Chance me for Rice before I send in my App which will be tommorow :)

<p>Senior, South Asian (Indian), Male at a pretty competitive school in TX (was ranked in top 300 of Newsweek Magazine..Most kids can get into Top Private Schools but most students choose to go to state schools ; Top students go to Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Columbia College, Tulane, etc)</p>

<p>Proposed Major:
-Pre-Med/ BioEngineering (Biomedical)</p>

<p>GPA:
-UW GPA: 3.85
-W GPA: 5.0119</p>

<p>Rank:
- Top 3.87% of my class.(17 out of 400)
-Honors/Pre-AP classes every year
-ACT w/ Writing: Composite= 32 (10 on the Essay)</p>

<p>Community service: over 400+ hours in hospital, nursing homes, charity banquet, nursing facility, Red Cross, doctors offices, etc.</p>

<p>During the summer:
-Working a office assisting job at a physician recruiting center
-Volunteered at a hospital
-Had a job as a C.N.A. Trainee (worked with the hospice patients; did pretty much every dirty job possible)
-Intership at 2 doctors offices (one ENT; one Family medicine)
-Ran a business that built and sold custom computers on auctioning and classifield sites; Also provided virus removal and hardware installation.</p>

<p>Senior year:
-5 AP classes (Gov, Eco, English Lit, Bio, Psych, Calc BC)</p>

<p>Junior AP classes:
-English Language=4, AP US History=4, AP Comp. Sci AB=4</p>

<p>Total AP Classes: 9</p>

<p>EC'S
- Youth Group (9,10,11,12)
- HOSA (Officer) (10,11,12)
- School districts Tech committee ( i was my school's representative and leader; lead the change for innovative use of technology in the classrooms to help students gain knowledge) (11,12)
- Youth Leadership Group (10)
- NHS (11,12)
- NTH (11,12)
- Spanish Club (11)
- Reading Rocks Program (promoted literacy to senior citizens and children) (team leader) (9,10)
- Hospital Volunteer Group (Officer) (9,10,11)
- C.N.A. Certified & CPR Certified (11)
- National Technical Honor Society (11,12)
- Senior Clinical Mentor for Clinical Program (10,11,12)
- Building/selling/repairing custom computers (9,10,11,12)
As seen from my EC's i have an interest in technology and medicine.
All of this at the top of my head.</p>

<p>Common App essay- Great
Why Rice- kick ass
rice supplement-good</p>

<p>Chance me for-
Vanderbilt University-RD
Baylor University-RD (Safety)
Rice University-RD (#1 choice) (have had an interview, campus visit, info session, and talked to a Rice student who put me on their recommended student's list)
Tulane University
Northwestern University</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance at all of them. Your EC's are good, but generic. If you're able to show/have some sort of passion, apply to some ivies for fun.</p>

<p>yeah i definitely showed my passions in my essay. but thanks! if it was 3 months before deadline, i would have totally applied to Cornell or Columbia maybe WUSTL</p>

<p>bumpppppppp :)</p>

<p>bump anyone wanna chance me :) i need some reassurance</p>

<p>BUMP. Rank is now 14/400 . Never got a likely letter from Rice :(. Lost cause?</p>

<p>Don't lose hope.</p>

<p>Thanks! I wont!</p>