<p>Its about time that I further shortlist my colleges. </p>
<p>First my stats : </p>
<p>Class IX Scores(Grade 9):</p>
<li>English : 92%(A)</li>
<li>Hindi(Native Lang) : 88.5%(A)</li>
<li>Mathematics : 88.1%(A)</li>
<li>Science (Phy, Chem, Bio combined) : 95%(A)</li>
<li>Social Studies(includes Geography, History, Civics) : 83.3%(A)</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
<li>Computer Science : A</li>
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<p>Rank : 1st</p>
<p>Class X(Grade 10):</p>
<p>1.English : 90% (A)
2. Mathematics : 87 (A)
3. Science
- Practicals - 25/25
- Theory - 72/75
Total% -> 97%(A)
- Social Science
- Project Work - 20/20
- Theory - 73/80
Total% -> 93% (A)</p>
<li>Work Experience : A</li>
<li>Physical Education : A</li>
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<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 80%</p>
<p>I will be appearing for my SATs in October. Been scoring around 2200 on the practice tests.</p>
<p>Major Awards :
**
-Special Appreciation by NASA during the NASA Student Involvement Program.</p>
<p>-Special Appreciation by Leprosy Mission.</p>
<p>-Special Appreciation by LIFE { Lower Income Family Emancipation }</p>
<p>-Founder of a Evolution Science Magazine{Ezine} Worlds first Ezine catering the interest of high school students.</p>
<p>-Honored by Indian Govt. for an All India AIDS Awareness Motorcycle Rally. Covered around 15,000 km all over India.</p>
<p>-Co-Author Comic Strips <a href=“http://lolzord.cfsquad.org%5B/url%5D”>http://lolzord.cfsquad.org</a> </p>
<ul>
<li><p>Sargent in the National Cadet Corps - Army Division. Awarded ‘A’ Certificate. </p></li>
<li><p>Represented India at LISTEN: The Worlds First Conference on Child’s Concerns.
**
Academics :</p></li>
</ul>
<p>1. Gold Medal in National Informatics Olympiad {Conducted by a private foundation}.</p>
<li><p>3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</p></li>
<li><p>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Science Talent Examination conduceted by Bangalore Science Forum.</p></li>
<li><p>7th Rank in 'Assesment of Scholastic Skills through Education Testing.</p></li>
<li><p>Represented region with my science project{ An Operation System for education} at Indian Institute of Techonology. Secured 1st Rank.</p></li>
<li><p>Finalist National Environmental Quiz conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.</p></li>
<li><p>Won state level debate conducted by Hindi Samaj.</p></li>
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<p>Leadership :</p>
<p>**1. School Captain. {Indian Equivalent of Student Body head} - 2 Years </p>
<li><p>School Prefect - Before I was promoted to School Captain. - 1 Year</p></li>
<li><p>School Basketball and Volleyball Team Captain. [2 Years]**</p></li>
<li><p>Head of student body at my previous school too {2 years ago, so not important I guess}</p></li>
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<p>Sports:</p>
<li>Represented region at state level for Volleyball and Ball Badminton {What is ball badminton? never mind}[1 Year]</li>
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<p>Others:</p>
<li><p>I have my own Linux Distribution used by a few schools in my city {Its geared towards education}</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of Linux User Group in my City.[ Completed 1.5 yrs]</p></li>
<li><p>Founder of inter school gaming club in the city.</p></li>
<li><p>Member Ubuntu Linux India Team.</p></li>
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<p>Community Service - 160+ Hours at the local Military Hospital</p>
<p>Recs are going to be stellar and I will try my best with the essays</p>
<p>I am an International seeking Aid </p>
<p>I am looking at the following colleges (in random order) : </p>
<li>Dartmouth College -Early Decision.</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>UChicago</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Reed</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>JHU</li>
<li>FIT (Safety)</li>
<li>MSU (Safety)</li>
<li>ASU (Safety)</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>WUStL</li>
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<p>My major would be Mech Engg/Physics. Aid is a major concern here. Suggestions regarding removing colleges(and also adding new) are welcome. :)</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>