Final Chances Thread

<p>So here are the statistics:</p>

<p>Class IX Scores(Grade 9):</p>

<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(Grade 10):</p>

<p>1.English : 90% (A)
2. Mathematics : 87 (A)
3. Science

  • Practicals - 25/25
  • Theory - 72/75
    Total% -> 97%(A)
  1. Social Science
  • Project Work - 20/20
  • Theory - 73/80
    Total% -> 93% (A)</p>

<li>Work Experience : A</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
</ol>

<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 80%</p>

<p>I will be appearing for my SATs in October. Been scoring around 2200 on the practice tests.</p>

<p>Major Awards :
**
-Special Appreciation by NASA during the NASA Student Involvement Program.</p>

<p>-Special Appreciation by Leprosy Mission.</p>

<p>-Special Appreciation by LIFE { Lower Income Family Emancipation }</p>

<p>-Founder of a Evolution Science Magazine{Ezine} Worlds first Ezine catering the interest of high school students.</p>

<p>-Honored by Indian Govt. for an All India AIDS Awareness Motorcycle Rally</p>

<p>-Co-Founder Comic Strips <a href=“http://lolzord.cfsquad.org%5B/url%5D”>http://lolzord.cfsquad.org</a> { Nothing major but yeah I enjoy that, you wont find much there because of a recent server crash}</p>

<ul>
<li>Represented at an International Conference on Child Concerns.
**
Academics :</li>
</ul>

<p>1. Gold Medal in National Informatics Olympiad {Conducted by a private foundation}.</p>

<li><p>3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad {Conducted by SOF}.</p></li>
<li><p>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Science Talent Examination conduceted by Bangalore Science Forum.</p></li>
<li><p>7th Rank in 'Assesment of Scholastic Skills through Education Testing.</p></li>
<li><p>Represented region with my science project{ An Operation System for education} at Indian Institute of Techonology. Secured 1st Rank.</p></li>
<li><p>Finalist {1st Runners up} National Environmental Quiz conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.</p></li>
<li><p>Won state level debate conducted by Hindi Samaj.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Leadership :</p>

<p>**1. School Captain. {Indian Equivalent of Student Body head} - 2 Years </p>

<li><p>School Prefect - Before I was promoted to School Captain. - 1 Year</p></li>
<li><p>Awarded ‘A’ certificate by National Cadet Corps {NCC > Indian Equivalent of ROTC}</p></li>
<li><p>School Basketball and Volleyball Team Captain. [2 Years]**</p></li>
<li><p>Head of student body at my previous school too {2 years ago, so not important I guess}</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Sports:</p>

<li>Represented region at state level for Volleyball and Ball Badminton {What is ball badminton? never mind}[1 Year]</li>
</ol>

<p>Others:</p>

<li><p>I have my own Linux Distribution used by a few schools in my city {Its geared towards education}</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of Linux User Group in my City.[ Completed 1.5 yrs]</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of inter school gaming club in the city.</p></li>
<li><p>Member Ubuntu Linux India Team.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Community Service - 160 + Hrs at a Military Hospital</p>

<p>Recs are going to be stellar and I will try my best with the essays</p>

<p>I am an International seeking Aid.</p>

<p>Colleges:
ED: Dartmouth
Rice
H[Y]PM < Not applying to Yale :slight_smile:
Harvey Mudd
JHU
Brown
Duke
Oberlin and Reed</p>

<p>Suggestions regarding my college list are also welcome :)</p>

<p>Cheers!</p>

<p>I have no suggestions regarding colleges...</p>

<p>Thank you for your reply Khalid :p</p>

<p>what about your end of the bargain??</p>

<p>Are those stats of yours for real!!!!!!!!! hehe if they are then.....damn!!!!! they look utterly frightening..even by usual CC standards :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As for the suggestions..well why aren't places like Stanford and Caltech in that list? Best of Luck man!!!! :)</p>

<p>haha thanks shail619.</p>

<p>Caltech and Stanford are acutally on my list but since their decisions are unpredictible so I didnt bother asking :)</p>

<p>@ ajayc
You look so much like a "typical" MIT guy to me.... and that linux distro thing is really cool man!!!! keep it up....</p>

<p>Thanks again Shail :)</p>

<p>wow..uve got a good chance just about anywhere eh</p>

<p>I hope I get in Dartmouth(ED).</p>

<p>How did you make your distro man? I have always wanted to know how...</p>

<p>well rama there are numerous ways of doing that either you can take the LFS - Linux from scratch way or take any base distro and modify it to your needs and also use linux live scripts if you want to make it a live distro! :) </p>

<p>You can PM me if you want the details, lets stick to my chanes here :p</p>

<p>ah yes.... cool. well then, yes, lets get back to your chances! ;)</p>

<p>haha so are you going to comment on my chances or not? ;)</p>

<p>I am about as bad a person to comment on your chances as you are. I am not in college, and even so, I just don't know enough about the process.</p>

<p>I am wondering though, do you think that you are leaving yourself enough time for SAT II if you are taking SAT I only in October? Or have you already taken SAT II?</p>

<p>Also, I notice that you have absolutely no sport or art activity (like music, poetry, etc). While this is not a requirement, it would look good in the application to show that you are well-rounded. You do have good community service though. What major are you planning to apply as?</p>

<p>no sport activity?????</p>

<p>The guy is the captain of the school basketball and volleyball team.</p>

<p>Precisely what I was about to say :) And I was in State Volleyball and Ball Badminton Team.</p>

<p>sid: You are going to brown right? Cool! BTW Have they started free Wifi access at DT {the mall} ?</p>

<p>Ah I didn't see that... The again I am (metaphorically) blind and I am real sorry for the lapse on my part.</p>

<p>anyone else on my chances? :)</p>

<p>I hate it but BUMP!</p>