<p>In my 11th grade, I had a percentage of 94%, amongst the top 10 in a class of 200 .... this fell to 89.4% in my first exams of grade 12 , due to computer science which is not exactly my subject ..... so I am now in around the top 15-25 ...... I am in the Indian curriculum , just so you guys know. I should be able to haggle for another 3 to 4 marks , making it a clean 90% so I would be able to place in the top 15 - 20 ish.
I have a SAT score of 2280 (730,760,790) and 790 in SAT chem and 800 in SAT maths 2. I have a toefl score of 115 , and I have around 4 awards at the international level ( MUN, scrabble , Essay writing , Debate) , and I am a member of my school student council as well as accomplisher of other small achievements.
I am looking at colleges like MIT and Stanford, or of that calibre
I want to major MechEng, so I know computers is not very important , and my physics , chem and math scores are still very high ... but how does this drop affect me in the circumstances of my resume?</p>
<p>Bump for some help?</p>
<p>Negatively, you always want to try to raise your GPA.</p>
<p>As a foreign student, are colleges privy to the trends in GPA increase and decrease in my school? Most of my school students did worse than normal, but I dont know if colleges will know that .</p>
<p>So you are in (or finished) 12th grade? Are you going to take a gap year?
This post does not make sense at all.</p>
<p>OKay, so our indian curriculum follows a different schedule. I am currently in school , but my school year ends in march 2014 ( 12th grade that is) , and we have a long break till august before college. So my first set of 12th grade exams just got over. I will be entering college in fall 2014.</p>
<p>Also to clarify something further, I know for a fact that our curriculum is fairly similar to the AP curriculum , and i will be writing the AP in may , so the course is also kind of rigorous . And on checking, I am in the top 12th of my graduating class so i managed to maintain my position.</p>
<p>So, you are an international student?
It seems your academic year is like in Japan.
In that case, your downward trend in GPA is not a good sign for you. What is your class rank? For MIT and Stanford, you got to be the top of the tops. However, there is a different system for admitting international students. You are likely competing with your country man.</p>
<p>Closest i can put my class rank is top 15 of my year. However, i missed a huge part of this year due to international muns and my student council elections, and i am more active in ecs than all the students in my year.</p>