Student from Singapore, Economics& Business Double major

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am an Indian Citizen who lived in Singapore for 10 years and have shifted to Houston, TX last year. I am now a senior, am looking at my options, and have decided that I will most likely double major in Business and Economics. My Class Rank is weak, due to transfer of credits from a different system, and my ECs are weak for my Junior year due to the shift.</p>

<p>Indian Citizen,Male, Greencard holder, Texas resident, lived in Singapore From 1997-2007</p>

<p>Academics
GPA: 3.89/4.0 (UW)
: 6.32/6.5 (W)
Large, fairly competitive high school (top 7% have perfect GPAs)
Ranked 15% (74/469)</p>

<p>SAT Scores: Composite: 2110
• Critical Reading: 730
• Math: 760
• Writing: 620</p>

<p>ECs
• Cricket Team in Singapore, National Champions
• Member of the Executive Council in the Drama Club in Singapore
• Wrote/Acted/Directed two award winning plays "Wannabe Terrorists" and "13 minutes on the subway"
• National Honors Society
• Filmaking Society</p>

<p>TALENTS
• Odyssey of the Mind World champion and Silver medalist (represented Singapore)
• Writer-Director of short film “Denouement”</p>

<p>VOLUNTEER WORK
• Performed in a play for local orphanage
• Volunteered as Videographer for local Church (I am not Christian) 4hrs/week for a year
• Filmed Public Service announcements in Singapore
• Replanted Rain forests and cleaned out Old Folks Home in Sarawak, Malaysia</p>

<p>HONORS
• Invited to University of Texas- Austin’s “Honors Colloquium” as one of the top students in the state
• Recommended by Principal for Introduction to Microeconomics in Houston Community College (course not offered in High School).
• Bilingual: Fluent in Hindi (‘A’ in Cambridge “O” level Examinations) & English</p>

<p>Essay
Humorous and hopefully unique</p>

<p>Colleges on my radar
UT Austin
Texas A&M
Rice
NYU (Stern)
Emory
Cornell
U of Chicago</p>

<p>In addition to chancing me, please suggest Colleges and LACs with good Business and Economics programs that I have a chance to get into. My problem is that because of the Top 10% rule, I only have a safety (A&M) and all the other are reaches, so please suggest some possible matches. Looking for colleges that have good econs programs, and that I can get into. Thanks a lot for your time.</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>Southwestern and Austin are both in TX and are good LACs. I’m at Rhodes College in Memphis, and we’ve got a growing international student population, business/econ is the biggest department, and after TN more students come from TX than any other. Also our only graduate degree is in Accounting if you decide to go that route professionally. Might be worth looking into.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot, will look into them… but most probably i will get an MBA.</p>

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<p>Well Economics is one major I plan to study. I’m still looking for LACs great in economics also, I would suggest for you to look into:
Grinnell College, Macalester College, Clareton College, Swarthmore College, ( all I can think of right now)</p>