<p>I am an Indian male living in New Jersey. I will be a senior for the upcoming 2008-2009 school year. I attend a rigorous public school with a large student body that sends many students to top colleges such as Princeton, Cornell, etc. My school does not use class rank. </p>
<p>Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 3.80
Weighted GPA: 4.32 (UC GPA-4.50)
SAT I: 2200 (math-750, cr-700, writing-750)
SAT II's: Math IIC-800, Biology-780, US History-760
AP Exams: Calc AB-5, Biology-5, US History-5
I plan to take Calc BC, English Literature, Statistics, and US Government. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Vice President of Chess Club, going to to president for the upcoming school year (9-12)
-Red Cross Club (10-12)
-Economics Club (10-12)
-Future Business Leaders of America (11-12)
-member of school orchestra (9-12)
-I play Indian classical music (9-12)</p>
<p>Volunteering:
-150+ hours at Princeton Hospital (10-12)
-50+ hours at local library's summer volunteer program (9-12)
-15+ hours for Red Cross Club (10-12)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
-tutor at Kumon Learning Center (10-12)</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
-National Merit Scholar
-Math Honor Society
-National Honor Society
-Invited to and attended National Youth Leadership Conference (NYLC) in Washington, D.C. for ten days</p>
<p>Colleges I am Considering:
UPenn (Wharton)
NYU (Stern)
UMich (Ross)
Georgetown University (McDonough)
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
University of Virginia (McIntire)
UC Berkeley (Haas)
Boston College (Carroll)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (safety)
Babson College (safety)
Rutgers University (safety)</p>
<p>I am considering applying early decision for either UPenn or NYU. May I receive more input regarding that? Also, I am open to any suggestions as to which other colleges to consider.</p>
<p>Another question - does Stanford not look at freshmen year grades? If so, my weighted GPA would be 4.56 and unweighted would be 3.92. Therefore, should I consider applying to Stanford?</p>
<p>Wow, I think your chances are really good at ALL your college choices. You are also a URM. I called Stanford Admissions the beginning of my freshman year and they only use 10th and 11th for your calculated GPA. They do look at the courses you choose in 9th grade and 12th grade, but not for the calculation of the admission GPA. I believe if you write a really strong essay and try and tie all your EC's together and explain how they have affected you or changed you or taught you something valuable about yourself...then i think you could be offered admission to all your choices and perhaps Stanford as well. Dream Big...I am!
Good Luck! :o)</p>
<p>I agree with kmitch09. You have a good chance at all the schools you've listed. Also, Stanford disregards freshman year grades, so your GPA is pretty good (if it's a 3.92). You don't have an extensive list of extracurriculars, but you've been commited to all of them, so that's great. Your test scores are fine, and your course load seems to encompass a bunch of APs (which is great). So yeah...write good essays and hopefully you can get into Stanford (since you're a great candidate for all your other schools)! Good luck, and thanks for chancing me as well!</p>
<p>yea I was also wondering about that
I doubt Indians are URMs, especially in the area where I live</p>
<p>Oops sorry about the URM. Good luck with the college application period! I hope we all come back to CC in the spring and let everyone know where we got in and where we got....<strong>gasp</strong> rejected. :)</p>
<p>Very solid scores and GPA, especially in the math category. With that 750 on the SAT, 800 on the SAT II, and 5 on the Calc test you show an excellent strength in this region. Your ECs are good, not amazing, but they do show an interest in business.
UPenn (Wharton)-low reach
NYU (Stern)-high match
UMich (Ross)-low match
Georgetown University (McDonough)-match
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)-high match
University of Virginia (McIntire)-high match (OOS)
UC Berkeley (Haas)-mid-high match
Boston College (Carroll)-low match
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (safety)-easily in
Babson College (safety)-easily in
Rutgers University (safety)-easily in</p>