<p>Hey everyone, I'm an Indian guy from Kentucky and I just finished my junior year in high school (I'm 17). I attend a small competitive college prep school (~80 ppl), which sends a fair amount of grads to top schools in the U.S. I also am a first generation college student and I'd appreciate any opinions on the colleges I've looked at. Thanks for any replies. :)</p>
<p>Colleges I'm looking at (Preferred Major: Most likely Pre-med, which plays into my selections):
Safeties:
-IU at Bloomington
-University of Xavier Accelerated BA/MD Program (OH)
-University of Kentucky Accelerated BA/MD Program
-Penn State 6/7 Yr. Accelerated BA/MD Program
Matches/Low Reaches:
-University of Louisville G.E.M.S. Program (KY)
*Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School
-Vanderbilt
-Brown PLME Program
-Northwestern HPME Program
-UPenn
Reaches:
-HYP (In the order Princeton, Yale, Harvard)
-WUSTL USP Program</p>
<p>Any other possibilities would be great!</p>
<p>Stats:
Weighted GPA: 4.3 (5.0 scale); 3.99 (4.0 scale- really weird school system)
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 (4.0 scale)
PSAT: 213 (predicted National Merit Semifinalist)
SAT: CR: 720; M: 660; W: 660; Composite: 2040 (Low, planning to retake)
ACT: 33 (Low on SR, gonna retake in June)
Math: 33
English: 34
Reading: 36
Science Reasoning: 29
Writing: 32 (Essay: 8)
SAT II (awaiting scores):
Biology (~750+)
Chemistry (~750+)
-Planning to take Physics, Math II, and maybe English Lit./U.S. History
Ranking: Top 5% (no ranking system)
Course load: Most Rigorous (Harder than any of my peers)
Recs: Fine (from people who have been able to see my passion for certain subjects/activities)</p>
<p>AP's (10):
10th:
AP Government&Politics (4)</p>
<p>11th (Projected scores):
AP Chem (5)
AP Bio (5)
AP Calculus AP (4/5)
AP Latin IV (4)</p>
<p>Projected 12:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP Psych.
AP English Lit.
AP English Lang.</p>
<p>*High School doesn't allow us to take AP's freshman year and most of them require certain year-long prerequisites (ex. Adv. Bio/Chem b4 AP Bio/Chem), which is why I haven't been able to take as many AP's as some other people.
*All other courses are Honors/Adv.</p>
<p>Sports (EC):
Baseball: 2 years (V)
Soccer: 2 years (1 JV, 1 V)
Tennis: 4 years (Club)</p>
<p>Music/Fine Arts (EC):
Voice:
-Baritone in High School Select Chorale
-Voice lessons for over 8 years
-Church Choir
-Over 4 Years of State and Nationally Recognized Honors Choirs
Lead singer/Rhythm guitarist of rock band: 3 years
Piano: 3 years
Guitar: 2 years
Actor/Singer:
-Several school plays/musicals including
Oklahoma and A Christmas Story</p>
<p>Academics (EC):
Math Team: 4 years
JV/V Quick Recall Team: 4 years
Governor's Cup Team: 3 years</p>
<p>Work Experience (EC):
-Internship at Brown Cancer Center (Research)- received stipend
-(2 years in summer): 400+ hours working in cancer research at University of Louisville (working on implications of three genes in development of cancer through aberrant stem cells (retinoblastoma-eye cancer))
-Working in setting up my parent's farm over the summer- landscape
-Tutoring my brother in math and other 7-8th grade kids in science/math tutoring</p>
<p>Community Service (EC):
-Volunteer at one of the hospitals in Louisville: 150+ hours (working with kids)
-Perform dramatic productions (musicals/plays) for senior citizens
-Write/send letters and other things (videos/cd's) to the soldiers of the Green Berets 1st Battalion in Iraq
-Volunteer through Philanthropy:
-On Board of Directors (trustee) for the Artemis Fund: A school trust fund set up by our vice-principal that is essentially a philanthropic council t hat helps raise money for local non-profit groups in Louisville that aid in helping the youth of the city.</p>
<p>Honors and Awards (shortened) (EC):
-Beta Club
-Founder/Leader of Desi Student Alliance (DSA)
-Club that promotes awareness of India and helps spread diversity through the school community
-Duke TIP: 2004-08
-Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program: summer 2008
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine: summer 2007
-Honors Program in high school:
-Select group of students that take extra courses on humanities and social sciences over 2 years and detail an individual research project and 20 page research paper that is set for completion at the end of senior year (with a presentation)
Voice:
-ACDA National Honors Choir 2004, 2006
-KMEA All-State Choir 2008
-KYACDA All-State Choir 2005, 2006
-ACDA Southern Divisional Choir 2008
-Recognized in the district, region, and state of KY for Governor's Cup Science Written Assessments and Quick Recall
-Biology Olympiad Semi-finalist: 2008
National Latin Exam: Many awards, including Magna & Summa Cum Laude (Gold and silver medals)
-Inducted into International Thespian Society: 2008</p>
<p>Why I feel I am qualified:
-Passionate about my singing (have been singing ever since I was two and before I could walk even- used to sing to The Jungle Book ) and I have learned other instruments to complement what I feel is a big part of my life- plus I don't see many Indians who actually have a basis in singing so it kind of singles me out (congrats on any others who have a passion for it-both classical and contemporary)
-Dedicated and brought up in a life of medicine (both my parents are physicians and I was born with a debilitating medical problem that has allowed me to see close-up the medical world and has given me a sense of empathy in helping other people with problems like I was able to be rescued- part of an FDA medical trial as we speak).
-I feel as if I have decent statistics and I try to put my all into the work I do- I really have a love for biology and the sciences because all of the concepts of physics, chemistry, and biology just seem to fascinate me in how our whole world has been created/produced and everything in it).
*I don't want to sound arrogant at all, these are things I just really believe in and what make me unique.</p>