 10th standard)
School Magazine & Newspaper:
Reporter (11th standard)
Co-editor(12th standard)
Won the second place in District level Poster Making competition on the topic “Empowerment of Women”(9th standard)
Won first place in Book Fair Group Dance (9th standard)
Won first place in City level Tamil Essay writing competition(10th standard)
SPORTS & ATHLETICS:
• BADMINTON
o Captain of school team for four years( 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th standards)
o Winner- Inter School Tournament (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th standards)
o Winner- District level Tournament (9th & 11th standards)
o Runner- District level Tournament (10th standard)
• VOLLEYBALL
o Captain of school team for two years (11th & 12th standards)
o Winner- Inter School Tournament (11th & 12th standards)
o Runner- District level (12th standard)
• THROW BALL
o Captain of school team for four years (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th standards)
o Winner- Inter School Tournament (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th standards)</p>

<p>• ATHLETICS
o Intra-school athletics championship-Winner(10th standard)
o Intra-school athletics championship- Runner(12th standard)
• CAPTAIN- School house for two years(11th & 12th standards)</p>

<p>COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Prepared food for children in orphanage for past five years
Volunteered for Tsunami relief for 2 hours per day for one month(12th grade)
Member of Road Safety Patrol (RSP) for two years(9th & 10th standard)
Member of the ‘Peer Teaching Programme’. Two hours of peer teaching twice a week(9th & 10th standard)
Member of Volunteering Committee of Book Fair for two years(9th & 10th standard)
Volunteered at an orphanage for Physically and Mentally challenged Children for 3 hours per day for one month(10th standard)
Donate clothes and stationery to an Orphanage every year.
Volunteered at a Religious Ashram once a year.</p>

<p>MUSIC
Learning to play the electronic Keyboard & Guitar for the past three years(2005-2008)
Won first place in the Senior level in the Keyboard competition ‘Bala Uthsav’ conducted by ‘Swaralayam music school’
Scored 96% with Distinction in Grade II & Grade III Music Theory Examination conducted by the Trinity College, UK.</p>

<p>I would say my essays are okay n good recs. My prob is I am an international asking for loads of aid :( My ED college turned me down for this very reason.
So can someone chance me honestly please?</p>

<p>I think you are an excellent candidate who would be "in the ballpark" for acceptance, but of course we can't tell you what your chances of admission are. Grinnell is one of the more generous LACs re: FA for international students, so that might help.</p>

<p>I was pretty confident about my chances too. But like I said above, my ED safety college shot me down because of my financial need. That has gotten me very very scared now.</p>

<p>I know it's scary. You have a lot going for you. I wish you luck!</p>

<p>Thank you! Right now, it looks like I need all the luck that I can get. Anyone else??</p>

<p>Lol, hi neethu, I've applied to Grinnell too and I'm exactly in the same position as you are.</p>

<p>Lol. Join the club!!! Have you applied to any universities in India?</p>

<p>What are you interested in doing btw?</p>

<p>Computer science,, and yeah I've applied to many univs here. In fact I'm giving JEE again for the second time... didn't get a stream of my choice in IIT last year</p>

<p>Oh alright! Good luck to you! God save us ;)</p>