Chances?

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<p>I am an Indian Male.
My GPA is a 3.45 in core academic subjects (Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language, English, Math), with assigning 4 pts for A, 3 Pts for B, and 2 Pts for C. I have one of the 5 hardest schedules in my school. So, this GPA is a bit deflated, in my opinion.
My rank is 99/471, but will go up to about 90/471. This is also due to many schedules that are a lot weaker than mine at a huge suburban, competitive, high-school.
I have a 800 V, 740 M on SAT I
710 Math IIC, 760 Chemistry, and 700 US History.</p>

<p>I recently turned 16 years old, and I am a senior, I hope that helps.
I sent in a CD, and a copy of my research paper on Field Emission. That paper was a big deal...It was at a prestigious lab..blah, blah, blah.</p>

<p>I am an Eagle Scout, so I have a 1000 + Community service hours with that.
I have been a varsity swimmer for 2 years. An avid swimmer for 8 +.
I'm an active Stand-Up Comedian.
I'm on my school's Math and Science, as well as Academic Quiz Bowl Teams. I have some awards and good showings at these. I am captain of two of them.
I used to play piano for about 6 years, but stopped 2 years ago.
I have lots, and lots, and lots of community service, through Boy Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, The Local Library, a Center for Autism and Related Disablities, and coaching sports to low-income kids.</p>

<p>Other Interests, Activities, and Notes</p>

<p>· Member of school’s Pep Club (Big Bad Wolves)
· Long interest in Stand-Up Comedy
· Sustained interest in hiking and other outdoor activities
· I have a very strong interest in football and baseball. I was very eagerly awaiting a chance to play on my high-school varsity teams until I suffered an injury that shattered my wrist. However, I still play intramural flag-football, as well as intramural baseball with local high-school students.
· I am very proficient at cooking traditional Indian dishes.
· I am an avid hip-hop enthusiast and DJ. I experiment with making break-beats and cutting records with my friends on weekends.
· I am fluent in Hindi and Telugu. Telugu is spoken frequently in my house, but Hindi is only spoken occasionally. I practice Hindi by watching Bollywood films. This is one of my guilty pleasures.
· During my youth, my family traveled to India, Scotland, Italy, France, and Germany. This travel has been very influential and has been instrumental in giving me a more worldly view.
· I have participated in some research every summer at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and The Center for Advanced Power Systems. This research has not been “official.” I will “officially” be allowed to participate this summer, as I have just recently turned 16.</p>

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<p>Your GPA will not keep you out if your essays are strong.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is a little weak, but your standardized tests and extracurriculars are excellent. You seem like a really interesting person. If that comes across to the adcom, you're definitely in.</p>

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<p>It seems to me if your counselor explained about your schedule/gpa/class rank your application would have very few weaknesses. Does your school do weighted GPAs? if not, you definitely got shafted and it's not your fault. How is someone taking insanely hard classes supposed to compete with someone who's only taking things like "Life after Graduation"? I agree that you sound like a really interesting person with a lot of diverse interests. adcoms would have to be pretty stupid to pass you up simply because of a lower gpa.</p>

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<p>you sound like an interesting person from your profile-- and if you carry that through on your essays, I'm sure you'll be right up there in terms of admissions considerations.</p>

<p>Also, your scores and the difficulty of your schedule seem to indicate that you're among the top in your school.</p>

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<p>what other schools are you considering?</p>

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<p>Ooo, you cut tracks for hip-hop, fi you do go to Chicago you have go to meet me, I want to hear the stuff. I can break dance and it would be cool to hear some of your stuff. And your chances aren't too bad, as long as you made yourself into a really itneresting person in your essays and you have killers teacher recs, then you will always have a good shot of getting in.</p>