<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I am an Indian female in my senior year. I’m in a CBSE school (the most popular national board in the country, considered one of the most rigorous).</p>
<p>GRADES:</p>
<p>• Freshman year – 10.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (10 point scale)
A1 grade in all subjects
First Rank in my batch of around 200 students.</p>
<p>• Sophomore year – Scored 98.2% in the Std X ‘Board Exams’ (Countrywide school leaving public exam conducted by CBSE)
10.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average ( A1 in all subjects)
First Rank in the city (tied with 2 other students)</p>
<p>English : 98
Social Science: 99
Maths: 95
Science: 99
Sanskrit: 100</p>
<p>I changed schools after sophomore year, as is the norm in India. Joined the Arts stream (the choice is between Arts, Commerce and Science streams) in another CBSE school. </p>
<p>Subjects – English, Math, Sociology, Political Science, Economics</p>
<p>• Junior year – 91.8%
First Rank in my batch of around 130 students (including Science and Commerce students)</p>
<p>• Senior year – Consistently receiving As till now. Expecting well above 90% in my mid-terms as well as Std XII Board Exams (school leaving exam).</p>
<p>SAT – 2300 (CR 800, W 790, M 710)</p>
<p>SAT II – Taking Eng Lit and Math IIC this October. Expecting 700s in both.</p>
<p>TOEFL – Taking it this Oct</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS</p>
<p>1.Leadership:</p>
<p>Freshman : School Assistant Overall Incharge
Sophomore : School Overall Incharge
Junior : Elected Junior School Captain
Senior : Elected Senior School Captain </p>
<p>(All the above were the highest possible posts available in the School Council for students of that grade level)</p>
<p>2. Sports : Was on the school swimming team in 9th and 10th grade
Won 1 gold and 2 silvers at the district level, 1 bronze at the zonal level, and participated at state level both years.</p>
<p>3. Debate : </p>
<p>• Won the first prize in the Group Discussion event at International Youth Festival of History and Civics
• 2 first prizes in state level debates (adjudged Best Debater)
• 3 first prizes in local level debates</p>
<p>4. Other extracurricular achievements</p>
<p>• 2 local level first prizes in inter-school Science Talk contests
• 1 local level first prizes in interschool English Speech contest
• 1 first prize in intra-school extempore speech contest
• 1 first prize in district level Spell Bee
• 1 first prize in state level English Play contest – Wrote the play and played the lead role
• Participated in state level Science Talk</p>
<p>5. Work Experience (150 hours) : Did a summer internship at the local Times of India office. Wrote newspieces and was credited in the byline.</p>
<p>**6. Community service:<a href=“Started%20a%20short%20while%20ago,%20should%20log%20in%20about%20%5Bb%5D60%20hours%5B/b%5D%20by%20the%20time%20applications%20are%20due”>/b</a>
• Volunteering as a teacher with an NGO that teaches homeless children who live on railway platforms.
• Volunteering at a centre run by an NGO for women subjected to domestic violence and other family-related social problems. </p>
<p>ACADEMIC HONOURS RECEIVED</p>
<p>• 18th Rank in State in the International Olympiad of English Language</p>
<p>• School awards :</p>
<p>a) School Award for Excellence in **Character<a href=“2010-2011”>/b</a>
b) School Award for **All Round Excellence in Academics<a href=“2010-2011”>/b</a>
c) School Award Award for Excellence in Academics. (2010-2011)
d) Won 3 school awards for Excellence in Mathematics
3 for Excellence in Science, and
2 for Excellence in English.</p>
<p>Though I’m still a bit unsure, I plan to major in Eng Literature and minor in one of the social sciences (Political Science/Sociology/Economics).</p>