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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm a junior at a small International School in Oregon.</p>

<p>Race: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Planned Major: Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>Classes:
- All IB (I'm an IB diploma candidate)
- IB Higher Level Mathematics + Discrete Math Option
- IB Higher Level European History
- IB Higher Level English
- IB Higher Level Biology
- IB Standard Level Chemistry
- IB Standard Level Mandarin Chinese
- IB Theory of Knowledge
- Economics (Taken at Portland State University)
- Statistics (Taken at Portland State University)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/20 (Small class)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.125 weighted (My school doesn't offer weighted classes until junior year)
Hardest Courseload Possible</p>

<p>PSAT Score: 230
SAT Score: Haven't taken it yet, but anticipated score from PSAT is about 2300
ACT Score: 35</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities/Leadership Roles:
- Layout Editor for school newspaper (9th grade)
- Student Council Class Representative (9th grade)
- Editor-in-Chief for school newspaper (10th grade)
- Student Council Public Relations Officer (11th grade)
- President & Ambassador for Model United Nations club (9th-11th grade)</p>

<p>Boy Scouts (5th-11th grade):
- Senior Patrol Leader (whole troop)
- Order of the Arrow Brotherhood member
- Staff at Webelos Woods for three years
- ASPL of district Camporee 2006 (second in charge)
- Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Please note that I plan on continuing my activities and leadership roles through my senior year.</p>

<p>Special Awards:
- American Mathematics Competition school winner (9th-11th grade)
- Eagle Scout (2009)
- National Merit Semifinalist (anticipated)</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience:
- Cedar Mill Community Library (6th-10th grade)
- Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (10th grade)
- Internship at EnergyTrust of Oregon (11th grade)</p>

<p>I plan on writing my college application essays with a very passionate tone; my career goal is to help develop a practical source of energy to replace conventional sources of energy such as fossil fuels.</p>

<p>Colleges I am looking at:
- Stanford
- MIT
- UC Berkeley
- Cornell
- UT Austin
- Carnegie Mellon
- U Delaware
- U Pennsylvania
- Princeton
- U Washington
- Caltech
- Other good engineering schools</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think. Thank you!</p>

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<p>You’re on the right track!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Anyone else?</p>

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<p>What would you like to hear? </p>

<p>1). OMG!!! You’re in for sure with those stats!!!</p>

<p>2). It’s a crapshoot, no one can get in these days… </p>

<p>3). Well… in a pessimistic overtone to break your bubble, your interests are seemingly varied and scattered. I’m not sure if a Editor in Chief of a newspaper, and Model UN level would be a good fit for highly selective Engineering colleges. </p>

<p>Well… to be honest, I’d lean toward 1. Your stats are impressive, and your ECs are too. (forget 3, that was the worst, most pessimistic thing I could ever neurotically pick out from your app) I think you’ll have many great offers from many selective colleges.</p>