<p>Below are the highlights of my application. Underlined material denotes particular strengths. If you would like me to chance back, please link me to your thread. Thanks!</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Pakistani (Asian)
Citizenship Status: permanent resident of the United States; citizenship in Canada and Pakistan</p>
<p>Transcript:</p>
<p>(italics indicate semester course)</p>
<p>English 9 - 89
Biology - 93
PE 9/Found. of PE - 95<br>
Spanish 2 - 91<br>
Sprts/Ent Mktng - 84<br>
World History - 88<br>
Art 1 - 93<br>
Geometry - 93 </p>
<p>Pntg & Drwg - 83<br>
Spanish 3 - 87<br>
US Hist 1 - 93<br>
Hnrs. English 10 - 89<br>
Intr Wdwk/Furn Makng IA - 89<br>
Intr Wdwk/Furn. Making IB - 93<br>
Algebra 2 - 92<br>
Chemistry - 91<br>
PE / Dr. Ed.10 - 98</p>
<p>PE/Health 11 - 97
Spanish 4 - 90<br>
Hnrs. US Hist 2 - 85<br>
Hnrs. Physics - 87
Pre-Calculus - 97<br>
Hnrs. English 11 - 88<br>
War & Amer. Socty - 89<br>
Robotics - 95</p>
<p>GPA: 93.899 (3.8-4.0?)
(weighted/unweighted GPAs are apparently the same - must be an error)
Class Rank: third decile
Senior Courseload:
AP Statistics, PE/Health 12, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C: ElecMag/ Mech, Community Svc Yr, Anatomy & Physi, Microbiology
Expected fall semester grades in above courses to be in the range of 88-92.</p>
<p>SAT:
5/10 - 680 reading, 760 mathematics, 690 writing (68 MC, 9 essay); 2130 composite
10/10 - 770 reading, 750 mathematics, 760 writing (75 MC, 10 essay); 2280 composite
2290 superscore</p>
<p>SAT II:
11/10
Mathematics Lvl 2 - est. 770 - 800
Literature - est. 600 - 650, possibly worse (retaking December... choked on test)</p>
<p>Will take AP tests this March.</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
+ Math League Contest Participant (10, 11, 12)
+ Travelling Bergen County Math League<a href="11,%2012">/u</a>
- awarded first place in county
+ attended American Regional Math League, or ARML, at Penn State last June
+ 2nd place in school for American Mathematics Contest Grade 12, or AMC 12, last year
+ membership in chess club (10, 11), science club (11, 12), science league (12), woodworking club (12), and Spanish Honors Society (11).
+ National Merit Commended Scholar for score of 209 on PSAT
+ awarded bronze (9), silver (10), gold (11) and principal's (10) awards for scholastic achievement</p>
<p>I also have decently strong recommendation letters, meager community service hours (totaling roughly 50 or so hours), and an essay that hopefully will be one of the strongsuits of my resume.</p>
<p>SO, now that you read all that official stuff, let me tell you a little more about myself. </p>
<p>For as long as I can remember, I've always been remarkably lazy when it came to schoolwork - up until, well, now, college seemed to me more of a distant future than an impending reality. As such, I've relied heavily on my intelligence through the years to get through school, managing A's with virtually no effort outside (or even inside) the classroom. </p>
<p>I'm sure the contrast between the weak rigor of my HS courseload and my SAT scores (99th percentile) will reflect this to the admissions officers. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about this, but I do hope, however, that the gradual movement away from college preporatory classes and towards honors and advanced placement classes through the years will demonstrate at least some potential for improvement. </p>
<p>I truly regret not having challenged myself earlier on or even having taken a more participating role in clubs, sports, and other organizations earlier on, but it is what it is. Oh well.</p>
<p>Anyways, I want to enter a profession in medicine, and the schools I've listed below contain excellent pre-med programs for my calliber of student. Please chance me for each, and especially Cornell, UCLA, and NYU.</p>
<p>Cornell
UCLA
NYU
Duke University
Boston University
University of Rochester
Rutgers
Penn State</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>