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Colleges and Universities A-Z Lehigh University
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<p>GPA:3.3
SAT 1920 (CR-680, M-590, WR-670) retaking in october
(side note: sick on the day of the test, so kinda guarenteed hopefully to get a higher score on the october ones)</p>

<p>EC:
Student Government: Head of Publicity Commitee
Debate 4 years w/ many awards and captaincy
Theater Perfomances (four different plays)
Co-Founder of JSA
XC Captain
Spring Track captain
Mock Trial
Eastern Culture Club
Ski and Board club
Wrestling</p>

<p>Volunteer:
125+ hrs working at Hospital and a School for the blind.</p>

<p>Work:
2 weeks at my fathers office in NYC
4 weeks in my fathers factory in India</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Calc AB
Law Honors
Senior Focus Program Honors (this is a program that colleges love. Basically you choose a topic and write a paper and then do field work with it. It looks really good on an app. btw this was told to me by my college guidance dude and some college reps)
Engineering
Tragic Visions (English)</p>

<p>Indian origin
Attend a very tough private school (Dwight-Englewood)
no ranking
no GPA boost if that matters.</p>

<p>anything else i need?
also im not sure but i want to do business</p>

<p>plz excuse my spelling</p>

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<p>"retaking in october" with that, You have good chance.</p>

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<p>Well, I am going out on a limb here. </p>

<p>I am a Lehigh alum. We go back every year for football games, reunions, etc. I give a moderate amount as an alum. ( I contribute with every drive, but I do not give thousands of dollars.)</p>

<p>My daughter applied last year. Stats: Weighted avg: 4.6, unweighted, 3.7. Rank 28 out of 375.
3 varsity sports since 9th grade, national honor society, for.lang. hs. bus.hs.
science hs., leaders club, etc, etc. She has visited the school numerous time, since we go to Lehigh-Lafayette almost every year.</p>

<p>SATS: the big determinant: while her average in AP classes, etc was well above average, her SAT's were not. Mid 1200's.</p>

<p>Result: Waitlisted.</p>

<p>So, am I a bit cynical, yes! My nephew, who did not belong to National Honor Society, did not play varsity sports, yet did receive my rec, was accepted. </p>

<p>Male-Female differences definitely have a role.. NYTimes had an article detailing how so many females are being rejected or waitlisted at colleges they would normally have gotten into several years ago.</p>

<p>I am also cynical in a sense, because I feel that income may play a role in admissions. Correct me if I am wrong. </p>

<p>As a middle income student from Long Island, would a student who needed no financial aid be preferred?</p>

<p>good luck to all applicants--Lehigh is an amazing school--As an alumni,my pride is so strong--just wish I could afford to send my own kids to it!</p>

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<p>funk - definitely retake the SAT's, and if possible the ACT's. Not sure what you plan to major in but your math seems a little on the low side.</p>