<p>Hey guys, I am currently a junior in high school so I don't have senior year stats, AP results from the tests I'm taking right now, and some other things. I should be able to update it later. I'm new at the college process, so I'm not sure exactly where to begin, but I'd appreciate any advice and/or chances at some I've looked at somewhat. I just want some feedback as to potential chances Thanks a bunch for any responses or advice anyone can give.</p>
<p>Colleges I'm looking at (Preferential = 1, Potential = 2):
UPenn (1)
Indiana University (Bloomington) (2)
University of Louisville (G.E.M.S.) (1)*
Duke (2)
University of Kentucky Accelerated BA/MD Program (2)
WashU (maybe USP) (1)
Harvard (2)
Princeton (2)
Yale (2)
Northwestern HPME (1)</p>
<p>*University of Louisville's Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School Program (not sure how many people know about this or the selectivity)</p>
<p>Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ethnicity: Indian male
Grade: 11
Age: 17
Legacy: No (First Generation)
Class Size: About 80 students (competitive)
Major: Most likely Pre-Medicine, maybe Engineering (doubtful)
Weighted GPA: 4.25 (5.0 scale)
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 (4.0 scale)
PSAT: 213 (predicted National Merit Semifinalist)
SAT: Awaiting scores
ACT: 34
Math: 34
English: 34
Reading: 36
Science Reasoning: 32
Writing: 33 (Essay: 10)
SAT II (awaiting scores):
Biology
Chemistry
-Planning to take Physics, Math I/II, and maybe English Lit.
School: Private College Prep School
Ranking: Top 5% (no ranking system)
Course load: Most Rigorous (Harder than any of my peers)
Recs: Fine (from people who have been able to see my passion for certain subjects/activities)</p>
<p>AP's*:
Sophomore:
AP Government&Politics (4)</p>
<p>Junior year (awaiting scores):
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Calculus AP
AP Latin IV</p>
<p>Projected Senior Year:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP European History
AP English Literature
AP English Language</p>
<p>*High School doesn't allow us to take AP's freshman year and most of them require certain prerequisites, so we were only allowed to take AP Gov/Po sophomore year. This is why I haven't been able to take as many AP's as some other people. </p>
<p>Other courses:</p>
<p>8th Grade (High School Courses):
Honors/Adv. Algebra I
Latin I</p>
<p>Freshman:
Honors/Adv. Geometry: A
Honors/Adv. Algebra II: A
Honors/Adv. Select Choir: A
Honors/Adv. Physics: A
European History: A
English 9: A
Latin II: A
Trimester Courses (Required): (Health, Communications, P.E.): A</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Honors/Adv. Precalculus<em>: B
Honors/Adv. Chemistry</em>: A
Honors/Adv. Biology<em>: A
Honors/Adv. English 10: A
Latin III: A</em>
* = Required Prerequisite to AP Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, Latin IV</p>
<p>Junior:
Honors/Adv. Humanities (Honors Program- see Programs): A
Honors/Adv. Select Choir: A
English 11 (Three trimester courses): A</p>
<p>EC's:
Baseball: 2 years (Vars.)
Soccer: 1 year (JV)
Tennis: 4 years (Club)
Voice:
-Baritone in High School Select Chorale
-Voice lessons for over 8 years
-Church Choir
Beta Club: 1 year
Desi Student Alliance (DSA): 1 year (Helped start and help lead)
-Club that promotes awareness of India and helps spread diversity through the school community
On Board of Directors (trustee) for the Artemis Fund:
-A school trust fund set up by our vice-principal that is essentially a philanthropic council t hat helps raise money for local non-profit groups in Louisville that aid in helping the youth of the city.
Lead singer/Rhythm guitarist of rock band: 3 years
Piano: 3 years
Guitar: 2 years
Actor:
-Several school plays/musicals including
Oklahoma and A Christmas Story
Research (2 years in summer): 400+ hours working in cancer research at University of Louisville (working on implications of three genes in development of cancer through aberrant stem cells (retinoblastoma-eye cancer))
Quick Recall Team (5 years, 2 in Middle School):
-9th: JV starter
-10th: JV Captain/Vars. alternate
-11th: Vars. starter
-Compete in a league of independent schools
Math Team (3 years):
-2 people from each grade are selected
-Participate in 4 tests through the year and get rankings compared to other regional schools
Governor's Cup (3 years):
-Select group of students selected to compete in Quick Recall and/or Written Assessments from the district to the state level
-Competed in Quick Recall and Science/Social Studies Written Assessment</p>
<p>Work Experience:
-Internship at Brown Cancer Center (Research)- received stipend
-Working in setting up my parent's farm over the summer- landscape
-Tutoring my brother in math and other middle school kids in science/math</p>
<p>Community Service:
-Volunteer at one of the hospitals in Louisville: 150+ hours (working with kids)
-Perform dramatic productions (musicals/plays) for senior citizens
-Write/send letters and other things (videos/cd's) to the soldiers of the Green Berets 1st Battalion in Iraq
-Volunteer through Philanthropy (See Artemis Fund above)</p>
<p>Honors, Awards, and Recognition:
Programs:
-Duke TIP: 2004-08 (since 7th grade)
-James Graham Brown Cancer Center High School Summer Internship Program: summer 2006, 2007
-Western Kentucky University Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY) camp: summer 2005, 2006
-Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program: summer 2008
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine: summer 2007
-Honors Program in high school:
-Select group of students that take extra courses on humanities and social sciences over 2 years and detail an individual research project and 20 page research paper that is set for completion at the end of senior year (with a presentation)
Singing:
-ACDA National Honors Choir 2004, 2006
-KMEA All-State Choir 2008
-KYACDA All-State Choir 2005, 2006
-ACDA Southern Divisional Choir 2008</p>
<p>Governor's Cup:
Written Assessment (Individual) and Quick Recall (Team):
Sophomore year (2006-07):
-District: 4th (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-Region: 5th (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-State: 20th (Science), 24th (Quick Recall)
Junior Year (2007-08):
-5th in District (Science), 5th in District (Social Studies), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-2nd in Region (Science), 2nd (Quick Recall)
-11th in State (Science), 20th (Quick Recall)
School:
-Biology Book Award: 2007
-High Honor Roll (3 years): 2005-08
-Haven't had class day for our school yet so I don't know about any junior awards I may have won. I'll update later.</p>
<p>Miscellaneous:
-Biology Olympiad Semi-finalist: 2008
National Latin Exam:
-8th (Latin I): Magna Cum Laude (High Honor)
-9th (Latin II): Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honor)
-10th (Latin III): Cum Laude (Honor)
-11th (Latin IV AP): Cum Laude (Honor)
-Inducted into International Thespian Society: 2008</p>
<p>Why I feel I am qualified:
-Passionate about my singing (have been singing ever since I was two and before I could walk even- used to sing to The Jungle Book :)) and I have learned other instruments to complement what I feel is a big part of my life- plus I don't see many Indians who actually have a basis in singing so it kind of singles me out (congrats on any others who have a passion for it-both classical and contemporary)
-Dedicated and brought up in a life of medicine (both my parents are physicians and I was born with a debilitating medical problem that has allowed me to see close-up the medical world and has given me a sense of empathy in helping other people with problems like I was able to be rescued- part of an FDA medical trial as we speak).
-I feel as if I have decent statistics and I try to put my all into the work I do- I really have a love for biology and the sciences because all of the concepts of physics, chemistry, and biology just seem to fascinate me in how our whole world has been created/produced and everything in it).
*I don't want to sound arrogant at all, these are things I just really believe in and what make me unique.</p>