Indian dude with very avg stats but big aims ;P

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>International Student: East Indian</p>

<p>School: Math/Science specialty school with insanely hard modules and global ranking</p>

<p>SAT 1: Math-770
CR-730
Writing-710</p>

<pre><code> Total-2210 (First Time, will take another time to make it to prob 2.3k)
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<p>SAT2: Math:800
Chem: 800
Physic:800</p>

<p>APs: Stats:5
Chem:5
Physic C E&M:5
Physics C Mech:5
Calculus BC:5
Calculus Ab:5
Physics B: 5</p>

<p>GPA: 4.5/5 (erm, very good for my school but obviously not the best. topper prob is a 4.7)</p>

<p>Main Listed ECAs:</p>

<p>Academic honors:</p>

<p>1) Singapore Science and Engineering Fair Gold Medalist</p>

<p>2) Singapore Space Challenge Overall Champions</p>

<p>3) Principal's List for academic excellence</p>

<p>4) Singapore Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist; trained in the Top 20 students National physics training Team.</p>

<p>5) AMC12 High Distinction, AIME qualifier. </p>

<p>6) Singapore Mathematical Society essay competition on Game Theory and Natural selection won the Gold Medal in competition</p>

<p>Activities:</p>

<p>1) Vice President, Physics Interest Group: Presented in front of ministers (Prime minister too) and diplomats from Singapore/Malaysia (came on the news). Outreach programs and other stuff too. we try to make physics interesting using demos :D</p>

<p>2)Vice Captain and school team, School Tennis club</p>

<p>3)Editor: School yearbook and international competition journals, published article in a university mathematical journal</p>

<p>4)Event Organizer: 1 national seminar and 1 national competitive engineering competition</p>

<p>5)My research project in Cancer Research (won the science fair) has patented a drug molecule. I will be going to japan to present my findings to an international audience (students mostly).</p>

<p>6) My project on Satellite surveillance (won the space challenge) has been published in the national newspaper. An international aerospace company has written about our design and model in their media events. We have been invited to showcase our project in asia's largest satellite conference in 2010</p>

<p>7)Currently interning at a university, designing a payload concept for their pioneering nanosatellite program. </p>

<p>8) My successful cancer research was done interning at a govt biotech agency.</p>

<p>9) Finalists in the 'creative plane' category in an RC plane competition</p>

<p>10) 2nd place in a university level projectile launching competition (fired stuff using a spud cannon :P)</p>

<p>11) Defense Science Organization: Researched on modeling dyslexia using simulations,won the merit award in a science fair</p>

<p>12)Built a Thermal Camouflage suit for the Defense Science Organization (Research),won the Distinction award in a Youth Science Conference.</p>

<p>13)Currently taking Undergard yr 1 electrical engineering module at a Uni</p>

<p>14) Volunteer teacher for Physics Olympiad for Senior high school students in my school.</p>

<p>15) community service with yellow ribbon (helped out ex-convict kid in academics) and currently tutoring another kid as part of my ethnic community organization.</p>

<p>16) Probably heading off to Perth (not yet decided by school, in initial phase) to do another research venture:D, went over to Malaysia for some astro stuff too.</p>

<p>Recs:
I believe should be very solid. My teachers were there with me throughout my activities :D</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd College (with FA, hopefully wunna get an international scholarship)</p>

<p>Georgia Institute of Technology (with FA)</p>

<p>Caltech (no FA)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon (with FA)</p>

<p>Cornell (with FA)</p>

<p>MIT (with FA but need-blind which is good)</p>

<p>Princeton (with FA but need-blind again, probably, EDing to their finan. engineering dept)</p>

<p>Stanford (no FA)</p>

<p>UC-Berkeley (no FA)</p>

<p>University of Illinois (FA)</p>

<p>University of Michigan (FA)</p>

<p>University of Texas at Austin (FA but their procedure for assiatnce is rather disjoint within each dept, pretty confusing :( )</p>

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<p>how are those average stats ur a beast kid</p>

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<p>Those are pretty average stats. It’s gonna be a big reach for all those schools esp. most international students apply to those school have International Olympiad credential and whatnot. Sorry to destroy your hopes. It doesn’t hurt to apply though</p>

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<p>Um, there are a lot of Indians in Singapore.</p>

<p>Also, your stats are to average as Megan Fox is to ugly.</p>

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<p>Wow… I have one thing to say: Why isn’t Harvard on your list? I mean, my god, you’re designing payloads for satellites, researching cancer, and presenting before Prime Ministers. They’d kill for somebody like you.</p>

<p>Also, don’t listen to the other asian<insert#> user; he’s obviously jealous. And you’re obviously brilliant. Be sure to write from the G8 or the UN or wherever you end up!</insert#></p>

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<p>I think you have a much better shot at the tech colleges than the ivies. Your scores other than math are weak and there’s no well roundedness with everything being math/science.</p>

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<p>Average stats? are you kidding me?</p>

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<p>if you count those average stats…many people would be considered illiterate…those are great</p>

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<p>hi asian75 and all,</p>

<p>I am really sorry but what I meant by ‘average stats’ was my SAT score and GPA (considering some ppl in my school who have stellar stats in academics)</p>

<p>I know my activities arent as stellar as what asian75 thinks. This is the only reason why I posted in a chance thread. If i knew i could get into such colleges, I wouldnt be wasting about 20mins of my time writing all this.</p>

<p>As please, I consider myself far from egocentric lol. </p>

<p>Thanks for the comments by everyone though. I have met ppl like asian75 a lot in my life and they really drive me to do better. So thanks man :D</p>

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<p>seriously, dont dishearten or belittle other people by calling those stats average. you know those are great</p>

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<p>haha xargon42, you should come to my school. </p>

<p>I would say my stats/activities are pretty average (probably above average) to many students applying to similar unis. It is tough down here in Singapore lol.</p>

<p>Regards</p>

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<p>just for an example, one of my senior got into Harvard University with a Full scholarship to do her undergrad as an International Student.</p>

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<p>^
That would help you a lot if you were actually her. Other than that it is not going to help you.</p>

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<p>indianmonster, I take it you’re from NUS High? Greetings from ACS(I)! You’ve got a really strong list of science ECs (kinda to be expected from NUS High though), and would have a good shot at the tech schools (try improving the SAT for Caltech). How come you’re asking some schools for FA and not for others?</p>

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<p>lol yea. true.</p>

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<p>Hey Kthanksbye! Good to see another Singaporean in this thread haha.</p>

<p>Yes, I am from NUS High School. And yea, it was tough as hell here but now, approaching the final sem, things have slackened a lot.</p>

<p>The thing is, I am not applying for any singapore scholarship (due to their insane bond periods), so Fin. aid was a must.</p>

<p>As for why the irregularity, I am pretty sure a few colleges like Stanford would outright reject me if I listed for Fin Aid. I was originally thinking of paying full time (I am pretty well off) but with my stats, I felt that probably applying Fin AId would be wise.</p>

<p>Moreover, for colleges like Harvey Mudd, the admin rates r pretty high (even for internationals) so I thought my advantageous stats could optimize my Fin AId disadvantage. But yea, this doesnt work for colleges with admin rates of like <10% for RD students and that probably have much less than 5% admin rates for international without Fin Aid.</p>

<p>Regards</p>

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<p>If this is average, then my entire high school life has been a complete waste. Seriously, how could this possibly be considered average, even in a highly competitive area? I’m don’t understand why you’re so worried.</p>

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<p>happycowlover.</p>

<p>Let Stats= SAT score + GPA </p>

<p>sry my bad but that’s what I meant ok?</p>

<p>I know my activities are good but it isnt a subset of my stats.</p>

<p>Regards</p>

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<p>Well, the list is impressive, but you must consider the international applicant pool is exceptionally strong. For instance: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/485345-chances-top-schools-thanks-you.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/485345-chances-top-schools-thanks-you.html&lt;/a&gt; (RSI Distinction <em>and</em> ISEF Gold <em>and</em> EPGY) or at the risk of being seen as tooting my own horn: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’d say good chance at all the schools - but not an outright admit at any one of them.</p>

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<p>im gonna say ■■■■■. big ■■■■■
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