<p>I'm a junior in high school, and in IB.
My course load this year is IB Chem, IB Physics, IB English, IB US History, IB Spanish 4, Honors Choir, Honors Pre-Cal.
I'm in the top 3% in school, and my SAT Score is a 2270, and ACT score is 35.
770 WHAP, will be taking Lit SAT subject and Math Level 2 later this year.
GPA right now is a 4.34 weighted.
Also, since Duke is my first choice, I should mention that I was a Duke TIP kid when I was younger and am most likely working in a lab at Duke this summer with one of the scientists there. </p>
<p>Notable Awards and Honors
PTA Reflections 2011 Award of Merit
PTA Reflections 2011 Honorable Mention
Honorable mention for the Science Fair 2012-2013 project.
Awarded Silver Key for poetry at Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards 2014.
Awarded Silver Key for short story at Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards 2014.
Letter of appreciation from President Barack Obama for essay writing contest for Duke TIP
Presidential Award of Excellence in Academics).
Geography Awareness Contest Texas state level 3rd Place winner twice.</p>
<p>Project Work
Worked on the project to isolate genes that can be used to predict the possibility of cancer and try to find a correlation with family history, life style in India.
Worked on the project to determine the effect of water soluble vitamins growth patterns of algae.
Created blog to discuss various school topics, social topics, science and technology, art and music.
Chosen for the Summer Biomedical Health Careers Academy at UTMB in </p>
<p>Cultural Achievements:
Selected as 2nd Chair in TMEA Middle School All Region Choir
Given Superior and Exemplary in Solo and Ensemble in 2009-2010.
Performer on Radio in “Kid’s Corner” in 2011-2012.
Third Place Winner in AADGT (New York) International Young Musicians Festival 2012 and 2013 in New York.
Winner in the Shankar Mahadevan Academy singing contest in 2012.
Has been performing on stage and cultural events singing both English and native Indian (Hindi/Bengali) songs.
In the year 2009, selected from 25,000 auditions by Zee Television (India) for participating in the final round of audition for “Little Champs Singing Contest 2009”
Singing performance at Bangamela in Nashville, TN i
Singing performance at Tri-state Durga Puja
Performed the inaugural song in the Anand Bazar with an audience of around 10000 attendees.
Selected as 8th Chair in the TMEA Region 25 All-Region Choir in 2012.
Selected as 6th Chair in the TMEA Region 25 All-Region Choir in 2013.
Exemplary awards in solo ensemble in 2012 and 2013.
Selected among top ten finalists in the Six Flags Fame, Fortune and Flags Music contest
Attended AMTC Winter Concert,contacted by 4 industry agents.
Member of Younger Generation Chorus
Performed on “Take A Break” on the Tara Music Channel while in India in the summer of 2012.
Performed in San Antonio and received an exemplary rating and “Best In Class” in April 2013.
Outstanding Choir Officer – May 31,2013
Won second place in an international vocal contest (Western classical) by American Protégé, and performed at Carnegie Hall in December 2013. </p>
<p>Community Services:
Created busy books for kids at Children’s Hospital in September 2010 to April 2011, while in NJHS, participated in planning meetings, and worked on bulletin boards. (77 hours accumulatively).
Participated in community services at Habitat for Humanity with Younger Generation Chorus.
Member of A Charity Youth Group and participated in charitable causes and services at Salvation Army in 2012.
Tutored 3rd grade students at Title 1 elementary school in Dallas ISD from October to May 2013. (106 hours accumulatively)
Volunteered for orphanage in India for 4 weeks during June and July of 2012. (110 hours accumulatively)
Performed at Tara Musik TV show in July 2012 and donated the earned money to orphanage in India
Founder of “Kids for Kids” club in 2012-2013.
As part of “Kids for Kids” chapter did volunteer work at Food Bank and children's shelter in February 23, 2013.
Organized a music workshop for under privileged children at Elementary School for 5 hours on March 2, 2013.
Organized clothes drive for children September to October 2012 (24 hours accumulatively)
Organized a book drive for Books for Africa in January 14-26, 2013 and sent books to Africa.
Volunteered as part of “Kids For Kids” at children's shelter on March 23, 2013
Participated in Voyagers Youth Group at food stand, with all proceeds going to Make A Wish Foundation.
Selected as NHS Junior Officer in 2013-2014.
Organized second clothes drive from September to October 2013. (24 hours accumulatively)
Tutoring 3rd grade students in Title 1 elementary school in Dallas ISD from October 2013.
Opening “Kids for Kids” chapter in senior high in November 2013. </p>
<p>State- California
School- Very Competitive Public
Ethnicity- Asian (Indian)
Gender- Female
Strengths- EC, community service, scores
Weakness- GPA</p>