Chances of Admission and Scholarship (Updated Again)

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<p>Hello, I'm interested in seeing what my chances are for first getting into Vanderbilt with the updates and then getting a full tuition merit scholarship. I'm aware my grades are low and I don't have any spectacular summer activities, but please take my other credentials into account as you post on this thread. </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Pakistani American </p>

<p>Age: 17</p>

<p>Schools:
Large Public in IN (9)
Small Private in TN (10-11)
Medium Public in TN (12)</p>

<p>Family: Doctor-MD (Dad), Master's (Mom), 2 younger siblings</p>

<p>Recs (Potential): I hope to always be at the top of my class and do much better than my previous record, so I hope they'll be good. </p>

<p>Essays (Potential): One on being a Pakistani American Ahmadi Muslim (a minority group) Democrat in Tennessee, One on how I found a passion for learning purely for itself rather than as a tool to achieve material gains </p>

<p>Intended Major: Physics, Chemistry, or Math</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>Grades (9-11): Semester 1 (9): 7A/1B, Semester 2 (9): 1A/4B/1C, Semester 1 (10): 5A/1B, Semester 2 (10): 5A/1B, Semester 1 (11): 2A/4B, Semester 2 (11): 4B/2C in All Honors Classes and 2 AP Classes: AP Chemistry (Semester 1: B, Semester 2: C+) and AP Calculus BC (Semester 1: A-, Semester 2: B)</p>

<p>Senior Course Load and Grades (Potential): All A's (100%) in AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, Honors English 4, Honors US History, Personal Finance, and Choir </p>

<p>GPA and Class Rank (Potential): Will be about 3.5 UW (9) and 3.97 W (10-11) (Top 20%) when I apply b/c I will only send in previous grades but after first semester of senior year, it will hopefully be 3.94 W and about 3.54 UW and I hope to be ranked in about the top 20-30% of 380 students </p>

<p>SAT: 2400 ACT: 36 SAT Chemistry: 800, SAT Math II: 800, SAT Physics: 800, SAT Biology M: 800, SAT US History: 800</p>

<p>AP Exam Scores: AP Calculus BC 4 or 5 </p>

<p>Extra-Cirricular Activities:</p>

<p>Speech and Debate (10-12): State 2nd Place (10), 350 Tournament Points</p>

<p>Piano (9, 11): Gold Star Rating in Region (9), Participate in Recital (9-11)</p>

<p>Mock Trial (11): Lawyer- 2nd Place in Region</p>

<p>Young Democrats (10-11): VP (11)</p>

<p>NHS and Mu Alpha Theta Member (10-12)</p>

<p>Community Service (10-12): 100 Hours in Mosque and Science Center; Local Library (12-Potential)</p>

<p>Employment (12-Potential): Work at Kumon as Math Tutor for 5 months </p>

<p>Math Club (9, 12): President (12-Potential)</p>

<p>Student Newspaper Member (12-Potential)</p>

<p>Research (12-Potential): Independent "Research" done in Science- mainly with a home telescope and in some higher math</p>

<p>Other Awards/Distinctions: Regional Math Test Top 5 (9, 10), National Merit Commended Scholar (12), State Math Problem Solving Test Top 10 (12-Potential)</p>

<p>Awards to be sent after initial submission of application (all potential): </p>

<p>Intel STS Semi-Finalist in Math (Sent in Late January)</p>

<p>USA Physics Olympiad Semi-Finalist and AMC 12 Top 1% (Mid-February)</p>

<p>USA Chemistry Olympiad Top in Region and USA Biology Olympiad Semi-Finalist (Early March)</p>

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<p>■■■■■, here we go again.</p>

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<p>Hey is 1500 students really medium? lol</p>

<p>Did you seriously get a perfect score on both your ACT and your SAT? wut</p>

<p>Haha I hope our school’s weighted GPA system really does kill your rank though.</p>

<p>And it seems even people on College Confidential think you’'re a ******. lol</p>

<p>But why the heck are your grades so bad?</p>

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<p>You just posted an updated profile a week ago… how much could have changed?</p>

<p>Seriously, post again when you actually apply. There’s no sense in chancing on all these “potential” things.</p>

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<p>You’ve posted on 4 or 5 schools in the last couple of days - some with different gpa’s and some with different ap scores.</p>

<p>Agree with Pancaked, please wait until you apply.</p>

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<p>Stop it. Just stop it. DoctorMagic, you are doing yourself more harm than good. We are not admissions counselors! But some who are could be reading! </p>

<p>(I have a theory about you. You are the parent of the described student. Am I right? My other theory is you are the mortal enemy of the described student trying to embarrass him on CC and lessen his chances of admission.)</p>

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<p>Actually I know this guy. He is 100% real. He is like this in real life too. lol.</p>

<p>He also wanted to learn how to study AP Comp Sci in 7 hours. Yeah.</p>

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<p>Here is some real advice you might want to follow, instead of cursing me out:</p>

<ol>
<li>Don’t join newspaper/ping pong club/cross country. lol. they will be useless. esp cross country. looks like a resume stuffer automatically.</li>
<li>Why are you in Choir? That will bring down your w GPA. not good. friend of mine was killed by taking standard classes. he was actually good at choir though.</li>
<li>Your essays topics are either lame and/or are fabrications. Passion for learning is stupid, as many people have said. And I’m sure you’ve overcome nothing by being an agnostic. I know because I live in the same town as you, and I’ve been agnostic since I was 10. You sound like one of those people who go on r/atheism and wear “Atheism Shoes.” lol Minority topics are pretty lame in general.</li>
<li>Do more community service, I guess. I only put 250 hours though.</li>
<li>Take debate seriously, and I’m sure you can win something this semester.</li>
<li>Do UTK Pro2Serve in the fall, and maybe you can win something. I got an award there, so knowing how terrible I am in math, someone like you should clearly win something.</li>
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<p>Sorry about cursing you out chaosakita. Sorry, about the variance in scores but I forgot to add AP Calc BC and take out World History SAT when I made a few of these posts and that is why I update. I’m taking 4 AP classes, two honors classes, and two regular classes. My GPA will be about 3.94 W and 3.54 UW when I start and if I do a lot better can be 4.05+ W and 3.6 W at the end of high school. I am not horribly worried about it going down a hundredth of a point right now. I am doing some community service this summer. I am studying for the UTK Pro2Serve. I take debate seriously but a lot of people don’t like me on my team for my last-minute improvisation of cases. My essays are lame, I agree. I’m trying to come up with better ideas. I’m not doing any sports and am doing newspaper because I like to write. Also, thanks for your advice, and I’m sorry if I get a bit abnoxious sometimes.</p>