<p>I'm considering taking a gap year and I am currently in my senior year at high school. I need advice as to whether I should take the gap year. What I plan to do in the gap year will be written in [brackets].
SAT: 2120 - Superscore (3 attempts) [Confident I can push this up to 2200 at least]</p>
<p>SAT II: Math Lvl 2: 790 Chemistry: 690 Physics 680 [Chem - 800, Physics 750+]</p>
<p>TOEFL: 116/120</p>
<p>IB Diploma:
Math HL: 7
Chemistry HL: 7
Physics HL: 6
English SL: 7
Hindi SL: 6
Economics SL: 6</p>
<p>= 39/42 (3rd Term) [Something similar in the finals + 3 points on EE and TOK]</p>
<p>Rank: 4 in class of 100
(Highly Rigorous)</p>
<p>IGCSE
9 SUBJECTS
7A* And 2A</p>
<p>ExtraCurricular</p>
<p>Leadership:
Peer Mentor, House Captain (4 years)
Captain of sports teams
Group Leader in science projects
Founder of a social service organisations
[Planning a global event. will be completed before Jan]</p>
<p>Debating/Public Speaking
7 MUNS - Awarded in 5
President of G-14 at a school organized MUN
Various Debates over 4 years
[Participate in national conferences and debates]</p>
<p>IMPORTANT: WRITING
Published commentator on national and international affairs
Author of over a hundred poems: Published and compiled into a book.
[Publish this book]</p>
<p>Participant in International Exchange programs to Europe.</p>
<p>Certificate of Honour for 100% in Physics (10th Grade)</p>
<p>Completed 2 internships at a logistics and publishing company.
[Complete another Internship at Bill Clinton/Bill Gates Foundation which has a strong presence on the ground in India.]
[Learn a foreign language]
[Spend time in Africa or South America with WHO or Engineers without Borders]</p>
<p>Summer Programs: Princeton 08-09</p>
<p>I am applying for Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology.</p>
<p>I wish to know what my chances are at:</p>
<p>All the Ivies
UC Berkley and LA
Stanford
Rice
MIT
CMU
Johns Hopkins
Lehigh
Harvey Mudd
Northwestern
Olin </p>
<p>All this apart whats your take on the whole concept of taking a gap year.</p>