Chance me for Rice University- D Day is April 1st :(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<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)
- 2nd Semester of Senior Year it was 13/400
-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
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)
Northwestern University</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,</p>

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<p>bump..................</p>

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<p>bumpage pl0xxx</p>

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<p>Wait.. weighted GPA over 5.0? What?</p>

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<p>Yeah, how do u get a GPA over 5 when your unweighted is below 4? weird weighing system?</p>

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<p>yeah out weighting system is weird....like when my counselor put my weighted GPA on my counselor rec he said it was "5.04/4".... can't explain..</p>

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<p>anybody have any advice :(></p>

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<p>The question is: did you only use the commonapp for Vandy?</p>

<p>Because you can have all the ECs in the world, but the commonapp only has 7 spots.</p>

<p>I'm assuming your school gives +2 to APs? Because having a 5+ GPA is weird.</p>

<p>You're on the bubble between a waitlist and admit for Vandy.</p>

<p>I don't know much about Rice and NU.</p>

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<p>yes i used the commonapp for vandy but i attached a seperate "resume" with my other important EC's and the descriptions of what i did in them</p>

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<p>Ok. Knowing this, you're more on the admit side than the waitlist side.</p>

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<p>i think u will get in</p>

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<p>It's actually somewhat common to have GPA's over 5 on a 4.0 scale. Large schools with a lot of programs will rank normal classes on a 4.0/4.0 scale; advanced, academically gifted, honors, and pre-IB on a 5.0/4.0 scale; and AP and IB courses on a 6.0/5.0 scale.</p>

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<p>yeah in my school the val has a 5.3 W GPA. and now i currently have a 5.04 W GPA.</p>

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<p>bump. anymore chances???</p>

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<p>a couple of my pals have looked at your profile on this page and they've told me that your
EC's are resume padding ones--no real passion shown.</p>

<p>idk about their statement but it was their gut feeling.</p>

<p>i think you've got a good shot at vandy, but northwestern and rice seem like a no go?</p>

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<p>uh its not really "resume padding"
EX. Clinical Program, CNA, Volunteering at a Hospital, Shadowing Doctors, Internships with Doctors, HOSA, etc. shows im medically inclined...</p>