UCSD Chances: C/O 2014 International

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>General Things
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: East Indian (international)
Country: India (but living in Singapore for 16 years)
Current Grade: Senior Year (in singapore, schools run from Jan-Dec)
Financial Aid: Not applying for any sort of FA</p>

<p>Grades
GPA: 3.8 out of 5.0
(RISING TREND -> Freshman: 2.5/5.0 Sophomore 3.5/5.0 Junior: 4.2/5.0 Senior: 4.79/5.0)
-Very tough international magnet school specializing in Math & Science</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test
SAT Critical Reading - 770
SAT Math - 800
SAT Writing – 800
SAT Composite (M+CR) – 1570
SAT Composite (M+CR+W) – 2370</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
SAT Math Level 2 - 800
SAT Physics - 790
SAT Chemistry – 780
SAT Biology M - 770</p>

<p>AP Tests
AP Calculus AB – 5
AP Chemistry – 5
AP Physics B – 5
AP Biology – 5
AP Calculus BC – 5
AP Statistics – 5</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
- Captain: Debate Team
- President: Creative Writing Circle
- Editor: School Yearbook
- Editor: School Newsletter (we don't publish too actively tho)
- Editor: Official Newsletter of Singapore Int'l Mathematics Competition
- Captain: Scrabble Team (placed 3rd nationally in 2007, several individual awards at national level too)
- Head Delegate: Model UN
- Tennis Team
- National Education Ambassador
- 300ish Community Service Hours
- Creative Arts Program (very selective program for writers and poets)
- Research on atomic spectroscopy
- Research on oxygen's behavior on palladium and applications in fuel cells
- Interned at a renowned museum of biodiversity research
- 2 Commendatory Awards @ Commonwealth Int'l Essay Writing Competition
- Gold (Drama) @ Singapore Youth Festival
- Best Delegate @ Singapore Model United Nations 2009</p>

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<p>Wowee </p>

<p>100 % win!!!</p>

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<p>Dude you’re not going to have a problem getting in… seriously. Although one thing you may have a problem doing is fitting all that stuff into the application. It has limited slots for extra curricular achievements and things of that nature. Of course you can always put some of this stuff in the essay section and in the additional information section at the end (that’s not what it’s called, I forget the name, but that’s basically what it is). Really dude, the only thing that might give you grief is your 3.5 weighted sophomore grade. (they don’t pay much attention to senior/freshman grades). Even so, your stats are out of the park otherwise. It almost feels like you’re coming here just to show off. Also, you started the exact same forum for a dozen other schools. I loled at that.</p>

<p>Anyways, if you have any questions feel free to ask. I’m an Electrical Engineering major starting up in september, c/o 2013.</p>

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<p>In without a doubt… SD is probably your safety school lol.</p>

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<p>Actually, my GPA is a 3.8 out of 5.0, not out of 4.0. These aren’t weighted/unweighted grades. We have no such thing here in Singapore. I’m also an international student applying to the UCs. So given my grades, I wouldn’t be so confident.</p>