<p>hey guys I am a student in Class XI. I will be finsihing my class XII in March next year so I plan to apply in september this year for entry in Fall 2008 My Sat is on June 2nd. I have kinda maintained my rank in top 5% of my class. so GPA:4 I am listing my EC below :</p>
<ul>
<li>State rank 2nd in National Cyber Olympiad. 2nd round on 11th Feb</li>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in Informatics Olypiad conducted by SIlverzone</li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented K V at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
</ul>
<p>Princeton and Cornell are the two universities I really want to get into...but this glitch has come up. I have scored around 70% in my Junior high school year. Though the equivalent grades in the Indian system are B for my lousy marks and none of them are C . I have been getting straight A's for the past 3 years. Will this year prove as a hinderance to my application?</p>
<p>I dont know much abt the Indian System ..sorry..but I think you should take A Levels/IB/AP if your school offers them. Even if it doesn't, its a good idea to take external exams privately (only if you can manage) cuz it shows that you re a challenging person</p>
<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 75% but my final exams are not over yet, they are in march. And I guess just final exam scores matter as they have max marks as 100 and they cover the whole curriculum.</p>
<p>And yes my full list of ECs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in Informatics Olypiad conducted by SIlverzone</li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Was promoted to School Captain from School Prefect recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented region at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
<li>I have my own customized linux distribution geared towards education (similar to edubuntu to be specific)</li>
<li>Founder of Linux User Group in my city.</li>
<li>Partcipated in AIDS awareness drive.</li>
<li>Special Appreciation by LIFE(Lower Income Family Emancipation) for social work.</li>
<li>Successfully participated in Environment Week in our city.</li>
<li>Finalist of Environment Quiz Contest conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.
20 4th Rank in State Level Quiz Competition conducted by Rajkumar College Rajkot.</li>
</ul>
<p>i don't know how things work in india, but in america it mostly works like this:
93-100 = A
90-92 = A-
87-89 = B+
84-86 = B
80-83 = B-
77-79 = C+
74-76 = C
70-73 = C-
67-69 = D+
64-66 = D
0-63 = F</p>
<p>U have great ECs! However, on your application, make sure you put down the activities you are most passionate about! Additionally, these activities should be ones that you have been involved in since 9th or 10th grade. This will show your diligence and persistency! What college are you interested in at Cornell?</p>
<p>with most top colleges, your secondary school record will be more important. but SATs give a adcoms a sense of the type of high school you came from. example: if you've received excellent grades in hs (and some colleges even), but your SAT scores are low, this suggests that school you;ve attended in the past are grade inflated. and with international applicants, i believe you need better than average statistics.</p>