<p>Hey guys. I am a high school senior in Singapore. Although people have told me I have more of a chance (if any) at MIT, Caltech is my numero uno choice any day. I can really identify with its philisophy.....My stats are given below:</p>
<p>Studying grades 11 and 12 in Singapore because I got a full 60,000 US dollars' scholarship to do so from India. I was the only student to be selected from my city after going through a very competitive screening.</p>
<p>Came 5th (unofficial ranking) in my whole city, among 30,009 applicants who took the Grade 10 exams. Topped in my school, and got the B.S. Chitlangia trophy for academic excellence. Got the highest score my school has ever registered in its history. Got 100/100 in Maths, and 98/100 in Science.</p>
<p>Founder and President of the French Cultural Club. Very time-consuming, as I have to prepare weekly activities, and then discuss them with my french teacher. </p>
<p>Activities in Singapore- debate, chess club, choir, jazz band (lead guitarist), Service (>100 hours), maths club, teach a mentally disabled child to play the guitar, etc.</p>
<p>Grades: IB with 6 subjects, expect nothing less than a 6, with 7s in Physics HL, Chemistry HL and Maths HL. Strong upward curve in grades, as there were huge adjustments to be made in junior year when I came to Singapore. Can explain this in my application.</p>
<p>Recommendations: Expect them to be good. Don't know yet.</p>
<p>Activities in Kolkata: Student's council in Grade 9, and Speaker of the Council in Grade 10. Won numerous state-level competitions in school fests, etc. Was captain of the quiz bowl team, and won some trophies. Have the unique distinction of being selected in almost all quiz bowl teams my school fields for competitions.
Won the Geeta Memorial Maths Cup, from among 40 add teams in a prestigious Maths competition.
Got 99.9 percentile in my Scholastic Aptitute test, and was given an "outstanding" grade, somthing given to about 1% of the total applicant pool.
Founder, guitarist, and lead singer of my school band. Was quite famous in my city.
Got the unique opportunity of teaching Grade 7s and 8s their regular Maths curriculum during school time, instead of the teacher. My Principal said it was a very rare honour. </p>
<p>I was a rare student in my school, as I took part in dance, rock band, English and Hindi poem recitation, Indian choir, Western choir, quiz, debate, creative writing, and table tennis inter- school and intra-school competitions back in my city over a span of 5 years. Most of my peers considered me as a decent all-rounder.</p>
<p>Please please tell me if I have a chance of getting into my dream school. </p>
<p>I will need financial aid.</p>