<p>i m quite impressed by naidu's sat marks. dreams for me!and see i left my sure chances to be a doctor in scholarship with a view that i will study at stanford!!!!god help me!
n what r these stellar ECs? got no idea yaar</p>
<p>i like mit and yaleeeeeee... kind of opposites too =b
^hey we have the same name!</p>
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<p>That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard!!</p>
<p>Good luck with Sciences-Po and all the other ones though!</p>
<p>Greece present...so what do I do? Do i post like stats and colleges or sth??
(there's ignorance all over for u:p)</p>
<p>na we just chat a little and get to know each other a bit!</p>
<p>so that in a few months we'll all be congratulating and consoling each other!!!</p>
<p>Ten years from now - CC International Class '12 laughin n jokin about the good ol' times !!!</p>
<p>Where are you going to apply most likely, debate_addict? </p>
<p>P.S. Nice name, I'm actually right now writing my intro speech for debating class tomorrow!!</p>
<p>hey , what is ur real name? don't tell if u don't like it, anyways, it is nice to have someone with a name similar 2 ur own.in my class too, have got another student of my own name.</p>
<p>My name is Panagiotis-choose between Panos and Peter (I like both..)
I am an IB student from Greece (duh) and I will be applying and HYP and other colleges of similar caliber. My passion is international relations and I love MUNs and everything connected to it. Ehm, more info about me will come along the discussions..it's easier that way. But by all means, do ask me anything you wanna know!</p>
<p>my name is rena! lol and my last name begins with a k so renak... creative isnt it?</p>
<p>yeah, really innovative. But then again, mine is no better!!</p>
<p>debate-addict, if you are applying for International Relations, why don't you look at Georgetown, Tufts, GWU, American?</p>
<p>I will be back soon :D just too busy with my magazine! ;)</p>
<p>@ r6mile
I am, I just didn't mention them. My top choices are HYP..</p>
<p>and what about your stats debate_addict?</p>
<p>Languages
a. Greek native language
b. English excellent, CPE-grade A
c. German very good, Mittelstufe Diplom
d. French good
e. Ancient Greek adequate (reading and writing)
f. Chinese beginner
**
Honors/awards**</p>
<p>IB1 2006-2007
a. Proteio Proodou (certificate for ranking 1 of 150 students)
b. Best delegate and most hard-working delegate at DSAMUN
c. Elected to represent my school as a part of the debate group at the national Greek forensics tournament
d. Elected to partake in the ACMUN as a deputy chair for the disarmament committee
e. Won bronze medal in group competition at the ACS mathematics tournament amongst IB schools in Greece</p>
<p>1st class of lyceum 2005-2006
a. Aristeion Proodou (certificate of excellence for my school performances)
b. Spokesperson for my international summer camp
c. Award for graduating top of my class as well as for my top grades as a CPE candidate at my language school
d. Honorably mentioned in TMUN (Thessaloniki (Model United Nations) as best speaker in the political committee</p>
<p>3rd class of gymnasium 2004-2005
a. Member of student government
b. Aristeion Proodou (national certificate of progress)
c. Award of excellence for my excelling at my language school </p>
<p>Extracurricular activities</p>
<p>2006-2007
a. Editor in charge of IB1 at my school newspaper
b. Impromptu speaking Club
c. Debate club
d. Student at a language school, studying German and French
e. Studying Chinese as an additional class offered by IB
f. Participant in DSAMUN
g. Deputy chair at the ACMUN for the disarmament committee</p>
<p>2005-2006
a. Writer for my school annual newspaper
b. Participant as an executive/student in an innovative summer camp in Greece, with students of various nationalities.
c. Enrolled in an 18-hour seminar about teaching and coping with children of different ages, as well as learning how to form a productive and efficient teaching schedule, in order to transmit and consolidate knowledge.
d. Participant in the TMUN that takes place annually in Greece
e. Enrolled in a professional badminton course.
f. Student at a language school, learning French and German.</p>
<p>2004-2005
a. Playing badminton intramurally.
b. Student at a language school studying German.
c. Created a math/sciences study group with my classmates.</p>
<p>Other personal interests
a. Badminton (three years intramurally and 1 extramurally)
b. Debate and MUN (I have taken part in three MUNs)
c. Journalism (I was an article writer in my high school newspaper and editor in charge of IB1 in the IB journal)
d. Summer camps (I have attended various summer camps during the past 11 years)
e. Piano lessons for 9 years
f. Research and presentation of a survey upon humanitarian organizations.</p>
<p>Work
Experience<br>
Worked at my mother’s coffee shop.
Worked at a pamphlet distributing company.<br>
Participated in a leadership position at a multicultural, international summer camp in Greece. I was selected to work as a assistant in an international summer camp, and concurrently train myself for an executive position there.
Worked as a tutor in English. I tutored a girl for her Michigan Certificate in English, especially focusing on her oral skills, and eventually she succeeded in attaining the diploma. </p>
<p>Volunteer
Experience<br>
Volunteered at the Sisters of Mercy Soup Kitchen
Star distribution for the make a wish foundation:<br>
Helped at the red cross errand that my school orchestrated</p>
<p>GPA. IB (most demanding workload available 4 Higher levels and 2 standard levels_
40.9 out of 42 (97%)
High school sophomore year: 98%</p>
<p>SAT scores (projected)
CR 750 and above,
Writing 750 and above (hopefully 800-i love this section :D)
Math 800 (amazing teacher)</p>
<p>SAT II: Gonna take em
Literature (practise tests are stellar-unexpected huh!! :D)
Chemistry- no issues there
German: 800-it is pretty standard since i've done German for 7 years.</p>
<p>Pretty Good!!! Just get those essays right!</p>
<p>Btw I have been wondering, I also have equal number of ECs, but in the app we need to write down only 5-6 So I think those 5-6 ECs should be really solid ones. The next important thing is Essays you mess with them they mess you up!</p>
<p>Ajay
<a href="http://evolution.MITprospectives.org%5B/url%5D">http://evolution.MITprospectives.org</a></p>
<p>debate_addict, you're awesome!! if you write decent essays you're as close to HYP as one can get!!!</p>
<p>yep true! .... ....</p>
<p>Wow, thanks you guys. I can evaluate everybody but myself..that is really nice of u, but you never know...
ah, all i want is to get into a good college. Anywho, what about u guys? Tell me more about urselves.</p>
<p>Just a few more secs and I will post my Stats</p>
<p>Class IX Scores:</p>
<ol>
<li>English : 92%(A)</li>
<li>Hindi(Native Lang) : 88.5%(A)</li>
<li>Mathematics : 88.1%(A)</li>
<li>Science (Phy, Chem, Bio combined) : 95%(A)</li>
<li>Social Studies(includes Geography, History, Civics) : 83.3%(A)</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
<li>Computer Science : A</li>
</ol>
<p>Rank : 1st</p>
<p>Class X:</p>
<p>1.English : 90% (A)
2. Hindi : 63%(Oops) (B)
3. Mathematics : 87 (A)
4. Science
- Practicals - 25/25
- Theory - 72/75
Total% -> 97%(A)
5. Social Science
- Project Work - 20/20
- Theory - 73/80
Total% -> 93% (A)</p>
<ol>
<li>Work Experience : A</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
</ol>
<p>Grade XI : 80 %</p>
<p>Academics :
*** Special Appreciation by NASA in the NASA Student Involvement Program. ( w00t )
1. Gold Medal in National Informatics Olympiad.
2. 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.
3. Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Science Talent Examination conduceted by Bangalore Science Forum.
4. 7th Rank in 'Assesment of Scholastic Skills through Education Testing.
5. Represented region with my science project at Indian Institute of Techonology. Secured 1st Rank.
6. Finalist National Environmental Quiz conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.
7. Won state level debate conducted by Hindi Samaj.</p>
<p>Leadership : </p>
<ol>
<li>School Captain. {Indian Equivalent of Student Body head}</li>
<li>School Prefect - Before I was promoted to School Captain.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' certificate by National Cadet Corps {NCC > Indian Equivalent of ROTC}</li>
<li>School Basketball and Volleyball Team Captain.</li>
<li>Head of student body at my previous school too {2 years ago, so not important I guess}</li>
</ol>
<p>Social Work:</p>
<ol>
<li>Special Appreciation by Leprosy Mission.</li>
<li>Special Appreciation by LIFE { Lower Income Family Emancipation }</li>
<li>Led a AIDS awareness drive sponsored by school.</li>
</ol>
<p>Sports:</p>
<ol>
<li>Represented region at state level for Volleyball and Ball Badminton {What is ball badminton? never mind:D}</li>
<li>School Basketball and Volleyball Captain.</li>
</ol>
<p>Others:</p>
<ol>
<li>Founder of a Evolution Science Magazine{Ezine} geared towards students - <a href="http://evolution.MITprospectives.org%5B/url%5D">http://evolution.MITprospectives.org</a></li>
<li>I have my own Linux Distribution used by a few schools in my city {Its geared towards education}</li>
<li>Founder of Linux User Group in my City.</li>
<li>Founder of inter school gaming club in the city.</li>
<li>Member Ubuntu Linux India Team.</li>
</ol>
<p>{Dont ask me about why 63 is a B, its Indian system ;) }</p>
<p>Now coming to SATs</p>
<p>I havent given it yet. BUT I have an average score of 2250 on around 5 Practice tests.</p>
<p>Cant comment about SAT II. Though I gave a Phy practice test full 800.</p>
<p>Cheers!!!</p>