Moved from Singapore, Need perspective

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am an Indian Citizen who lived in Singapore for 10 years and have shifted to Houston, TX last year. I am now a senior, am looking at my options, and have decided that I will most likely double major in Business and Economics. My Class Rank is weak, due to transfer of credits from a different system, and my ECs are weak for my Junior year due to the shift. </p>

<p>Indian Citizen,Male, Greencard holder, Texas resident, lived in Singapore From 1997-2007</p>

<p>**Academics
**GPA: 3.89/4.0 (UW)
: 6.32/6.5 (W)
Large, fairly competitive high school (top 7% have perfect GPAs)
Ranked 15% (74/469)</p>

<p>SAT Scores: Composite: 2110
• Critical Reading: 730
• Math: 760
• Writing: 620</p>

<p>ECs
• Cricket Team in Singapore, National Champions
• Member of the Executive Council in the Drama Club in Singapore
• Wrote/Acted/Directed two award winning plays "Wannabe Terrorists" and "13 minutes on the subway"
• National Honors Society
• Filmaking Society</p>

<p>TALENTS
• Odyssey of the Mind World champion and Silver medalist (represented Singapore)
• Writer-Director of short film “Denouement” </p>

<p>VOLUNTEER WORK
• Performed in a play for local orphanage
• Volunteered as Videographer for local Church (I am not Christian) 4hrs/week for a year
• Filmed Public Service announcements in Singapore
• Replanted Rain forests and cleaned out Old Folks Home in Sarawak, Malaysia
**
HONORS**
• Invited to University of Texas- Austin’s “Honors Colloquium” as one of the top students in the state
• Recommended by Principal for Introduction to Microeconomics in Houston Community College (course not offered in High School).
• Bilingual: Fluent in Hindi (‘A’ in Cambridge “O” level Examinations) & English</p>

<p>Essay
Humorous and hopefully unique</p>

<p>Colleges on my radar
UT Austin
Texas A&M
Rice
NYU (Stern)
Emory
Cornell
U of Chicago</p>

<p>In addition to chancing me, please suggest Colleges and LACs with good Business and Economics programs that I have a chance to get into. My problem is that because of the Top 10% rule, I only have a safety (A&M) and all the other are reaches, so please suggest some possible matches. Thanks a lot for your time.</p>

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<p>BTW, my APs
Bio: 5
Eng:4</p>

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<p>wa, lemme guess. Anglo-Chinese Independent? XD</p>

<p>Nam kya hein yar?</p>

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<p>U of Chicago does not have undergraduate business.</p>

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<p>I will major in economics if i get into Uu of Chicago</p>

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<p>should i post in the college search thread?</p>

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<p>Any suggestions for colleges that are a notch below the Ivies?</p>

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<p>When traveling on the road of life, you are bound to hit a speed… BUMP</p>

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<p>Did your school have AP’s or you did self study? I guess ACS has A and O levels.</p>

<p>I am a parent of a rising senior son and his college list has UT and TAMU as well, but since he wants to do CS, some of his other choices differ.</p>

<p>From what I have read up so far, good colleges with Econ and Bus majors are easy to find. Trinity University in SA, Tx has business and so also SMU. Babson college, UMCP, Pitt, Penn State honors…UCSB?</p>

<p>Wish you all the best.</p>

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<p>My school here in texas has APs, I selfstudied for world history, but got a 3, so i will not be reporting that. In ACS, i took o levels for hindi, which i have been studying for 10 years.</p>

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<p>Anyone? Please?</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>Um I don’t know much about business schools, but Stern may be difficult. But your ECs sound good but maybe higher SAT scores would help?</p>

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<p>Wow, I always thought that my ECs were weak! What was the strong part?</p>

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<p>Don’t even bother with U. Chicago and Rice. Sorry no chance</p>

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<p>Aw… shucks</p>

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<p>how is the university of rochester?</p>

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<p>bump
bump
bump</p>

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<p>Ok, don’t listen to asian75. If application fees aren’t an issue, go ahead and apply to wherever you want. Try to really get strong essays and play off of something that is unique to you.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot!</p>