<p>If you applied or plans to apply, pleazzzing post your stat here in the form</p>
<p>gpa
sat1
sat2
aps or IBs
awards (indicate if they are inter. na, national, state, or local)
research (if any)
ecs
and any hooks you can think of</p>
<p>Define "best" colleges</p>
<p>i believe princeton is definitely among those Kjoodles.....</p>
<p>so go ahead! :)</p>
<p>No thats not what I ment... I'm flattered though :o</p>
<p>I thought the OP's topic was pretty vague- everyone can interpret that differently and its a very open. There's quite a few stat threads in this forum so I'd like to know why another one ...</p>
<p>ok, lets do yale, caltech, princeton and stanford as best colleges along the two mentioned before</p>
<p>anyone applying to those?</p>
<p>this thread tries to put all the colleges thread together, instead of those at specific colleges</p>
<p>ok you want my stats . . ill post em again . . here goes :</p>
<p>EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND</p>
<p>ARYA VIDYA MANDIR (BANDRA WEST) Mumbai, India
ICSE, April 2004
Percentage : 95.5%</p>
<p>JAI HIND COLLEGE Mumbai, India
HSC, March 2006
Percentage : Will appear for exams in March 2006.</p>
<p>ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
1. School : Stood 2nd in the 9th and 10th grade out of 80 students.
Secured 95.5% in the ICSE examination ranked 8th in Mumbai. Received the Gyananad Chopra Memorial Award for securing maximum marks in English in the ICSE Exam. (95/100)
Received a special award from the School for securing maximum marks in Computer in the ICSE Exam. (99/100)
Received the Arya Samaj Award for securing more than 95 % in the ICSE Exam.</p>
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<li>College : Stood in the top 5 % of the class at Jai Hind College. Placed on the Scholars List consisting of the top 20 students out of 600 students in 11th grade. </li>
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<p>SPORTS BACKGROUND
1. School Captain-Football Team. Won the inter school and district level football tournaments in grades 9 and 10.
Vice Captain- Cricket Team. Won the inter school cricket tournament in grade 9. Reached the finals of the district level tournament in grade 10.
Part of the Chess team.</p>
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<li>College Captain- Football Team. Won the inter collegiate football tournament in grade 11. Reached the finals of the state level football tournament in grade 11.
Cricket Team
Chess Team</li>
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<p>EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1. School<br>
a. ACHIEVEMENTS:
i. 1st place in the Inter school quiz (9th and 10th standard)
ii. 7th place in Mumbai out of 113 schools at the ESPN School Quiz (10th standard)
iii. 2nd place at the district level Science fair out of 100+ schools (10th standard)
iv. Silver Certificate at the Homi Bhabha Science Olympiad (10th standard)
v. Silver Certificate at the National Science Olympiad (10th standard)
vi. 1st place at q-Zone a science quiz organized by Zee TV amongst all schools in Mumbai. (9th standard)
vii. Highly Commendable certificate from the Royal Commonwealth society in an International level Essay writing competition. (10th standard)
viii. Certificate of Distinction in Science, Math and English & Certificate of High Distinction in Computer Science in the ETS (Educational Testing Service) examination organized by the University of New South Wales, Australia.
ix. Certificate of Distinction in grades 1 through 3 in the Trinity College of London exam for Effective Communication.</p>
<p>b. PARTICIPATION:
i. Took part in various MUNs (Model United Nations).
ii. Member of the school debate team
iii. Took part in dramatics in the 9th and 10th standard.
iv. Member of the Nature Club in the 9th and 10th standard.
v. Member of the Book Club in the 9th and 10th standard. </p>
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<li> College
a. ACHIEVEMENTS:
i. 2nd place at the intercollegiate math quiz from amongst 100+ colleges from Mumbai.
ii. 2nd place at the intercollegiate science quiz from amongst 100+ colleges of Mumbai.
iii. Represented India (one of the 3 delegates from India) at the Cathay Pacific International Wilderness Experience Program consisting of 14 other countries for a duration of 3 weeks.
iv. Received the Principals Special Prize Best Student Award in standard 12.
v. Recipient of the TATA Scholarship in standars 12.
b. SOCIAL SERVICE:
Actively took part in social service as part of the Rotaract club of Jai Hind College. List of some of the activities done :
i. Umang A program launched by our Rotaract club for the upliftment of the handicapped children. Includes regular visits to their schools, teaching and assisting them in their work and organizing entertainment programs for them.
ii. Tiranga An annual program conducted by the Rotaract club of Jai Hind College consisting of many activities fostering respect for our national flag and spreading awareness about its symbolism. Conducted amongst all Rotaract clubs of Mumbai.
iii. Career fairs for Municipal children in collaboration with YoungBuzz to educate the municipal children about possible careers that they can take up. ( Conducted in 17 municipal schools of Mumbai so far)
iv. Mangrove Plantation Drives (conducted in total so far).
v. Visits to Old Age Homes. Each month a different Old Age Home is taken up and regular visits are made (once or twice each week) to each home.
vi. Hosting the RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Awards annually.
c. OTHERS:
i. Took part in research at the TATA Institute of Fundamental Research in the field of Solid State Physics for a duration of 3 month (12th standard).
ii. Selected by the college to be part of the ASM International Materials Camp India Chapter held at IIT-Mumbai (Indian
Institute of Technology) for a duration of 3 weeks. In total there were 34 students selected to be part of the camp.
iii. Did a project in collaboration with the Computer Science department of Jai Hind College to design a digital and analog clock for the computer centre.
iv. Editor of the Magazine Committee.</li>
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<p>ARTS BACKGROUND
1. Done 3 years of Jive, Ballet and Salsa from the age of 13
2. Done 5 years of Indian Classical Singing from the age of 7.
3. Trained for 4 years in the Piano and for 3 years in the Guitar.
4. Trained for 8 years in canvas and oil painting. Appeared for the Elementary and Intermediate Examinations. Received A grade in both exams. </p>
<p>LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
1. School
a. Class Representative (standard 9 and 10)
b. Editor of the Editorial Team (standard 8 to standard 10)
c. Captain of the Football team.(standard 7 to standard 10)
d. Vice Captain of the Cricket Team.(standard 9 and standard 10)</p>
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<li> College
a. Community Services Director of the Rotaract Club of Jai Hind College (standard 11)
b. Secretary of the Rotaract Club of Jai Hind College (standard 12)
c. Captain of the Football team (standard 11 and 12)
d. Class Representative (standard 11 and 12)
e. Editor of the Magazine Committee</li>
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<p>COMPUTER BACKGROUND
Done programming in C++(4 years), GWBasic(2 years) QBasic(3 years) and Visual Basic(2 years)</p>
<p>Done Assembly Language programming of Intels microprocessor 8085 and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) for one year each.</p>
<p>LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English and Hindi
Done a 2 year course from Alliance Francais de Bombay in French.
Done Sanskrit for 4 years.</p>
<p>SAT
OLD SAT 1 M 800 C 690
NEW SAT 1 M 730 C 730 W 720
SAT 2 PHY 770 MATH 2C 780 CHEM 790</p>
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<p>Im sorry if all this is gratuituous :p !!</p>
<p>oh n my colleges (those which havent rejected/waitlisted me yet) in order of preference :</p>
<p>Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
Stanford
Amherst
Swarthmore
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
UT Austin
Texas A&M</p>
<p>YESSS... We're soo gonna start the Princeton Cricket Club :p</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>i dont like cricket all that much anymore. . more of a footie fan :p</p>
<p>As for me, I'm a Norwegian citizen of Indian ethnicity, born in Norway. I graduated from a mildly competitive international school in South Korea (avg. SAT 1270 + 600WR). I l lived in Norway for 15 years (studied in an international school for 12 years), moved to Korea after 9th grade and skipped a grade joined 11th. I transferred school for my senior year (intl school) in Korea and graduated in June 2005. Im currently taking a gap-year in Norway.</p>
<p>SAT I: 760M, 690CR, 730 Wr (12 Essay) = 2180</p>
<p>GPA: 3.75 UW Freshman year, 4.0 UW (with two Hons. Classes) Junior year, 4.3 Weighted Senior year (4 AP classes)</p>
<p>SAT II: 760 World History, 750 Math IC</p>
<p>O-Levels: A in IGCSE Spanish in 9th grade (most students take it in the 10th)</p>
<p>APs: Physics B - 5 (independent study online), Calculus AB 4, Statistics 4, English Literature 4.</p>
<p>ECs:
-WASC international school accreditation committee member. Represented whole student body for accreditation purposes (11th)
-Varsity Soccer (9th, 11th)
-Varsity Cross country (letter 12th)
-Debate Team
-MUN founding member 11th, member of international team, 12th
-Varsity softball (9th)
-Orphanage Service Club (11th, 12th)</p>
<p>Gap-year:
-Taking 2 APs online (virtual high school) Calc BC and Macro and Micro Econ
-Self-studying AP Physics C (both parts)
-Internship with Political Science professor at a university in Norway
-Amnesty International volunteer
-In the process of patenting a traffic-regulation machine (speed-control device) Describing it briefly in my app
-Taking refresher courses in Norwegian and Spanish to be completely proficient by the end of the year
-Will be working with a Museum team in Stavanger for developing the citys museum for European Culture City 2008 over summer</p>
<p>I know 4 Languages (Hindi, English, Spanish and Norwegian)</p>
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<p>Applied to:</p>
<p>Penn: Jerome Fisher with 2nd choice as Wharton
Yale
Brown
Cornell
Northwestern</p>
<p>No financial aid required.</p>
<p>i applied to HYPS.</p>
<p>SAT1- 780M 750CR 740W
SAT2- 720Lit 750IIC 780BioM
GPA- n/a
GCSE- 8A*s 1A, 1B
A-level predictions- 5As
Awards and ECs- long.. cba</p>
<p>rishabh u mentioned Amherst twice....</p>
<p>oops. i meant middlebury the second time :p</p>
<p>Singaporean. Applied to (in order of preference):
Harvard
MIT (rejected)
Stanford
Princeton
Yale
Columbia (likely)
Duke
UPenn
Chicago
Cornell (accepted last year)</p>
<p>SAT1 (old) - 800M 800V
SAT2 - 770 Writing 800 IIC 800 Physics
GPA - N/A
O-Level - 10 A1s
A-Level - 4As + 1 Special Paper Distinction + 1 Merit
Awards and ECs - Long long long list. Highest achievement Gold Medal in National Science and Engineering Fair for research project in wireless computing. Founder of some clubs. Won a couple competitions etc. Like everyone here.</p>
<p>Waiting for results now. Most like another HYPMS-reject :-(</p>
<p>Rishabh, how did you fit in all that into the EC space???</p>
<p>By the way, which team do you support in the EPL?</p>
<p>gautam, i know this question was for rishabh, but i support Manchester United. what about u?</p>
<p>Umm . . Time management :D </p>
<p>Im sure anyone can do it if one really wants to . . the guy who interviewed me for MIT told me that if i could handle as many things as I have handled so far then I wouldnt find it that hard to cope with the workload at MIT . . </p>
<p>I decided right from the start about what I would really put my heart into and what I would just participate in . . If youve really read my thingy closely youll see that mostve the good stuff is in Science related stuff and Football. </p>
<p>Also being editor of my school/college magazine isn't all that time consuming . . as i dont consider writing essays/articles a burden . . write them off and on whenever i have the time and inspiration !</p>
<p>In the EPL ? I support MU</p>
<p>Otherwise my fav team is Inter . . from Italy. I actually went for the Milan derby in the CL last year, the one where dida was struck with a flare :p</p>
<p>Arsenal through and through.</p>
<p>Rishabh, what I meant was, there is a limited space in the EC section of the application form- how did you fit it in? Or did you send a separate resume?</p>
<p>gautam that make us the biggest enemies. <em>49 and out</em></p>