Hey guys, I remember someone else doing once of these things where you guess the person’s admissions decisions, and since it’s March, and decisions are coming out very soon, I thought “Why not?” You just have to guess where I get into, but what makes this one slightly more interesting than the other ones is that I’m a shotgunner–I applied to 31 schools with taking only 1 or 2 days for each of the applications, for the most part! I remember a huge post on this that was rampant with discussion, so here goes. These are things about me:
I am a currently a senior, and am Indian, speak Tamil and English fluently, and my parents are 1st generation immigrants (who went to college). (Now we are citizens.) I am from a higher end middle class family ~150K income, and currently reside in California.
GRADES:
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.56
12 (13 if you count government and econ as separate) APs taken through high school: World History, US History, Computer Science, Chemistry, Language & Composition, Calculus AB, 2D Studio Art
In senior year: Statistics, Physics 1, US Government (1st semester), Macroeconomics (2nd semester), Calculus BC, Literature & Composition, Senior-project class (making a website to teach java as a senior class, so it replaced my peer tutoring class) <–Basically an additional EC I updated colleges with.
My GPA is current for all of high school, except 2nd semester senior year.
STANDARDIZED TESTING SCORES:
SAT Reasoning Test: 2090 (1st), 2150 (2nd), 2280 (3rd)
2280 Composite
690CR
800M,
790W
SAT Subject Tests:
–Math Level 2: 740
–Chemistry: 730
—Math Level 1: 730
–US History: 670 (Probably not going to submit)
PSAT- 211 (got a commendation letter for NMSQT)
Top 9% ELC
AP test scores:
AP World History—4
AP US History—4
AP Computer Science A—3
AP Chemistry—4
AP Language & Composition–3
AP Calculus AB—5
Awards: Nothing much: NMS Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, NHS Stuff, and High GPA Stuff from school
ECs:
- JSA President (12th grade, 5 h/w, 30w/y) Details: Led debates on politics. Additional responsibility of managing monetary funds. Arranged to send people to JSA meetings first time in school history.
- Meggitt Safety Systems Intern (11th grade, 33 h/w, 4 w/y) Details: Four-week paid internship in High Achiever Summer Jobs Program. Organized purchase orders and made reports for marketing and engineering departments.
- Keller Williams, Real-Estate, Unpaid Internship (11th grade, 10 h/w, 30 w/y) Details: I was expected to make 100 cold calls and 500 letters, but I made 300 calls and 1000 letters monthly. I worked 5 hours overtime weekly.
- Secretary of Science Club (10 grade, 2 h/w, 30 w/y) Details: Helped conduct the first intraschool science fair. One of the key board members who organized the first successful fundraiser for school science fair.
- Co-Founder of Rubik's Cube Club (12th grade, 2 h/w, 15 w/y) Details: Club's focus is to teach how to speed-solve Rubik's Cube. Planned mini-tournaments within group members. Taught 5 people to solve in under a minute.
- Taekwondo (9th, 8 h/w, 40 w/y) Details: 2nd degree black belt after 5 years of training. Student-of-the-Year award in 2011. Taught lower belt-level classes sparring and forms techniques.
- Vintage Simi Hills Volunteer and Instructed Others (10th-11th grades, 3 h/w, 25 w/y) Details: Helped out senior citizen home during their snack and leisure time. Conducted a few weekend yoga classes. Called to instruct and train new volunteers.
- Tutoring (11th-12th grades, 2 h/w, 30 w/y) Details: Tutored geometry and Algebra 1 to two students. Both improved from failing to passing grades. Previous tutee recommended me to who I currently tutor.
- SKY (Simplified Kundalini Yoga) (9th-12th grades, 3 h/w, 52 w/y) Details: Achieved third level. Through Kundalini Yoga, I experienced reduction in Cholesterol levels and eye power. Learned to take care of my health better.
- Basketball Tournaments (9th-10th grades, 10 h/w, 10 w/y) Details: Played Center and Power Forward positions. Semi-finals in both Boys and Girls Club, and Rec. Center tournaments. Most rebounds and steals on my team.
UPDATE to ECs: About a third or so of the colleges on my CommonApp added a new project that I am working on–an android application for the real-estate agent I worked for in 11th grade. I sent it to colleges ~March 5th, so I doubt most of them will factor it in their decisions, but hopefully… Oh well.
My personal statement is about how a certain type of yoga has helped develop me both physically and mentally, and how I used my knowledge to teach people at the senior center I volunteer, and about how the meditation I do with that yoga has helped me in school.
Where I applied (terribly long since I shotgunned haha, bear with me):
-All UCs EXCEPT Merced
-Cal Poly SLO
-Colorado Boulder
-University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
-Boston College
-Brown University
-Carnegie Mellon University
-Claremont McKenna College
-Columbia University
-Cornell University
-Dartmouth College
-Duke University
-Georgia Institute of Technology
-Harvard College
-Harvey Mudd College
-Johns Hopkins University
-Northwestern University
-Rice University
-Stanford University
-University of Pennsylvania
-University of Southern California
-Vanderbilt University
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Yale University
