<p>I think my goals are disproportionately high in comparison to my record, so I wanna know what you guys think.</p>
<ul>
<li>EA at Stanford
OR</li>
<li><p>ED Georgetown School of Foreign Service</p></li>
<li><p>Pomona College</p></li>
<li><p>Brown University</p></li>
<li><p>UC Berkeley</p></li>
<li><p>UT Plan II</p></li>
<li><p>Johns Hopkins</p></li>
<li><p>Upenn Huntsman Program</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell College of Arts and Sciences</p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore Honors</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia College</p></li>
<li><p>Washington University</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon</p></li>
<li><p>Rice University</p></li>
<li><p>Emory</p></li>
</ul>
<p>MY BIO
- IB Diploma Program (8 formal IB classes in 2 years)
- AP Program (8 formal AP courses, 3 years)
- school district's "Talented and Gifted" program
- *********BIGGEST WEAKNESS = no language 4, 5, 6 (i regret being an idiot as far as choosing latin and then dropping out without a good backup plan, but it's too late now)
- GPA = 3.96 out of 4.0
- Rank = 28 out of 593 (top 5 percent)
- Racially Asian (i know it hurts, but can't change that now)
- attending one of Newsweek's top 100 high schools
- Texas</p>
<p>MY ACADEMICS
- Latin 1 ,2, and AP/pre-IB 3
- AP/pre-IB US History, AP/pre-IB European Studies
- all maths up to AB Calculus AB
- pre-AP/pre-IB Bio, Chem, Physics
- AP/IB SL Bio, IB SL Physics
- AP Psychology
- IB HL = History, English, Biology
- IB SL = Hindi, Math, Physics
- ALL A's in all classes except for a B both semesters in Pre-calculus in 10th grade</p>
<p>VOLUNTEER
- Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic (120 hours, 3 years)
- American Red Cross Club (30 hours, President and co-founder, 2 years)
- Local Hospital (20 hours, 5 weeks)</p>
<p>MY EXTRA CURRICULARS
- Varsity Concert Band (4 years Oboe, placed in state level competition 11th, 6 hours per week)
- Private Oboe lessons (7 years, .5 hours per week, so a **** load of hours overall)
- Marching Band (4 years Competition Team, Baritone Euphonium, minimum 18 hours per week, 4-5 months)
- School Newspaper (4 years, Editorial Section Editor, 2 years)
- Interfaith Club (4 years, Vice President 2 years)
- Varsity Full Orchestra (English Horn + Oboe, First chair, 4 years, 5 hours per week)
- Martial Arts (Black Belt, 6 years, 3 hours per week)</p>
<p>INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
- IBSO (4 years, Awareness Committee Chair 11th)
- EE on Public Health Model in Sri Lanka
- HL History Thesis on Liberation Theology in the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua
- 150 hours of IB-defined "Creativity, Action & Service" hours
- Required to enter the Intel Science Fair for biology (we'll see how that turns out)</p>
<p>SKILLS
- Internship at the State Attorney General's Office (20 hours a week, 1 month)
- Indian School of Music (Tabla, 3 years, 1 hour per week)
- 6 years of formal Hindi classes outside of school
- JSA Politik Opinion editor (4 years, Editor for 3 years)</p>
<p>HONORS/AWARDS
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Top award at Regional Oboe Solo competition all 4 years
- Second level award at State Oboe Solo competition (10th grade)
- 1st chair District Band at regional competition (11th grade)
- Advanced to Latin State Competition (10th grade)
- 3 smaller awards in Latin competitions (9th and 10th grade)
- High School Academic Award (all 4 years)
- NHS, NLHS, Mu Alpha Theta (if they accept me)</p>
<p>BEST POSSIBLE RECS
- One caught me sparknoting once, other one is currently mad at me, other one accused me of taking "too many bathroom breaks"</p>
<p>MY SCORES
PSAT = National Merit Scholarship Finalist
(SAT I scores are all from second attempt)
SAT I Math = 720
SAT I Reading = 740
SAT I Writing = 760
SAT II: Biology = 780
SAT II: US History = 780
SAT II: Math II = 790
ACT = 33
ACT writing = 30
AP US History = 5
AP Calculus AB = 5
AP English = 5
AP Biology = 5
AP European History = 5
IB SL Hindi = 5</p>