<p>So ever since last summer, I knew I wanted to get my undergraduate degree in finance from Stern. When I turned the corner, and saw the purple NYU banners waving in the air, I instantaneously knew there was no other place I would rather spend the next four years of my life. But now I'm starting to realize that things may not work out so perfectly for me. </p>
<p>I just want to know what everyone thinks about my chances for getting in. Give me the good, the bad and the ugly!! I know the truth may hurt, but lies kill, so feel free to be BRUTALLY honest with me!</p>
<p>I'm an Indian male from western Massachusetts, lower middle class family. I will be applying RD. I have a 3.7 unweighted GPA, and I've taken ALL of the most challenging courses at my high school. Right now, my schedule looks like this:</p>
<p>Honors Physics
Honors Biochemistry
AP Spanish
AP Calculus
Humanities</p>
<p>I have taken every honors class in every subject that has been offered to me since the eight grade. </p>
<p>I also take an Oral Communications class after school, I'm in the school chorus, and I have two internships through my school. </p>
<p>I got a 2030 combined on my SATs, and the breakdown is 650-Reading, 720-Math, 660-Writing. I also took SAT 2s, which I am waiting for the results for, but I took the Biology-M a while ago and got a 500 in that, and the Math I and got a 670 in that.</p>
<p>Here's a list of all my ECs: </p>
<p>SAVE (Students Against Violent Engagements in) Darfur Coalition- I have participated in this group for the past three years. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my high school career to be a part of this. We use the school year to do as much as we can to not only raise donations, but also awareness about the genocide that is occuring in the Sudan against the people of Darfur. I am also the secretary of this group. We meet once every other week to discuss what we would like to do further to help out the people not only in Darfur but around the world who are dealing with similar atrocities. This group was given recognition for being one of the top ten schools in America for raising donations.</p>
<p>Fall Festival of Shakespeare and Company- This year, I am in the twentieth annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare and Company where my schools, and multiple other schools around the county, are putting on productions of Shakespearean plays. This year my school is doing Hamlet, and I have the role of Prince Fortinbras of Norway. I have practice a few times a week.</p>
<p>Internship- I have taken advantage of the internship program at Lenox Memorial High School for my senior year. One of my internships is at ARC Investment and Financial Planning. In the workplace, I am getting real world experience in what I want to do after school, while still in high school. I have learned a lot from this internship such as proper workplace etiquette, and communication skills, as well as the nature of a job in the field of investment or finance. I go two days a week for two and a half hours a day.</p>
<p>Narayan Seva- This is a service I have been doing my whole life, and I am more proud of this single activity than all of the rest combined. I am a part of an organization that emphasizes the unity of many different peoples, cultures, and religions. What we do is four times a year, we all get together early one morning in Trenton, New Jersey, and we cook lots of food. At two different times during the day, we open up our doors and serve food to the homeless and the needy people of Trenton; it usually ends up being anywhere from eight hundred or more people. We are there all day, from setting up in the morning to cleaning up in the late afternoon, and we make all of this food, serve it, pack some for them to take with them for later, and then clean up. It is a very satisfying experience every time. </p>
<p>Quiz Team-I joined the Lenox High School Quiz team in my senior year, and have enjoyed it greatly. It is a great way for me to use a lot of fun facts that I already know, and at the same time learn a lot more that I do not know. We have practice twice a week, and go to meets with other schools once a month. </p>
<p>Lenox High School Track and Field- I had participated in Track and Field at Lenox on the junior varsity level for two years in my freshman and sophomore years. I ran short distance in track, such as the one and two hundred meter dashes, and threw discus in field. This took about ten hours a week; we had practice every day for the entirety of the track season.</p>
<p>Internship- I have a second internship for my senior year at a local stock brokerage firm called Keater Group. I go in once every couple of weeks to learn more about the stock market, the recent events that are occurring that effect the economy, and software and tools to analyze and interpret the market, such as a Bloomberg machine. This internship is the activity I enjoy most, and has swayed my decision for a career path to be more like that of a stockbroker. </p>
<p>Senior Yearbook Committee-In our senior year at Lenox, it is a small group of seniors that helps in putting together the yearbook for the end of the year. I have joined this group because I would like to make this yearbook a reflection on the great times weve all had in high school for each and every student. The committee puts in about an hour and a half of work once a week until the project is completed.</p>
<p>Pittsfield Boys and Girls Club- In the winter of my sophomore year, I went to the local boys and girls club a couple days a week for two hours at a time. I did about thirty-six total hours of community service for them. My job was to work with the elementary school kids when they came here for the after school program. I would do things like help with homework and oversee the activities the kids would participate in. </p>
<p>Junior Prom Committee-At Lenox, it is traditionally the junior class that puts on the prom to the senior class, as a sort of gift for their graduation from high school. In my junior year, I was on the committee. We put on a wildly successful prom, and raised lots of money for our class to use for its senior year as a result.</p>
<p>Big Brothers, Big Sisters-This is an organization that I recently joined, for my senior year. It is very gratifying to go in once a week for an hour and a half, and help out underprivileged children by spending time with them and giving them someone to look up to. It is something that requires such little work on my part, yet gives so much benefit to others that it only makes sense for me to participate. The group gets together once a week on Thursdays for a few hours.</p>
<p>Pittsfield High School Special Education- In my sophomore year, over the course of a few days off from school, I gave my time to the Pittsfield High School Special Education Department. I went in for twenty four hours total throughout the year, and helped students individually in classes such as math, reading, and physical education.</p>