<p>Since we've established that decisions are coming out at 6:30pm EST/3:30PM PST tomorrow, we need a thread like this. The class of 2013's admissions to the number one public school in the world shall not be a forgotten warzone. XD</p>
<p>Let's try to keep this empty of the clutter, you guys gotta make the spillover threads. I'm sure you know what to do, don't forget to remove the spaces! =]</p>
<p>Basic Stats: [ul]
[<em>]SAT Reasoning Test: 2220 (800M, 730W, 690CR)
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math ii: 800, Chemistry: 800, Physics: 780
[<em>]TOEFL (iBT): 115/120
[</em>]Race: East Indian
[<em>]Location: India→Singapore
[</em>]Applicant Type: International Applicant; very competitive country!
[<em>]Course Applied For: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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School Type: [ul]
[</em>] Small Competitive Catholic till 10th Grade ~230 people
[<em>] Large (country's best for half of the 11th Grade) ~1200 people
[</em>] Large (on scholarship in another country- top 5 nationally) ~800 people
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Academic Performance:[ul]
[<em>] Excellent grades for the 9th grade: School Rank: 1
[</em>] Excellent grades for the 10th grade: School Rank: 1
[<em>] Good (top 10%) grades for the 11th grade: School-doesn't-rank
[</em>] Very good grades for the 12th grade: (Predicted by teachers)
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Awards listed on the application: [ul]
[<em>] AMC12A School Winner: 115.5, AIME: 9, First ever to make the USAMO qualifier (school)
[</em>] East Zone Colors Award (Exceptional performance as a Cricketer (National))
[<em>] NASA Ames International Space Settlement Design Competition: Honors
[</em>] SIA Youth Scholarship: National Scholarship awarded to around 20 students every year.
[<em>] National Mathematics Olympiad: Silver Medalist
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Extra Curricular Activities on the application: [ul]
[</em>] Animator (Diploma holder in 2D animation)
[<em>] Creative Head for Indian Society (National Level Gold and Silver for Drama and Dance)
[</em>] Cricket (National A-Division Player)
[<em>] English Drama Society: Lead Actor in 6+ public plays. National level Award.
[</em>] Research: On sound as a source of renewable energy using piezoelectricity at high dB
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Community Service as listed on the application: [ul]
[<em>] Collection of recyclable wastes (school-initiated): Participant.
[</em>] Worked with a NGO to educate rural, illiterate farmers about new technologies.
[<em>] Peer-tutored a weaker student for math and physics.
[</em>] Represented country at an international forum to discuss about youth-problems.
[<em>] Initiated a project to collect shoes and funds for poor schoolchildren in another country.
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Work Experience: [ul]
[</em>] Paid intern at the world's largest media-marketing firm. Worked on KFC campaign
[<em>] Teaching 12th graders mathematics as a teacher (short-term) in a good school.
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Earnings Used: [ul]
[</em>] To start my own designing and graphics business.
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Essays: [ul]
[<em>]Life in a village, the capital of a developing country and a developed country + how it has made me want to work for people.
[</em>]Second essay about how people initially thought I was crazy doing research about sound energy and how I persevered through!
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Additional Info: Abstract of my research paper.
Additional Item: Recommendation letter from a well-known researcher (who mentored my research)</p>
<p>Luck aint got nothing to do with it at this point. The cards have been played and decisions made. Well, I guess i'll keep my fingers crossed though.</p>