<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Asian (India) Female
Attend a public high school just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio</p>
<p>GPA: ~3.8 UW/4.05 W (GPA in each school year has progressively improved)
Rank: School doesn't rank
ACT: 33 Comp [35 Eng, 34 Math, 30 Reading, 31 Sci; 10 Essay]
SAT II's : US History 740; Chem 710; Literature 670
AP tests: 5 on US and European History; 4 on Statistics; will be taking Bio, US Gov, Psychology, Calc and English this year
Courseload: I've always taken the most rigorous courseload offered at my high school except for math, but I managed to move my way into AP calculus for this school year</p>
<p>School EC's:</p>
<p>-School newspaper (9-12): Editor-in-chief; the paper has earned regional and national awards
-Speech and Debate team (9-12): Debate team captain and club president; I was the youngest person in the state of Ohio to ever qualify for the State Finals for Public Forum Debate; won numerous other awards throughout my four years
-Electric Orchestra (9-12): played keyboards for the orchestra for four years; performed three times with Emmy-award winning TSO violinist Mark Wood and TSO drummer Jeff Plate
-National Honor Society (member)
-Global Language Honor Society (member)</p>
<p>Piano:</p>
<p>-I've played piano for 12 years, and am currently in the process of getting certification from the Royal Conservatory of Music in London for piano performance and theory [I should have this done by May 2010]; I've gotten high honors or honors scores on all 14+ exams I've taken from them and currently have one of the highest cumulative scores in the nation
-I have earned the highest score at the Junior Music Festival for nine consecutive years
-I've won or placed at three state-level piano competitions
-Three-year national winner of the National Piano-Playing auditions through the National Guild of Piano Teachers</p>
<p>Community/Volunteering/Entrepreneurship
-I volunteer at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital in the same-day surgery unit
-I have led our Indian community's youth group for four years and organized numerous cultural activities for children at regional and national events
-I founded a non-profit organization three years ago which organizes recitals at senior centers and hospitals for music students of all levels, which helps the residents at senior centers and hospitals and helps music students solidify their performance skills and gain confidence in themselves; all proceeds go towards scholarships for underprivileged music students</p>
<p>Other
-I've had one of my newspaper articles published in an international newspaper
-I was runner up to represent Ohio at the National History Day tournament; I qualified for the state-level tournament twice
-I was the only high school student selected to attend a financial forum at the University of Chicago to help discuss the (then-current) financial situation.
-I was one of twelve students selected by the Cincinnati Enquirer to follow throughout the college admissions process
-I've attended medical and journalism forums at Columbia University, Georgetown University and Indiana University
-AP Scholar with distinction</p>
<p>** And finally...colleges**</p>
<p>-Barnard College (Early Decision) (legacy)
-Oberlin College
-Case Western Reserve University
-Johns Hopkins University
-Cornell University
-University of Pennsylvania
-Stanford University (legacy)
-University of Chicago
-Brown University
-Vanderbilt University
-Wellesley College
-Smith College
-Northwestern University
-Duke University
-Washington University in St. Louis
-University of Michigan at Ann Arbor</p>
<p>-already accepted at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University</p>
<p>Recs: Three from teachers who all really liked me, and my counselor recommendation should be pretty strong
Essay: I talked about how I built my way up from severe failures in two activities I now succeed in (debate and piano).</p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone! I'll chance back if needed.</p>
