<p>CHANCE ME AND I'LL CHANCE YOU BACK :)</p>
<p>I'm a senior from Mumbai, India. I have taken up the most rigorous curriculum available (ISC along with preparation for the Indian Engineering examinations)</p>
<p>Please chance me.. [I don't need fin aid]</p>
<p>ACADEMICS-</p>
<p>9th grade- Around 70% (top 10-15%)</p>
<p>10th grade-
In school- Around 70% (top 10-15%)
ICSE board exams- 90%</p>
<p>11th grade- 60% [top 20-25%, grades slipped because I was concentrating on my Indian entrance examinations! =( ]</p>
<p>12th grade- Results ain't out yet! </p>
<p>SAT:
Attempted once in June, got a 2010
700 CR
620 W
690 M</p>
<p>I am going to give the SAT in October, and I'm expecting somewhere around 2150-2200. I was in a baaaaaad mood that fateful June 5th morning!</p>
<p>SAT2:
Giving Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics in November!</p>
<p>EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES- </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Consultant, Indiagames.com 9,10,11,12
Consultant, game tester and GoD Doot (gaming tournament and symposium organizer)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer, Dharma Bharathi Mission 12
Taught English, Mathematics and Computers to slum children at the Gyan Sadhana School</p></li>
<li><p>Skilled Piano Player
Participation in school festivals and concerts. Piano player since the 6th grade.</p></li>
<li><p>Programming
Skilled programmer, well-versed with Java, HTML, C++, C, PHP, CSS and currently learning Ajax.</p></li>
<li><p>Quizzing
Intra-school and inter-school participation. First position in the DAV Khoj Quiz, Lion’s Club Quiz, Rotaract Club of Mumbai Quiz, Podar Gizmo Geeks quiz and Horlick’s Wiz Kids Quiz, along with participation in many more quiz competitions.</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer, Tehzeeb
Organized seminars & awareness campaigns about the importance of family values and cultural heritage</p></li>
<li><p>Certified Ethical Hacker
Undertook a course on ethical hacking and IT security at Reliance Infocomm</p></li>
<li><p>Captain of Table Tennis Team
Captain of school’s table tennis team. Intra-school and inter-school participation. </p></li>
<li><p>Team Player | Cricket| Represented the school’s team in various tournaments in and out of the city.</p></li>
<li><p>Organizer, Charity Drive
Collected dilapidated electronic appliances from the community and donated to local recycling center</p></li>
<li><p>Featured on NDTV 24x7
Featured on NDTV 24x7 for 30 minutes regarding my association with Indiagames</p></li>
<li><p>Grade Administrator
Class Prefect & Grade Monitor in Grade 9 and Grade 10. Grade Administrator in Grade 11 and Grade 12.</p></li>
<li><p>Examination paper writer for students with special needs</p></li>
<li><p>Administrator of the official Indiagames.com forum [Tadkalive] and the now-defunct madads.com</p></li>
<li><p>Distinction on the national ASSET aptitude examination</p></li>
<li><p>Ethical Hacker||School network and friend’s email addresses|| Helped friends and relatives recover lost email id’s and find faults in their systems; as well as in the school network</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer|St Stanislaus Orphanage| Took initiative to teach a 5 yr old child basic English</p></li>
<li><p>Lecturer| Schools and Clubs|Spoke to parents and children about the merits and de-merits of gaming at The Country Club and at my high school.</p></li>
<li><p>Collection of money for charities such as NAB, Cancer Patient’s Aid Association, Dharma Bharathi Mission, HelpAge India</p></li>
<li><p>Preparation for Indian competitive examinations such as IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CET and the Mathematics Olympiad. </p></li>
<li><p>Proficient in French</p></li>
</ol>
<p>List of universities I'm applying to-</p>
<ol>
<li>Georgia Tech</li>
<li>UIUC</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>UMich</li>
<li>BU</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UT-Austin</li>
<li>U Maryland College Park</li>
<li>U Wisconsin Madison</li>
<li>Penn State</li>
<li>RPI</li>
<li>SUNY Buffalo</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>UVa</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
</ol>